vivekkopthsd/cfpb-consumer-complaints huggingface dataset:
Consumer complaint received 2016-05-12 00:00:00
Product: Mortgage — Conventional fixed mortgage
Issue: Application, originator, mortgage broker — 
Company: Rocket Mortgage, LLC
State: FL

Complaint narrative:
Around XXXX/XXXX/XXXX I received an unsolicited call from XXXX XXXX, ( of Quicken Loans ) wanting to discuss refinancing my loan. He asked for permission to run my credit report I DID NOT GIVE HIM PERMISSION. I later found out that he ran it anyway. I filed a complaint with the company and wound up speaking to XXXX XXXX. He admitted that I did not give him permission, his defense was I did not tell to not do it. IT IS ALSO IMPORTANT TO KNOW THAT QUICKEN LOANS REFUSES TO GIVE ME A COPY OF THIS RECORDED CONVERSATION. I think it is obvious that the only reason they would n't provide a copy is that it would prove they lied. In an attempt to make this go away, I offered to not file a complaint if Quicken would refinance my loan with no cost to me. ( I had paid Quicken over {$5000.00} in closing cost on this loan in XXXX XXXX. On XXXX/XXXX/XXXX Quicken made an offer to refinance for {$7300.00} in closing costs which completely ignores my request. I started working with XXXX ( XXXX ) XXXX. She has demonstrated she has no desire to right this wrong. She told me to work with XXXX XXXX. He called and left a voice mail message, promising to call me the next day. HE DID NOT CALL AS PROMISED. When I complained to XXXX XXXX about the broken promise she had XXXX XXXX finally call me. After offering to PAY DOWN THE LOAN BEFORE REFINANCING ( remember they have the loan ) his offer was one with {$11000.00} OF CLOSING COST. 
I CAN BE REACHED AT XXXX. 
This is a serious complaint and I hope you will help me.

Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation
Consumer complaint received 2016-02-22 00:00:00
Product: Mortgage — Conventional fixed mortgage
Issue: Loan servicing, payments, escrow account — 
Company: NATIONSTAR MORTGAGE LLC
State: MA

Complaint narrative:
Nationstar Mortgage charged me a late fee and reported my payment as late illegally. I have a copy of the cancelled check which shows clearly that my check was received before the late payment date. They refused to remove the late payment and if they reported it to credit bureaus then my perfect payment record is marred by this " late payment ''.

Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation
Consumer complaint received 2015-12-01 00:00:00
Product: Mortgage — Conventional fixed mortgage
Issue: Loan servicing, payments, escrow account — 
Company: NATIONSTAR MORTGAGE LLC
State: TX

Complaint narrative:
Nationstar Mortgage has insisted for over a year that I have insufficient flood insurance despite the fact that I have provided proof. Nationstar deducted from my escrow a payment for supplemental flood insurance and when I contested this they refunded the money and agreed I had sufficient coverage. Nationstar recently started up again claiming insufficient flood insurance and they are deducting from my account again to pay a supplemental policy. I have tried repeatedly to solve this problem, but to no avail. Can you help? They are stealing from me and are a disreputable company.

Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation
Consumer complaint received 2016-08-02 00:00:00
Product: Mortgage — Conventional fixed mortgage
Issue: Loan servicing, payments, escrow account — 
Company: NATIONSTAR MORTGAGE LLC
State: MN

Complaint narrative:
They have refused to remove my PMI. Based on the tax assessed value and my current principal balance my LTV is 73 %. Tax assessed value is commonly known to be XXXX25 % less than the market rate of the home ( depending on market ). I find it fraudulent to continue to be required to pay this PMI along with being asked to pay for an appraisal with no guarantee the appraiser will provide and accurate value in my interest and not the lender 's.

Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation
Consumer complaint received 2016-12-13 00:00:00
Product: Mortgage — Conventional adjustable mortgage (ARM)
Issue: Loan modification,collection,foreclosure — 
Company: SELECT PORTFOLIO SERVICING, INC.
State: CA

Complaint narrative:
I received this loan in 2007 and was unaware that I had a negative amortization loan that would adjust and grow a balance every month. I am XXXX and needed the funds to repair my home to accommodate my illness. I fell behind as soon as the loan adjusted and have been unable to get help with keeping my home. I can afford to pay my old payment based off of that loan. I was recently under review for a modification and was denied, they say I do not make enough money to keep my home and will not work with me to give me a payment close to my old payment. I do not agree that my income is insufficient, I can afford to make a payment but I can not seem to get the assistance that I need from SPS to keep or even short sale my home. They have advised me that they will proceed with foreclosure instead. I do not want to be homeless and the very least I would like the option to short sale under the XXXX program.

Company public response: Company believes it acted appropriately as authorized by contract or law
Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation
Consumer complaint received 2016-08-17 00:00:00
Product: Consumer Loan — Vehicle loan
Issue: Problems when you are unable to pay — 
Company: BB&T CORPORATION
State: NY

Complaint narrative:
In XX/XX/XXXX and again XX/XX/2016, I attempted to make an online payment to on my car note with Regional Acceptance Corp - RAC - ( an affiliate of BB & T Bank ). I tried a number of times. Each time I received an error message of sorts that indicated that I was unable to make a payment. On XXXX/XXXX/16 I called an RAC branch office in XXXX, NY as directed by the error message. I spoke to XXXX at XXXX who advised me that RAC has blocked my ability to make free, convenient online payments because my payment is late. Stunned by this blatant discrimination against consumers that fall behind, I asked XXXX if that is RAC 's policy and she assured me that it is their policy to offer the " convenience '' of free online payments to customers whose accounts are up-to-date ( not late ). I told her that I have made a number of online payments in the past despite my account being late and she basically called me a liar. I asked XXXX how that policy makes any sense whatsoever and she very robotically repeated RAC 's policy. RAC purposely and maliciously is blocking consumers ability to make free, convenient online payments if they are behind on their car note!

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
Consumer complaint received 2015-04-16 00:00:00
Product: Mortgage — Conventional fixed mortgage
Issue: Loan servicing, payments, escrow account — 
Company: NATIONSTAR MORTGAGE LLC
State: NC

Complaint narrative:
Nation star has increased my escrow by {$60.00} so I will have excess in my escrow account. I refused to pay over my payment amount. I have made all my payments on time since I 've had this loan. This loan is a modification due to the fact I am XXXX. According to their paper work they sent me. I am paying the proper amount of escrow. {$140.00} that covers the amount of tax and ins. XXXX. I received a phone call from Nation Star not a notice. That they have suspended my account and if I did not make the payment it could result in forcloser. I do n't understand how they can force me to pay over my escrow amount that I do not owe. Then foreclose on my home because I will not. I am XXXX and I am on a fixed income. From reading the comments about these practices it looks like this organization looks for people like me. From what I understand this practise is used to let the individual not make XXXX payments then start forecloser procedings. The person owing the money does not have the funds to pay the jacked up charges so Nationstar forcloses on the home. They are looking for homes with equity that they can turn over. I hope this is not true. I still want to believe businesses are honest. Thank you for your time.

Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation
Consumer complaint received 2017-01-31 00:00:00
Product: Credit card — 
Issue: Transaction issue — 
Company: CITIBANK, N.A.
State: OH

Complaint narrative:
I am contacting your agency because I need your help in disputing some charges done on my Mastercard At & t Universal credit card by some fraudulent companies. I have paid several companies thousands of dollars for various online business related and have found myself as a victim of a professionally orchestrated scam. After I paid XXXX company my phone got inundated with calls from these companies offering me their services. I would like you to investigate a charge of {$490.00} done on my card by XXXX charged on XXXX/XXXX/2015. They contacted me by an unsolicited telemarketing phone call.XXXX is a " leads program '' where they call you up and act as " your coach '' to convince you to buy " leads '' of a list of people who are supposedly " targeted leads '' who wish to be part of an online work from home program ( though you do not know if there is actually a list of leads you purchased ). You supposedly get a commission for each person on the list you bought who joins the scam.I never received any goods or services. I have been lied to and charged for services that have not been provided as promised. They have used false and misleading tactics and it is clear that they never intended to fulfill their end of the deal. I tried to resolve directly with and get my refund but they ignored my requests.

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
Consumer complaint received 2016-09-23 00:00:00
Product: Mortgage — Conventional fixed mortgage
Issue: Loan servicing, payments, escrow account — 
Company: NATIONSTAR MORTGAGE LLC
State: PA

Complaint narrative:
My loan was sold to nationstar mortgage, I ve been having trouble with them from the start .I have contacted an attorney to get things straighten out. And the person that he talk to there had agreed XXXX some terms to straighten out the matter but like always nationstar will not work to get this loan straighten out Now they wont give my attorney the rein-statements Values paper work that is needed?

Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation
Consumer complaint received 2017-02-28 00:00:00
Product: Consumer Loan — Vehicle loan
Issue: Managing the loan or lease — 
Company: FORD MOTOR CREDIT CO.
State: MN

Complaint narrative:
I acquired an auto loan in XXXX, had perfect pay history until XXXX in XXXX I had a catastrophic event happen to me which rendered me completely XXXX, while waiting for my XXXX to be approved I fell behind in some car payments, once it was approved I paid in full on XXXX/XXXX/XXXX the back amount that I owed and from that day forth never missed or was late with another payment. Loan was paid off on XXXX/XXXX/XXXX. My complaint is that the company I had this loan with never reported my perfect pay history from XXXX/XXXX/XXXX - XXXX/XXXX/XXXX, thus robbing me of good credit on my credit reports instead showing just C/O during these four years.

Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation
Consumer complaint received 2015-08-12 00:00:00
Product: Mortgage — Conventional fixed mortgage
Issue: Loan servicing, payments, escrow account — 
Company: NATIONSTAR MORTGAGE LLC
State: FL

Complaint narrative:
Nation Star took over mortgage processing XXXX 2015. They have failed every month to automatically withdraw the payment from our account. Starting in XX/XX/XXXX, they have lied during multiple phone calls and told us the problem was resolved/fixed. They also promised to call back with information and the resolution and did not. They continue to phone all hours of the day and night -- past XXXX -- and mail saying the payment is past due. This suggests an intentional ongoing corrupt practice to be able to collect late fees, raise interest rates and foreclose on properties, epecially targeting senior citizens. 

To be fair, not all service reps were dishonest nor hard to understand. Several simply did not have the authority to resolve the issue. Nonetheless, those who did assured us the problem that they caused was fixed. It still has not been.

Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation
Consumer complaint received 2017-02-01 00:00:00
Product: Student loan — Non-federal student loan
Issue: Dealing with my lender or servicer — Trouble with how payments are handled
Company: ACS Education Services
State: PA

Complaint narrative:
I have been out of school since XXXX XXXX and I have been paying my student loans since. My original loan amount was {$31000.00}. Even though I make my payments on time every month and I send them additional money specifically asking them to apply it to the principal my balance has only gone down to {$29000.00}. There is no way that this should be the case. When I asked them how this is possible and why they were n't applying my extra payments to the principal ( they are putting it toward interest ) like I asked they stated that the account accumulates interest daily. So no matter what I ask them to do, it 's always going to go to interest. How is the loan ever going to get paid off if that is the case? Furthermore, no one ever explained that to me because I would n't have agreed to that. On XXXX/XXXX/XXXX for instance, I sent them a check for {$500.00} which was for principal only and they applied {$150.00} of it to interest. The customer service reps are n't helpful at all. In over 10yrs I 've barely made a dent in this loan and something is wrong with that.

Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation
Consumer complaint received 2015-12-18 00:00:00
Product: Debt collection — Mortgage
Issue: Cont'd attempts collect debt not owed — Debt is not mine
Company: NATIONSTAR MORTGAGE LLC
State: GA

Complaint narrative:
I got a new phone number a few months ago for a cell phone. Nationstar Mortgage XXXX which is a debt collector ) keeps calling the number up to several times a day. I have told them I just got the number, do not know the person they are seeking, and please stop calling my number. XXXX person claimed they put in the system to stop calling me. It has been two weeks or more and they are still calling me. Today A person at Nationstar asked for a woman 's name. I said I do not know who it is and please stop calling me it is harassment. He said he would remove me from the system and started to hang up. I said hold on, I have asked them a few times to do that and they never do. He said XXXX or XXXX words then hung up in mid-sentence. That was XXXX. I called back the number on caller ID and spoke to a receptionist or someone. She put me on hold came back to the phone and said she was adding a note not to call my number. XXXX the same day a woman called with XXXX caller ID displayed. I said hello. She said hello mirroring what I said and same mannerism. I said hello again and she did the same thing again sounding amused. She hung up.

Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation
Consumer complaint received 2015-05-19 00:00:00
Product: Mortgage — FHA mortgage
Issue: Loan servicing, payments, escrow account — 
Company: NATIONSTAR MORTGAGE LLC
State: CA

Complaint narrative:
My loan is greater than five years old and I have greater than 25 % equity in the property. As such, I no longer need to pay Private Mortage Insurance. I have informed Nationstar of this fact and they just drag their feet in responding to my questions. They are making me use one of their appraisers at XXXX the cost of one I can easily find. My appraiser is licensed, just like theirs. 

More importantly, they do not return phone calls and/or do not respond to emails at all. When I call in, I either get transferred all over the place or I am put on hold for an extremely long period of time. Today someone called me, I gave them my information, and they hung up on me. Nobody will answer my questions about how to remove PMI from my monthly payment, nor will they answer questions about what appraiser they use in my state ( CA ). If I am forced to get an appraisal, I should be able to sue any licensed appraiser I want. Not one of theirs who will price-gouge me. I think Nationstar Mortgage is dragging their feet because they have no incentive to eliminate my PMI ( less money for them ).

Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation
Consumer complaint received 2016-09-09 00:00:00
Product: Mortgage — Conventional fixed mortgage
Issue: Loan servicing, payments, escrow account — 
Company: NATIONSTAR MORTGAGE LLC
State: CA

Complaint narrative:
NationStar Mortgage ( XXXX, TX ) did not impound my property taxes and property insurance for over a year - their error caused my escrow account to be short {$3900.00}. When they discovered their mistake NationStar forced me to take out another loan which they are again collecting interest on. To payoff the new loan, my wife had to get a new full time job. 
Details : XX/XX/XXXX we refinanced our home. Our mortgage was with XXXX XXXX for $ XXXX/month. The mortgage was sold to NationStar Mortgage and that 's when the problems began. XX/XX/XXXX, NationStar audited our mortgage account and said there was an overage in the escrow where our property tax and home insurance is impounded. NationStar re-adjusted our mortgage payment to $ XXXX/month. I took issue with this adjustment and called NationStar and had them re-check the new figures. They assured me that everything was in order. XX/XX/XXXX NationStar found their mistake and sent me a bill for {$3900.00} and insisted it be paid immediately. I could not pay, so NationStar forced me to take out another loan with them to pay for their mistake. NationStar is earning interest on this XXXX loan at my expense - now I 'm stuck me with the burden of paying off XXXX loans. As a direct result of the NationStar mistake, my wife had to get a new full time job. This never should have happened. NationStar should be held accountable for their mistake. I immediately sent a certified letter strongly stating my discontent to their company president, XXXX XXXX, asking that NationStar be return my mortgage back to the correct amount of $ XXXX/month and they restore the missing {$3900.00} to my escrow account. Neither XXXX XXXX XXXX or anyone else from NationStar responded to my demand letter. Please help me hold NationStar responsible for their own errors.

Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation
Consumer complaint received 2016-02-11 00:00:00
Product: Mortgage — Conventional fixed mortgage
Issue: Loan servicing, payments, escrow account — 
Company: Ditech Financial LLC
State: FL

Complaint narrative:
We had our mortgage through XXXX. We always paid on time.. escrow of taxes and insurance was included. Our mortgage was sold to Green Tree and unknown to us our escrow balance went to {$0.00} ... it was not as zero when the mortgage was sold.. the money is missing.. Green Tree then switched to Ditech.. we recently got XXXX letter from them saying we owed {$3000.00} in escrow.. when they were the ones doing the escrow analysis and we were paying what we were told to pay. They are confused. we cant get an answer from anyone. We paid our insurance this year to avoid escrow and they still are refusing to do another analysis to come up with our new payment.

Company public response: Company believes it acted appropriately as authorized by contract or law
Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation
Consumer complaint received 2016-06-09 00:00:00
Product: Mortgage — Conventional fixed mortgage
Issue: Application, originator, mortgage broker — 
Company: NATIONSTAR MORTGAGE LLC
State: IL

Complaint narrative:
Payments are current. Have not received escrow or account information since XXXX, XXXX. Today is XXXX XXXX, XXXX. My payments have also been fraudulently inflated for the same period. Mortgage account transferred from XXXX to NationStar property services in Texas. NationStar continues to cash my checks without sending me any accounting of my payments. I have reached out to XXXX XXXX, Investor ; but still have no results. I have a federal HARP loan modification.

Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation
Consumer complaint received 2016-05-12 00:00:00
Product: Mortgage — Home equity loan or line of credit
Issue: Loan modification,collection,foreclosure — 
Company: Sterling Home Loans Inc
State: CA

Complaint narrative:
Like many others, we have been facing difficult financial times for the last few years. Late in 2013 we took a XXXX mortgage on our home to catch up on our bills and to help launch a business that would get us back to work. The lender ( Sterling Homes ) took a second position on our home. By the time they had the money for us we were desperate, and they smoothed through the XXXX pages of documents so quickly that we signed without really understanding what the paperwork said. Turns out the loan was to be paid back with interest only payments of $ XXXX monthly due to a 16.26 % annual interest rate and {$9000.00} in fees ( over 10 % of the loan amount ). Worse, they slid a clause in their fine print that says they can foreclose even if the first is brought current. These guys presented themselves as banker type lenders, but they were loan sharks. The terms of the loan are usery and they should never been able to charge such exorbitant rates and fees especially when the loan was secured by an owner occupied home. They said they were lending my business money, but they showed little or no interest in it at all. The business still has n't launched and money is still tight so we are almost 7 months behind now on both the XXXX and XXXX. The XXXX is with XXXX and they have agreed to a loan mod beginning XXXX XXXX that will substantially reduce my payment, get me current and waive all their late fees. The problem is that the second lender has a XXXX XXXX foreclosure date and will not grant any kind of modification, nor even let us catch up. They are requiring us to pay off their loan in full before XXXX XXXX or forfeit the home where we have been raising our boys for XXXX and XXXX years. They want to steal our equity even though we have owned the home for over 19 years, borrowed money from them only 3 years ago, and only owe about {$6000.00}. Please help us force them to modify their loan to allow us to keep our home. They have already made over {$30000.00} in straight profit for lending us $ XXXX and we still owe them the entire $ XXXX! They took advantage of our desperation and now they are trying to take our home even though the first lender is working with us. We need your help!

Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation