RBS Citizens Mortgage Complaint

RBS Citizens Mortgage department,

Conventional fixed mortgage Loan modification,collection,foreclosure California

Several months ago I fell behind one payment on my mortgage with CCO. I made a payment arrangement to divide that payment up into 6 payments due at the end of the month, instead of the beginning. For the last 4 months I have been paying as agreed and even paying a late fee monthly for the missing month 's balance, while they continue to report me delinquent to the credit bureaus. On -/-/2015 I found out from my insurance company that due to changes I had made to my policy many months ago, my insurance dropped significantly. The overage had been returned CCO Mortgage months ago. I contacted CCO to verify this, and the told me my escrow account now had a surplus. I am upset because the company refuses to release that money to me so that I can apply it to the my negative balance, and they refuse to apply it to the negative balance themselves. Instead they are requiring me to pay off my balance before they will apply the excess funds in the account to my loan. I believe this is an unfair practice because if I had no balance they would return the money to me. I understand CCO not wanting to release the money to me, but not why they refuse to apply it towards my loan. This is simply a way for them to continue profiting from the late fees they are charging. If they were to apply the surplus to my negative balance, not only would I no longer be delinquent, I would still have a surplus. This is also affecting my credit, as they continue to report me to the credit bureaus as late every month until that one month I was late is paid in full, even though I have been paying my payments as agreed in the payment arrangement.