This month (January) I went online to make my house payment as we always do. To my surprise, they had added over $500 per month to my house payment, and I could not make my payment without paying that as well. It took me 9 days of being on the phone for a minimum of 4 hour per day to even find out what was going on.
They had force placed Hazard Insurance on my home and added to our Escrow. $3500 for a policy that only covers the dwelling. My insurance premium for the year is just over $500. So they were trying to scam over $3500 for a policy that covers less than half of the one that I already had in force, and have always had in force. And I had never been notified, asked, called or anything. Never received a jacket or insurance papers either. And no, they never called my longtime insurance company or rep.
Long story short, they screwed up, and even admitted it. Granted the person who admitted that, tehy are "no longer here in our office" according to Nationstar.
After filing complaints EVERWHERE it seems, including Texas AG's office, the FTC, Texas Department of Insurance and Banking, and the BBB I got a partial resolution.
Howerever... They are demanding that even though I gave them proof of insurance (we have had the same insurance company for 14 years) they are insisting that I pay the extra $500+ until they can get their Insurance and Escrow Departments on the same page. And when it is striaght, I can request another Escrow Analysis which would take 6-8 weeks. And after that is complete, then I could place a request in writing to be refunded the amounts that were erroneously charge.
So here is my suggestion. Small Claims. File in Small Claims court in your local area. I realise this isn't what all of us want, but think of this. Small claims court you can receive up to $10, 000 in most areas. If everyone filed in small claims court, there is no way that Nationstar can send a rep to every court appearance. then when they don't show, ask for a default judgement.
I think many of us would do better this way. A class Action suit, we may recover a couple hundred dollars at best. Nationstar has overwhelmed us. It's time to turn the tables.
Just make sure that you read your guideline for small claims court to see what is acceptable and what isn't. Look under RESPA (google it) and there is some information there that may help.
No, I'm not an attorney, I am a consumer that has been wronged. But most importantly, if I have been wronged I knew there had to be others. This seems to be their newest way of squeezing fraudulent funds out of consumers.
Look up terms such as :Usury, forced placed insurance laws (State), fraud, and other terms in you small calims guidelines. Have your ducks in a row and be prepared like there is no tomorrow.
Then the State(s) and Feds may really take a look. When they see the huge numbers stacking up and actions being taken by usm the consumers, then we all stand a chance that Nationstar will be dealt with.