Lisa
Jacksonville,#2Consumer Comment
Thu, September 12, 2002
I am a mortgagor several times over. However, in addition, I worked for a major lender processing payments before I moved into the legal field of mortgage banking. Unfortunately, it is true that most mortgage servicers do not accept "partial payments" (1 out of 2 payments, 2 out of 3 payments, ect.) Therefore, if you sent your August payment on September 1, you were due for 2 payments. Ofcourse, at times, there are acceptions made. However, cronic lateness does usually result in payments being returned to the mortgagor if it does not bring your loan current. Additionally, services are under servicing contracts (if it is not their own loan) that dictates requirements on how to service loans. There are other factors as well to consider. It is true the payments are due on the 1st and considered late on the 2nd. However, their is a period (until the 15th day) that lenders do allow as a "grace period", until a late penalty is actually added to an account, but again, most companies condiser a payment late on the second day of the month. Lastly, I know it can be very frustrating dealing with a mortgage company who has made a mistake on your loan, and it can be incredible annoying working with them to resolve a mistake. But, one has to remember, they are human and mistakes happen. I have had mistakes happen on my mortgage payments as well, but, having been on both sides of the coin, I know the mortgage companies and their employees usually do their best with the high volumn of payments, calls and workload that each employee has to manage. God Bless.