Kyndall
Gastonia,#2Author of original report
Fri, December 30, 2005
Does anyone have any recent updates on the pending class action suit? If you do please let me know. Thanks in advance!
Paul
Lake Forest,#3UPDATE EX-employee responds
Sun, November 06, 2005
When New Century was forced to sell its entire loan portfolio in order to stay afloat, many people suffered the frustration of dealing with OCWEN Financial. However, there is a cautionary tale here, and Kyndall was honest enough to admit it: "Everything was fine until I got behind on my payments." Many tales of torment about any mortgage troubles are begun with "When I got behind on my payments." Not many will admit it. A forbearance plan can be a tough road to follow. It involves making your monthly mortgage payment, plus extra to repay the delinquent amount over time. If you're having trouble making the payments as specified in your forbearance agreement, perhaps you can re-negotiate the terms to something more manageable, although a bit longer. Trust me: OCWEN would prefer to renegotiate the plan rather than go to foreclosure. Why did OCWEN refuse to take your payments? I would ask how much you were offering to pay. A mortgage banker will not accept partial payments. Additionally, when a loan is delinquent, a mortgage banker will only accept enough money to pay off all past due payments, or at least enough to get you within one month past due. For example: if you pay $1000 a month, and were past due for 5 months, OCWEN will probably only accept $4000, maybe $3000. Anything else jeopardizes their legal position to "accelerate the terms of the Note." TRADE SECRET for people suffering this trouble in the future -- before you start a repayment plan, see what you can negotiate! Sometimes you can convince the Loss Mitigation Specialist to waive some fees upon the successful completion of the forbearance plan. It's something.