Valley National Bank Complaint: Application, originator, mortgage broker

#1310889 1 Apr 2015

Mortgage Conventional fixed mortgage

Complaint #1310889 submitted on 04/01/2015 relating to Valley National Bank. Complaint relates to Mortgage Conventional fixed mortgage - Application, originator, mortgage broker .

Complaint was submitted via Web and sent to the company on Wednesday 1st April 2015.

Narrative (may be redacted).

I applied for a refinance with this bank based on Radio commercials calling for a XXXX refinance. The issue I have was that theyrequire you to fill out a mortgage application and require you to pull your credit, PRIOR to requiring you to pay the nonrefundable XXXX fee. I contacted XXXX XXXX who put me in touch with her Manager XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX regarding themain issue is the fact that they require you to pull your credit prior to disclosing the fee. I would have never have givenpermission to pull my credit if I had know the fee was non refundable and up front. Credit Inquiries affect credit worthiness andcould affect me being able to get a mortgage at a competitor. I asked him to write a letter to send to the credit bureaus to removethis inquiry he refused. He also refused to do anything in regards to either making the fee payable once the loan is all approved orroll it into the closing cost. This structure almost forces a customers hand to go with them since they have already dinged creditand forced them to pay the XXXX. I have an issue with the fact that they were just no helpful and they just chalked it up to this howour system works. They should have to disclose the fee prior to filling out the application NOT the very last screen since theyhave already pulled credit.

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