An Ohio borrower claimed his servicer failed to follow RESPA when denying his completed and timely loss mitigation application.
The servicer argued it did not violate RESPA because the loss mitigation procedures pertained to the application, option or trial loan modification plan and not to the permanent loan modification the borrower was seeking.
Read on to see why a federal judge overruled the servicer’s motion to dismiss in the case.
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