Consumer complaint received 2018-03-11
Product: Mortgage — Home equity loan or line of credit (HELOC)
Issue: Trouble during payment process — 
Company: Specialized Loan Servicing Holdings LLC (MD)

What happened?

XXXX and SLS gave conflicting information about my balance during the transfer process and thwarted RESPA Mortgage Guidelines. As a result, I suffered damages, distress and my good credit and peace-of-mind was damaged. -- -- - See letter to XXXX and SLS below I am writing to pay my balance and to express my continuing dissatisfaction in your handling of my HELOC during the transfer process. Frankly, I am amazed by the seeming intent to destroy my good credit. Acting on the advice of counsel, a copy of this letter along with a complaint will be forwarded to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau ( CFPB ) and Florida Office of Financial Regulations and all the credit agencies. Here is another attempt to ( a ) pay my loan balance and ( b ) to request that all derogatory information reported by your institutions be removed from my credit reports. Payoff Loan Balance Here is a check for {$9500.00} sent to SLS to apply to my balance. Because of the conflicting, misleading and false information presented by your institutions expressed in the  background below, I have lost confidence in your ability and desire to follow state and federal guidelines. At the end of XX/XX/XXXX, my loan balance was {$10000.00}. The historical minimum payment was {$50.00} before XXXX decided to close the HELOC. Since then, I have made several electronic payments. Two were rejected by XXXX with a request for me to pay the full amount. Subsequently, four payments, including attempts to pay the full balance were made to SLS totaling {$11000.00}. Two were rejected and two accepted. While that is happening, I received two default letters to pay a minimum due of {$75.00} or face foreclosure. Despite over 10 calls, I am no closer to understanding why over {$1200.00} of my payment remained unapplied while I am asked to pay {$75.00} to avoid foreclosure. Because, I had the audacity to demand to speak with a supervisor, I was told to shut up or my call would be terminated. No supervisor returned my call despite multiple promises that one would. In addition, I was told that I had called to express relief for financial hardship. I never did. When I suggested that the representative may be confusing my file with someone else, the representative was adamant that she could prove it since my calls were recorded. All my calls to your institutions were made from XXXX. Please preserve those records for possible discovery. Remove Derogatory Information The below background will illustrate why any derogatory information on my credit report were caused by XXXX and SLS confusion during the Loan transfer process. Background XX/XX/XXXX : XXXX XXXX XXXX opened XXXX XX/XX/XXXX : XXXX XXXX closed line of credit. I subequely paid off the balance a year later with no adverse effect to my credit. XX/XX/XXXX : I refinanced my fist mortgage loan ( not related to this issue ). That loan was sold to XXXX. ( XXXX acquired XXXX XXXX XXXX ). XX/XX/XXXX : XXXX underwrote new HELOC. It is unclear to me why XXXX instead reopened the XX/XX/XXXX HELOC previously closed in XX/XX/XXXX by XXXX XXXX. XX/XX/XXXX : XXXX closed HELOC while all payments were current. Relying on the precedent set in XX/XX/XXXX, I increased payments to payoff balance ( {$500.00} instead of {$50.00} minimum ). XX/XX/XXXX : XXXX transferred both mortgages HELOC and my first mortgage. First mortgage was to XXXX XX/XX/XXXX ( not an issue in this case ) and HELOC to Specialized Loan Serving ( SLS ). [ XX/XX/XXXX : XXXX accepted payments and forwarded payment to XXXX XXXX ] XX/XX/XXXX : XXXX rejected two payments for {$500.00} to pay down my HELOC. XX/XX/XXXX : XXXX provided XXXX loan document as evidence of HELOC opened in XX/XX/XXXX. XX/XX/XXXX : I made provision to pay off the HELOC. XX/XX/XXXX : XXXX wrote to say the HELOC was transferred to SLS. XX/XX/XXXX : Several calls made to XXXX. Account not viewable online. XX/XX/XXXX : two payments made to SLS ( XX/XX/XXXX and XX/XX/XXXX {$630.00} and {$630.00} ). XX/XX/XXXX : SLS wrote to confirm transfer from XXXX. XX/XX/XXXX : SLS wrote to indicate that credit line was frozen and no additional draw was possible. XX/XX/XXXX : SLS wrote notice of default and intent to foreclosure for minimum due of {$75.00}. XX/XX/XXXX : Multiple calls to SLS. Obtained confirmation payments received and applied and loan current. XX/XX/XXXX : SLS received and rejected online payment of {$630.00}. XX/XX/XXXX : SLS received and rejected online payment imputed to pay off Balance of {$9200.00}.