Consumer complaint received 2018-10-06
Company: Ditech Financial LLC
State: AZ
Product: Mortgage
Sub-product: FHA mortgage
Issue: Trouble during payment process

Complaint:
Ditech is the company that services my loan. I make regular payments to be applied directly to the principal in addition to the regular payment. They do not credit the additional payments in a timely manner, which affects the amount of accrued interest which inflates the loan amount and does not accurately reflect the accurate principal amount. Now, Ditech has not applied any of the additional payments that they have received since XXXX. I had so many issues with them not applying the amounts in addition to not taking the automatic payments that I signed up for. I was forced to make the payments myself and I even sent the extra principal payment in a separate check. Their records document that they received all payments but did not apply them. I have contacted them numerous times regarding this. They still have not addressed this. I have been told that my only recourse is to continue to call them. 
Escrow : Ditech sent my hazard insurance payment in the wrong amount and with a wrong account number to my insurance company. The payment was returned ; This started a chain of errors, with them making double payments ( 2 on the same day ) leaving my escrow account underfunded. They notified me that my monthly payment would increase by {$200.00}. They made an escrow advance, which I was charged for to make the payments. They refused to work with my insurance company to resolve this after numerous attempts by the insurance company to rectify this. They flat refused to even contact the insurance company and would not take my company 's telephone calls. I was hung up on, passed around, and generally mistreated. No one could ever find any record of me contacting them. Finally I had to make the premium payment myself directly to the insurance company because they said that they canceled my policy. Luckily for me, my agent was able to reinstate it since there was no history of any late payments. He got a 2 month extension. The money for the premium is in my escrow account and there has been no action since XX/XX/XXXX. Each time I submit an inquiry they keep informing me that I would be contacted ... yet they have not done so. In my last 2 communications I asked to be reimbursed for the payment that I made. The money is there. In addition, I informed them that I would assume responsibility for making all insurance payments myself, and want the amount of the escrow payment to decrease. I made it clear that my escrow payment be recalculated to reflect that they no longer will collect money from me for insurance payments. I have made numerous attempts to resolve this. On most attempts to submit my concerns, I receive a message that they were experiencing technical difficulties and the message was not sent. I can not retrieve the message. They have also informed me that they would probably send me some form to give them permission to investigate my complaints. I have received nothing. 

I charge that Ditech is subjecting me to deceptive fraudulent practices.

Company public response: Company believes complaint is the result of an isolated error
Company response to consumer: Closed with non-monetary relief