Reaffirmation request by secured lender before reporting on-time...
Posted: Tue Jun 20, 2017 6:32 pm
In my experience, Ocwen is just being difficult. There are plenty of other companies that will do the refinance for them.
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> On Jun 20, 2017, at 6:03 PM, jesseelaw@aol.com [cdcbaa] wrote:
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> There is no personal liability as the debt was discharged. In rem the lien remains and is enforceable. In that regard Ocwen is correct. There was a prior thread on this topic a few years ago. You might want to research it on the yahoo listserve.
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> Mark T. Jessee
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> In a message dated 6/20/2017 5:57:40 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, cdcbaa@yahoogroups.com writes:
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> I reopened a BK to get 3 liens avoided and succeeded. BK reclosed. My client then tried to get a refi and was told that he needed to reaffirm his secured Ocwen loan BEFORE Ocwen would report Client's on-time payments over the last 3 years. I did some research, spoke to theOcwen "senior bankruptcy specialist", and then wrote to the specialist with the below info; the only response was "The loan was not reaffirmed." I was directed to a bankruptcy supervisor and I plan to explain the situation again -- but I don't want my client to pay to reopen his BK just to find out that the Court wouldn't approve a reaffirmation of an already secured lien. It seems that this policy is contrary to the law and the Fair Credit Reporting Act. Has anyone had success speaking to Ocwen about this? Any advice? Am I missing something?
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> Here is what I found in my research:
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> Although my Client is willing to execute a reaffirmation agreement, the Bankruptcy Courts advise that there is no need for one based on the following:
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> (1) In Re Roderick, a 2010 California case, states that a fundamental bankruptcy doctrine is that ". . . liens that attached to property before bankruptcy remain attached to the property after bankruptcy unless they are specifically avoided during the bankruptcy case.ement between a creditor and debtor, "the consideration for which, in whole or in part, is based on a debt that is dischargeable" in a case under 11 U.S.C. 524(c)(1). In my client's case, no motion to avoid was brought by any party, so the lien remains intact despite Ocwens claim that it was discharged.
> (2) In Re Conner, a Georgia case from 2013, states, Reaffirmation agreements are unenforceable unless the "agreement was made before the granting of the discharge . . . ." 11 U.S.C. 524(c)(1) . . . .king a reaffirmation agreement is past, and the Court lacks jurisdiction to approve a reaffirmation agreement made later." The Conner case also quotes In re Stewart, an Ohio 2006 case, "ecause reaffirmation agreements are not favored, strict compliance with 524(c) is mandated."
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> Laura Young
> 17061 Newland St.
> Huntington Beach CA 92647
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