Consumer complaint received 2019-10-14
Company: LoanCare, LLC
State: ID
Product: Mortgage
Sub-product: Conventional home mortgage
Issue: Trouble during payment process

Complaint:
In XX/XX/2019 I received an account history. My escrow account was in a minus state from XXXX through XXXX, and only notified in XXXX in a statement. This was probably due to the fact the house is only 2 years and it has taken the state that much time to catch up on collecting the right amount of taxes. In XXXX of 2019 the company called me to say I have to pay for hazard insurance which I thought was supposed to be part of the escrow account ( which it is ). They contacted my insurance company ( XXXX and informed them that they owed them ( the mortgage company ) {$720.00}. They called me back saying that I had to take care of the insurance or they were going to get it and threatened it would cost me more money. I couldn't believe what they were saying. They finally paid it. Because of this experience I thought it best to cancel the Escrow account. I wrote a letter on XXXX XX/XX/2019 indicating I wanted the account closed by XXXX XX/XX/2019 and was willing to pay an amount of {$950.00} that was due the Escrow Account and starting XXXX XX/XX/2019 I would pay only the {$630.00} for the mortgage fees. I sent the letter Register Return Receipt and they signed it on XX/XX/2019. I never received a reply. Sent my normal payment of {$820.00} on XXXX XXXX, which should have been received on XXXX XX/XX/2019. They held that check until 2 days after the deadline and tried to charge me a late fee. I have a copy from the bank showing proof of payment. I finally went to the bank on XXXX XXXX with my problem. A representative at the bank spent 1-1/2 hours on the phone trying to get the fee taken off and sent the loan company a copy of the proof of payment as well as a copy of my letter and a copy of the registered return receipt. When they sent me the statement of my account they said the shortage was at {$2700.00} ( I believe this included what my account was going to require by XXXX of 2019 ) and that my future payments would be {$1200.00} if I didn't pay this shortage by XXXX XXXX. I told them about the letter - they ignored me - and told me they did not acknowledge my request to do away with the escrow account because I hadn't paid the {$950.00}. I sent it on XXXX XX/XX/2019 when it was due, and have a receipt from them. The {$950.00} is the true amount of the shortage, but they are trying to get more to cover the added fees needed for the escrow account because they decided not to close it out until XXXX XX/XX/2019. I'm XXXX years old, luckily still have my wits about me, but have never in all those years experienced anything like this. I have called them numerous times and have lots of names of people I talked to. The person at the band I use was hung up on as I was many time. The bank I have been using has indicated that previous to this problem they checked to see that the loan company was not cashing the payments until weeks after having received same. I don't want to have my credit score hurt by their mistakes. I don't believe I should have to pay for their incompetence.

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 explanation