Samir Khatri/Chaitali Mehta
Address: 19910 Esmeralda Court, Yorba Linda, CA 92886
To whomever it may concern:
This is to inform you that we are very disappointed with Quicken Loans service. We bought a new home and chose Quicken Loans as our lender. We locked the interest rate of 3.75% on July 18th, 2013 with Baylee Burrowes. An application was signed and submitted on July 23rd, 2013. We were informed by the builder the closing date of August 30th and this was communicated to Quicken Loans (Alejandro Torres and Baylee Burrowes). We also told them that we would like to close on August 30th. Since then, all the documents that were requested by Alejandro Torres were provided in a timely manner.
Prior to fifteen days from closing (i.e. August 30th), I kept asking Alenjandro Torres if the loan will be closed on August 30th for us to be able to move on September 1st. I was assured by Alenjandro that all the work will be completed and closing will occur on August 30th. Since he assured me, I made all the arrangements to prepare for the move on September 1st. I asked my brother and his wife to fly to LA from Fremont to help us with the move. They had to take time off from their job to fly to LA.
On August 27th evening around 4:30pm, Alenjandro called me and left me a message that he is trying to get hold of AAA agent for the insurance policy to close the loan.
On August 27th night, I sent an email to Hugo (AAA agent) and copied Alenjandro asking him to have a conference call with myself and Alenjandro next day in the morning.
On August 28th morning, I spoke with Alenjandro and told him that the initial policy was sent to him on July 25th, which initially he was not able to locate it, but afterwards, he found it in his email. He then uploaded the document for review and mentioned that he does not need to talk to AAA agent any more. So, he had this document for 33 days and could have been reviewed earlier.
Then on August 29th afternoon, Alenjandro called me and told me that the master insurance policy that homeowners association has, does not cover the structure, so we have to get another policy and he has been trying to reach AAA regarding that and make changes to the policy. Finally, I had to conference Alenjandro and AAA and the new policy was obtained on August 29th. Because of this, I asked Alenjandro if the loan will be closed on August 30th and also mentioned to him that if he is not sure, then I can ask my brother to cancel his flight. However, he kept assuring me that we will close on August 30th.
Until August 30th noon, he kept saying that the loan will be closed the same day (i.e. August 30th). Then, on August 30th in the afternoon around 1pm, I received another call saying that closing will not occur today(i.e. August 30th) due to tax calculation issue. Tax calculation issue was never even brought up prior and we kept wondering where did this tax calculation issue arised and why were we not informed earlier. Our delayed closing caused a lot of headache for us.
The consequences of Quicken Loans not able to close on August 30th are described below:
1) My brother, his wife, myself, and my wife had to take time off on Friday, August 30th to prepare for the move and the move did not occur, due to negligence of Quicken Loans.
2) We had scheduled day care for our son, which was suppose to start on September 3rd. Now that had been delayed by a week. This also means that me and my wife had to take more time off from work to take care of him. By taking more time off from work put us behind from meeting the goals/target at work, which will have an impact on our bonuses. Our bonus are directly related to meeting timelines and targets at work. This needs to be compensated appropriately.
3) The deliveries for appliances was scheduled for September 1st and I had to reschedule all the deliveries.
4) We had scheduled for the movers to come in and do the move on September 1st. This had to be rescheduled for the following Saturday.
5) We had to reschedule the cable TV service/internet service. Also, had to extend the services at the existing place.
6) We had to reschedule the appointment for windows shutter service estimate.
7) We had to extend our current apartment lease for another week.
All the above caused a lot of stress and frustration.
I am expecting Quicken Loans to compensate for all the direct and indirect expenses that we incurred. List of direct expenses are listed below:
1) $250 for the ticket for my brother and his wife who flew from Oakland, CA to Burbank, CA
2) $1500 - amount for the time off for two days (August 30th and September 3rd) each for my brother and his wife.
3) $1800 - amount for the time off for two days each for myself and my wife. This wouldn't have needed if we were able to close on August 30th.
4) $308 - my son's day care was suppose to start on September 3rd. Due to this, it got delayed by one week and it needs to be compensated.
5) $550 - we had to extend our lease at the existing apartment for a week
6) $3000 - AT&T internet connection had to be rescheduled and they could not install until September 11th. I work from home and due to the reschedule, I had to find a place where I could connect and work. Not only this caused inconvenience, but it will have an impact on my work. I had to take six PTO from work due to this.
7) We had to manage the move without any help and with a small baby. This was not easy and could have been avoided had we close on August 30th.
8) $1150 - extra interest that we are asked to pay for the month of September in closing fees, because it was not closed on August 30th due to the delay on Quicken Loans end. Why do we need to pay for something that was a negligence from Quicken Loans side? This just does not seem fair.
I was told on August 28th that this loan is on rush and needs to be closed on August 30th.
On September 3rd, I was updated that the issue is with tax calculation and my tax will be around $16,000 per year and that will put me out of my debt to income ratio and I will not be qualified for loan. I was provided with APN number, which is used for tax calculation. Robert Anatya was a closing specialist and was working on resolving the tax calculation issue.
On September 4th, I called Orange county recording dept.and found the detail that the APN number was for big lot where the condos were built. So tax calculation was off. I provided contact info of Kelly Hernandez / Jennifer OC recorder (phone number -7148342758) to Robert Anatya. All this should have been done by Robert Anatya but I had to do it. I felt like I was working for Quicken Loan and doing the job of Robert Anatya. Quicken Loans kept adding to our stress and frustration.
Quicken loan told me they are trying to reach Beverly at Highland Escrow to have the closing package ready on September 5th at 9 AM and they were not able to reach her. I called Quicken Loans again and got Beverly's number from Quicken Loans on September 5th at 11:45 am. I called her immediately and was able to get her on phone and conferenced in Quicken Loans purchase hotline. Beverly told me that she was in office since 9 AM and was not contacted by Quicken Loans either by email or phone. Quicken Loans kept telling me this is a rush. However, it was very hard for me to believe them with the way they were operating.
Finally, on September 6th, we were told to give a check to Highland Escrow for the closing to occur. As a first time home buyer, we were not informed that both of us need to be present at the Highland Escrow. The cut off time was noon and my wife had to rush (with a small baby) to make it on time at Highland Escrow. Till the last minute, we were not sure if the closing would still occur on September 6th. We completely lost faith and confidence in Quicken Loans. Overall, this was a very terrible, stressful and frustrating experience and it needs to be appropriately compensated.
Thanks for looking into in this matter. Also would like to mention that we did not had any issue working with Baylee.
Samir Khatri/Chaitali Mehta
this is not done yet.. I tried to look for refinance recently and QL called me knowing that i was trying for refinance.. They offered me to lower rate by .25% to make it up for the issue
we had in first time home buying experience at no cost to me and no extra down payment. Today i got call that my appraised home value is gone down.. :( Which is not true. The
home price is up by atleast 100K. I see sorrounding property is selling for 100K more.. I have so many upgrades, backyard, shutter, water system to name few.. so QL asked me to
bring down payment of 13K so they can close This was socking and frustrating.. I will move my loan with someone else @ earliest possible oppurtunity..
How easily QL does change their statement and promise.. This is really bad way to do business.. I am not sure why nobody is taking any action against them. I am not sure how
long they can survice like that.. Hope they shutdown soon. or make change to the way they operate. Every one wants to make money but with some ethics and moral.. not like this..
I wish i had worked with other lender to start with.. hope fully this helps people who is deciding to refinance or new purchase loan..