Mortgage servicers withhold insurance proceeds while foreclosing
A homeowner provided written authorization multiple times for their mortgage servicer to apply insurance proceeds toward curing a delinquency, but the servicer never released or applied the funds and gave no written approval, denial, or explanation. Despite holding sufficient funds to cure the account, the servicer continued foreclosure activity in parallel, a dual-tracking pattern that left the homeowner facing ongoing property damage and financial loss.
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