Consumer complaint received 2015-08-05
Company: SUNTRUST BANKS, INC.
State: CA
Product: Mortgage
Sub-product: Other mortgage
Issue: Credit decision / Underwriting

Complaint:
Dear CFPB : This matter is INCREDIBLY time sensitive. SunTrust Mortgage is preventing my wife and I from attaining a home loan. They have misreported our credit in XXXX major ways, which is creating a hard-stop from us putting an offer on the home of our dreams. They have been largely unresponsive, have lost documents, refused to cooperate, been outride rude, indolent, slow-moving, and incredibly difficult to reason with. 

Overview of Situation : We obtained a loan from SunTrust Mortgage in XXXX of XXXX. SunTrust thinks we were foreclosed on, when in actuality we completed a successful short sale with them on XXXX XXXX, XXXX. They erroneously reported this transaction to the credit bureaus as a foreclosure and will not remove it. In addition, they reported to the credit bureaus that we have a 90 day late on a mortgage as of XXXX XXXX. This is absurd. We did n't even have a mortgage with them in XXXX. Everything was complete via a short sale in XXXX. We have been renters since XXXX. 

We have provided SunTrust with the information that clearly shows they were in error so that we could obtain a pre-approval letter from our lender and purchase a home to raise our son in. All that we asked for from SunTrust was : 1 ) a letter stating that they did not foreclose on us ; it was a short sale completed with settled deb and that we were never late in XXXX, as we had already sold the home and were renting 2 ) Contact the credit bureaus and re-report this information. 

The below documentation was provided to SunTrust 's loss mitigation department and Mortgage Escalation Group : The HUD-1The short sale settlement and acceptance letter sent to us by SunTrust Mortgage in XXXXThe Grant Died that shows when then transaction was completed and the final dispersement from title that shows the money paid in full to all parties. 
The Closing Statement from escrow that outlines the entire transaction. 

Our credit report that shows the 90 day late that SunTrust reported to the credit bureaus in XXXX of XXXX, when we did not even own a home. 

After countless hours invested in trying to reason with SunTrust 's loss mitigation department and providing them all of the documentation they need to prove that we executed a short sale with them in XXXX, we received a letter in the mail on XXXX XXXX stating that SunTrust had completed its investigation and they are correct ; we are wrong. The matter was even turn over to SunTrust 's " Escalation Group '' to no avail. XXXX in the escalation group conceded that they only had XXXX staff members and were behind. I begged him to look at our case because of the timing issue of putting an offer in on the house. My begging accomplished nothing. 

The lack of information and sensitivity to a very time sensitive home purchase, as a result of SunTrust 's egregious servicing practices, has directly and solely impeded our ability to buy a house. They are like talking to a wall. They have hung us out to dry and we have zero recourse. 

Sincerely and Regretfully, XXXX

Company public response: Company chooses not to provide a public response
Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation