Consumer complaint received 2016-02-02
Company: SELECT PORTFOLIO SERVICING, INC.
State: CA
Product: Mortgage
Sub-product: Conventional adjustable mortgage (ARM)
Issue: Loan modification,collection,foreclosure

Complaint:
I have spent three years going around in circles with my mortgage servicer Select Portfolio Servicing. The day my loan was transferred to them they put a Notice for Sale on my door. After fighting back I was able to get them to try and consider me for a modification and then they tried to sell my house out from under me again. I qualify for the DOJ modification settlement, I even received a letter with an offer while my loan was with XXXX XXXX XXXX. I immediately accepted the offer which included principal forgiveness and sent in all of the paperwork. Instead of saving my home my next correspondence was a Notice of Sale and a letter saying my loan has been transferred to Select Portfolio Servicing. This has been beyond frustrating. We have sent in hundreds and hundreds of documents to SPS, but still three years later they have never actually completed a review of our information. They have assigned and re-assigned and changed our point of contact a minimum of 10 times, and have been less than forthcoming in the letter that they sent to us after we got our Congressman involved regarding why this has happened. We are not asking for anything for free, we just want a chance to resolve this issue and get into an affordable monthly payment. 

I have worked XXXX for 35 years. Due to the consolidation of the XXXX, XXXX XXXX, economy etc. the pay for on XXXX began getting cut. This coincided with my property value tanking. At that time I was in a predatory adjustable rate 40 year loan with XXXX XXXX XXXX and I tried to get some type of help. I went to homeowner events, I called in, I tried to apply and made no progress. Finally I was laid off and then could not make the payment and after I fell behind XXXX XXXX XXXX started to pay attention. I was ecstatic when I received the letter that I qualified for the Department of Justice modification program which included principal forgiveness and immediately got the requested documents to XXXX XXXX XXXX and hoped for the best but instead got the worst, as I had mentioned above. A sale date and a transfer to Select Portfolio Servicing. 

I know I qualify for government programs, I know that the investor is participating in these programs so why does SPS put up so many roadblocks? I am working full time, my husband is working full time and we have boarder income as well. I know that we fit the criteria for help, our one obstacle is SPS. I am pleading with your organization to put SPS on notice and push them to make this file a priority and work with me to help us save our home. We will provide whatever additional information is needed in a timely fashion, but we need SPS to stop playing musical chairs with our point of contact and to actually COMMUNICATE with us. We can afford a reasonable payment and we have taken good care of this house and want to stay if we are given the opportunity.

Company public response: Company believes it acted appropriately as authorized by contract or law
Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation