Complaint #1523447 submitted on 08/18/2015 relating to Washington Federal. Complaint relates to Mortgage Conventional fixed mortgage - Loan servicing, payments, escrow account .
Complaint was submitted via Web and sent to the company on Tuesday 18th August 2015.
I took out a construction loan to be converted into fixed rate mortgage loan in XXXX XXXX. In XXXX XXXX, I received a letter from Washington Federal that my mortgage rate will be a fixed at 4.875 % for 30 years with a 1 % pre-payment penalty provision prior to XXXX XXXX. I sent them a letter explaining that I was offered, in open market, a 30-year-fixed-rate of 3.75 % -- and with XXXX-fees-or-costs.
When I signed the initial papers in XX/XX/XXXX I was told that the bank would be able to match market-rates for fixed-rate-mortgage in the future. But the bank refused to match the new rate, despite their initial verbal promises. I was left with a choice of paying nearly 1 % higher rate to Washington Federal for next 30 years to save the 1 % penalty, or paying 1 % penalty and saving 1 % yearly for next XXXX years, by refinancing elsewhere. The decision had to be immediate because the rates can change rapidly.
I had to pay 1 % penalty to Washington Federal to get a 1 % lower fixed-rate for XXXX years. This was completely unnecessary if they had followed through on their initial promise that they would match market rates for fixed rate mortgage to avoid refinancing.
Company | Washington Federal |
Complaint ID | 1523447 |
Date Received | 08/18/2015 |
Product | Mortgage Conventional fixed mortgage |
Issue | Loan servicing, payments, escrow account |
State/ZIP Code | WA 980XX |
Consumer Consent | Consent provided |
Company Public Response | Company chooses not to provide a public response |
Company Response To Customer | Closed with explanation |
Submitted | Web 08/18/2015 |
Result | Timely Response: Yes, Consumer Disputed: Yes |
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