Consumer complaint received 2017-09-17 00:00:00
Product: Mortgage — Conventional home mortgage
Issue: Trouble during payment process — 
Company: Freedom Mortgage Company
State: OH

Complaint narrative:
At the time I went to pay my XXXX mortgage payment online ( XXXX XXXX ), I inadvertently failed to hit the last " Submit Payment '' button, which meant I did not make the payment. 

Later I received a letter from my mortgage company, Freedom Mortgage indicating I had not made the payment. I think I checked that I had a saved PDF for the payment, but either did not open it or did not see it was not a confirmation screen. 

We left town in mid XXXX and were away from physical mail until mid XXXX. 

When I went to make my XXXX payment online ( while away ), there was no indication that I was now indeed late. I also was unable to download my XXXX or XXXX statements at this time to verify what had happened. I made the XXXX payment. 

When I got home in mid-XXXX there was another you are late letter. I was still unable to see XXXX or XXXX statements. When I went to make my XXXX payment it was finally indicating I was late as the required payment was now double my normal payment. I checked my checking account from which I make the payments and could see the XXXX payment did not happen. 

I contacted Freedom Mortgage, and they seemed to understand the problem and would be happy to reverse one late payment ( maximum of their policy ), which they did. The person I spoke to sounded positive on the idea I would be able to have them repair my credit report, but I would need to submit a case via e-mail. 

I submitted a case by e-mail, but the declined to repair my credit report. I am unable to pursue this matter further with their XXXX XXXX Department, as they would not provide me with a phone number for this department. 

My credit reports with at least two of the three agencies now reflect two late payments on the mortgage, which seems unfair, as I feel I only missed one payment ; it just took me two months to address. There is also no distinction for a payment missed inadvertently, versus missed due to financial hardship or other issue. 

I was only able to see my statements for XXXX and XXXX as of XXXX XXXX. This made it impossible to verify from Freedom Mortgage 's records what had happened. It is even possible I did actually submit my XXXX payment, but their system failed. Their on-line payment system is frequently offline, and fails when I submit. I will attach a screenshot of an example of this. 

I also do not know how to add or update a contact telephone number on Freedom Mortgage 's website. They may have tried contacting me regarding the issue, but they may have been trying my home number while I was away. 

I would like Freedom Mortgage to be forced to repair my credit report, to improve their website so that contact phone numbers can be seen, added and updated, and that their website be modified to make it OBVIOUS that a payment is about to be or is late.

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