The damages from this company's dishonest ways is the money (a minimum of $500) we will have to pay for the home equity loan we were forced to take out this morning by Mr. Cooper's wrongful withholding from us of the insurance company payment to restore our home. They twice lied and said they hadn't received the insurance adjuster's worksheet, giving that as an excuse for their withholding the insurance funds from us.
Nationstar Mortgage, LLC d/b/a Mr. Cooper
On December 7,2020, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (Bureau) filed a complaint and proposed stipulated judgment and order against Nationstar Mortgage, LLC, which does business as Mr. Cooper (Nationstar). The Bureau alleges that Nationstar violated multiple Federal consumer financial laws, causing substantial harm to the borrowers whose mortgage loans it serviced, including distressed homeowners. Nationstar is one of the nation's largest mortgage servicers and the largest non-bank mortgage servicer in the United States. The proposed judgment and order, which the court entered on December 8,2020, requires Nationstar to pay approximately $73 million in redress to more than 40,000 harmed borrowers. It also requires Nationstar to pay a $1.5 million civil penalty to the Bureau. Attorneys general from all 50 states and the District of Columbia and bank regulators from 53 jurisdictions covering 48 states and Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, and the District of Columbia settled with Nationstar the same day and their settlements are reflected in separate actions, concurrently filed in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia. The orders in the Bureau's and the States' actions have yielded nearly $85 million in recoveries for consumers to date and over $6 million more in fees and penalties. They are also part of a larger government effort, which also includes assistance from the Special Inspector General for the Troubled Asset Relief Program (SIGTARP) and the United States Trustee Program, to address Nationstar's alleged unlawful mortgage loan servicing practices.
RELATED DOCUMENTS
Stipulated judgment and order
Complaint
Our reputable mortgage lender sold our mortgage to Mr. Cooper and now we are stuck with this malfactor, without the legal requirement to obtain our consent. That law needs to be changed.
Forced to take out a home equity loan because this mortgage lending company has been fraudulently withholding a large insurance company check to us.