Single late mortgage payment blocks HELOC despite goodwill request
A borrower with 12 years of good standing was denied a HELOC due to one late payment caused by a bookkeeping error, and the mortgage servicer would not remove the mark despite a goodwill request. This is an individual account-level dispute.
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