In the late 1990′s in Los Angeles, Ca., and surrounding areas, homeowners experienced a wave “property snatching” under the color of foreclosure.

In one case, a homeowner had their mortgage payment servicer, the company that collects the money, change over four times. Every couple of months they were directed to make payments to a different lender. While trying to keep up with the lenders reselling the loan to different companies, the homeowner was late mailing one payment to their new lender. The homeowner, tried to speak to someone in charge of the account at the lenders’ office, but was rudely snubbed. The clerk, who claimed to be a supervisor, stated that “even if the payment was made, it would not be accepted”! The homeowner became confused and did not know what to do, if the lender refused to accept the payment on their mortgage to their home! Continue reading Lender Refused Payment