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- From: MCLHAGEE@UKCC.UKY.EDU
- Subject: Mortgage Scam??
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- Date: Fri, 4 Sep 1992 02:15:43 GMT
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- I'm in the process of selling my house. We have a buyer and have run
- into something that seems kind of underhanded dealing with our
- original mortgage company that we'll be paying off. Let's call that
- company LoanUs Mortgage out of JR, Texas.
-
- We set a closing date for Aug 31. LoanUs was notified (as is the
- common procedure) a week before that closing date. On the phone, we
- were told that it would take 6 days to process and they could not fax
- or give any details over the phone. The business day before the
- closing the paperwork had not arrived. The closing was rescheduled for
- the following Tuesday, Sept. 3. When the paperwork arrived we found
- out that our FHA loan has a stipulation that if we pay off the loan
- after the 1st of the month we'll be charged the full interest rate for
- the new month (in our case $425).
-
- Essentially, we're being charged 27 days interest *after* we have paid
- back the loan! For me, that's more than a week's wages.
- Due to other considerations, we are unable to wait until the end of
- Sept. (closing on the house we're buying, etc.).
-
- Summary
- -------
-
- LoanUs's 6-day/no fax/phone policy caused us to miss our end-of-month
- closing. Now they're getting our September. payments as well as
- loaning that same money to someone else! This sounds like some kind of
- "Paper Moon" scam...
-
- What can we do? Does anybody know if these policies are unusual or
- leaning towards illegal?
-
- Ironic, the FHA loans are supposed to help "poor" folks buy houses.
- How many of you can afford to throw $425 down the drain like that?
-
- Thanks,
-
- Jon Hagee
-
- Please reply to: MCLHAGEE@UKCC.UKY.EDU
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