Wells Fargo has a long standing reputation to upkeep of being the fuddy duddy of the Loss Mitigation industry. I am sure that if they could convince people to submit their short sale and loan modification packages via the old horse drawn cart they would. Well in an unprecedented leap into the 20th century,...
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Wells Fargo: Home Equity(HELOC) no Talk, atleast not without a Power of Attorney
As the bank’s continue to beef up security it seems there is no lack of measures being put in place. No bank worse than Wells Fargo’s HELOC department. Strangely enough this is not a company-wide rule. In fact the rule doesn’t even extend to any of Wells Fargo’s advocacy groups in the very same...
Wells Fargo: My home went REO. How fast is it going to go to be sold?
Frequently we receive phone calls from homeowners who’s properties have been lost to foreclosure and their homes have sold back to the bank at the auction. Wells Fargo’s REO Department is no different and while there isn’t an exact time frame on how long it will take for the property to hit the market....
Wells Fargo: Waive your principal goodbye; for now.
In an effort to help defaulting homeowners Wells Fargo is offering their own version of FHA’s Partial Claim Program. This version varies in several ways but is aimed at what Wells Fargo is referring to as a “Principal Forbearance”. Now this is not like the Principal Reductions everyone is speaking about these days or...
Wachovia: ACG connects with Wells Fargo for Bulk MOD Underwriting
In a business where it can really help to know people in high places Wachovia has proven to be no different than the rest. Where in many cases homeowner’s find it difficult to manage through the process loan modification process, with the now Wells Fargo owned company, it looks like there is some light at the...
Wachovia: Wells Fargo advising that if a home is in California don’t wait till the last minute.
In a recent conversation with a Wachovia representative we were advised that their rule of thumb for properties in California is to no longer postpone when within 5 business days of a foreclosure sale. They advised that there is a foreclosure law set in the state of California prohibiting them to foreclose if a...
Loan MOD Review redacted from Wells Fargo/ASC Short Pay Off Guidelines.
Recently it is becoming more and more apparent that the Loan Modifications are in many cases hurting those that it first set out to help. Specifically the participants of the HAMP Program have found themselves scrutinizing the creators of the program (namely the U.S. Government and the Obama Administration) for leaving a provision in the...
Wells Fargo: Wachovia redacts online payment options during MHA Loan Modification review.
Our customers who make their mortgage payments online to Wachovia (now part of the Wells Fargo family of owned companies) from time to time find that their account will generally make have some changes made to their file in Wachovia’s online payment system when applying for different types of mortgage workouts. It is not...
Wachovia’s Letter of Authorizaiton Process: Two letter are better than one?
Wachovia, either because a large amount of identity theft or because they’ve been caught in problems for violating the FDCPA, has enough time on their hands to receive Authorizations to Release information but are sending out another letter once that letter is processed by them. The letter that arrives requests that the borrower also...
Wells Fargo: When is your sale date REALLY happening?
Every company operates differently but it is important to know how each works in order to get the best possible results. As we process hundreds of short sales we come across situations all the time, as we are sure you do to, where you are misinformed about what is going on with the lender...