False Foreclosure Notation Causes Credit Denial with Unanswered Records Requests
A mortgage applicant was denied a Home Equity Line of Credit due to an inaccurate foreclosure notation on their credit report, and subsequent certified requests for the legally required adverse action notice went unanswered for weeks. This illustrates failures in credit-report accuracy and lenders' compliance with records-request obligations.
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