Consumer complaint received 2018-04-14
Company: BMO HARRIS BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
State: IL
Product: Mortgage
Sub-product: Conventional home mortgage
Issue: Closing on a mortgage

Complaint:
This complaint is against BMO Harris Bank N.A . I communicated with BMO from approximately XX/XX/XXXX through XX/XX/XXXX regarding obtaining a home mortgage. My main point of contact was with XXXX XXXX, the mortgage banker. Initially, I requested a quotation from XXXX for mortgage rates and fees. After subsequent emails and conversations, I told XXXX that I wanted to go with her initially quoted interest rate ( of 4.1 % ) and initial fees quoted which did not include points. I communicated that I did not want to buy the rate down. I also communicated that I wanted to lock in the quoted rate. XXXX informed me that the rate was locked. I later received paperwork in the mail to sign off on and I noticed that the box for a locked rate was not checked. I informed XXXX and she assured me that my rate was locked. As the mortgage process went on I continued to receive documents with points added to the cost of my agreement. I communicated this to XXXX and constantly reiterated that I had not agreed to that and did not want to pay for points. She informed me that it turned out that my rate was not locked in when she thought it was because of a system error and that there was nothing she could do to remove the points. She admitted that it was the banks error. I subsequently requested her supervisors contact information and she gave me XXXX XXXX XXXX contact information. XXXX told me she informed XXXX XXXX of the situation. I also contacted XXXX XXXX on more than one occasion by phone and email and never received any communication regarding a resolution to this issue. 
In the midst of all this, I continued to receive bank documentation to sign off on which had points added on that I had not agreed to. The documentation came with deadlines by which I had to sign and return the documents so I felt under pressure to meet the deadlines so that I would not be in breach of contract with the seller of the home I wanted to purchase and be in jeopardy of losing my earnest money. My real estate lawyer informed me that I did not have enough time left in the process to find another banker and secure a mortgage without being in breach of contract. Therefore, I marked up some of the loan documents, and signed them, indicating that I did not agree to the points that were added on. 
In summary, I made phone calls and sent many emails to XXXX and XXXX XXXX and in the end, {$380.00} was added to my closing disclosure that I did not agree to. XXXX replied to my emails and calls but said there was nothing she could do to remove the points. XXXX XXXX returned one of my calls and said that he would look into the situation and get back to me. Afterwards, some time passed during which he did not get back to me. I followed up with emails and phone calls and still did not receive anything back from him in regard to any progress or a resolution to the issue.

Company public response: Company has responded to the consumer and the CFPB and chooses not to provide a public response
Company response to consumer: Closed with monetary relief