RBS Citizens Mortgage Complaint

RBS Citizens Mortgage department,

Conventional adjustable mortgage (ARM) Application, originator, mortgage broker Michigan

( 1 ) We are seniors who have - and health issues and in - of 2014 I asked our lender if they had any suggestions/help for us with our mortgage. I specifically said I was not interested in a short sale, nor were we in jeopardy of foreclosure as we have never missed a payment and did not intend to. ( 2 ) I was sent an application but said on the application I was only hoping to look at options - perhaps a different percentage rate, or possibly just a fixed rate. I tried calling numerous times trying to tell people that I just wanted to talk to someone about my options but no one would return my phone calls. ( 3 ) In - we got a decline on assistance with our loan and that we were not eligible for FORECLOSURE alternatives. - Due to the reason I was not evaluated on other criteria ''. I had no idea what this meant and tried to call but my phone calls were never answered. Shortly from the decline we got a letter sending us information on selling our house on a SHORT SALE! I


and would be removed. ( 5 ) The next month this fee went up to - and I called again. I finally wrote a letter how unhappy I was with their service and wanted the fee removed from my statement. ( 6 ) In response to my letter a person called and I asked her to remove the fee from the statement. She said she would have to check into it and see what it was for. Many months later she called and said that the fee was for an appraisal. I replied that I did not ask or give permission for an appraisal nor was I sent a copy of the appraisal which by new laws they must send to me promptly. ( 7 ) A month later I was sent what they called an appraisal. ( It has now been at least six months later ) It was not an appraisal - it was an exterior BPO and done by a realtor and not a certified appraiser. I have a real estate license and I know that according to FIRREA rules that we can not do appraisals for mortgage loans as this is illegal. It also states that if lenders wish to ensure payment for appraisals they must request payment before. ( Strangely I was studying the new laws of the CFPB for my continuing education in real estate in -. ) ( - ) As I have found out that getting help with mortgages from the government is a big farce I feel I should not have to pay for an appraisal which I was told was a mistake, and which it says right on it that it is NOT an appraisal, and I certainly did not receive it promptly. Asking for help with my mortgage not only has caused a lot more stress for us, but now I have more money to pay and a lower FICO score.