the wasserblawg

If these stories were not true, they would likely be pretty amusing. This one is true. Not at all funny. My client wants to sell his home. The Buyer's loan is approved. The Seller has moved out. Just need one last piece of paper: a payoff statement from the mortgage holder so that we can repay the loan and so the bank will release its lien against the property. (Yes, my client and I are dealing with one of the national lenders). Most often, asking for a payoff letter a simple enough proposition. Call the bank's super-computer; key in some identification information and a fax number; voila: a computer generated payoff statement arrives in my fax in-box. Not so here. The property is in foreclosure. Things go a bit differently. Gotta go through the foreclosure attorneys (which we have). Gotta send in a written request (which we have). Gotta have the borrowers written authorization (we have). The process takes a bit longer. Started two weeks ago for goodness sake. Understand, we c...