[CLC-Discussion] Tracking Down Mortgage Servicing Company

[RPPTL CLC-Discussion]

On Fri, Sep 16, 2022 at 4:55 PM RPPTL CLC-Discussion <
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> Folks,
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> This is the type of problem our law school professors told us to pay
> attention to even though you had no intention of ever practicing in the
> area of law.  I obviously failed to listen to (I know that will come as
> shock to those of you who know me) since I am clueless to help a very good
> contractor client of mine who just called me.
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> I need advice as to how to track down a new mortgage servicing company.  Seems
> my client’s elderly relative took out a reverse mortgage several years ago.
> The relative now needs to draw down more funds but does not know who to
> contact. The mortgage was assigned to HUD about 5 years ago, and probably
> reassigned, although I do not see anything in the OR Book showing same
> occurred. My clients relative has not had any communications from any
> entity pertaining to the mortgage since notice of the Assignment years ago.
>  My client has contacted the original mortgage company as well as HUD,
> but no one has been able to provide him with an answer as to the status of
> the mortgage or who the servicing company present is.
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> Short of enlisting the FBI to go seize all HUD documents from its
> headquarters dealing with reverse mortgages, I am at a loss as to finding
> out who the servicing company could be given my client, who is a fairly
> sophisticated executive, has hit a dead end with his efforts to get same
> from HUD.  Suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Please just respond
> to me at my email address below to avoid cluttering our membership emails
> with this oddity.
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> Regards,
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> Robert B. Worman
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> Robert B. Worman
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This is a not uncommon  problem, especially after the market crash in
2008.  MERS has a national database that tracks this sort of thing.  You
will need the name of the original mortgagee, and you will need the
borrower's social security number.  Thanks.  Arlene Udick

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