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Wajahat Ali vs Wells Fargo: An astonishing loan-mod tale — McSweeney’s
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Re: loan mod tale. The guy lied on his loan application by a factor of 12 and bought a $585k house on a $26k salary.
THEN even when the house is only worth $270k they STILL WANT TO KEEP THE HOUSE.
Yes that is OVER 10x salary multiple.
And this is THE BANK’S FAULT!!!!!!!
YOU CAN’T AFFORD THE HOUSE.
YOU ARE LIVING OFF SOMEONE ELSE’S MONEY.
Wake up, smell reality and walk away.
I haven’t finished the whole article but right now, they are going to have to pull some sort of miracle for me to have ANY sympathy with that family.
Wells Fargo sounded rude and less than competent, but Well’s computer program is right. That family can not afford that house even at $270k.
I just hope the lawyer didn’t make them sign anything turning it into a recourse loan.
I agree with both TinyTim1 and WVJoe, but if the description of the original loan application process is correct, what we have here is not simple fraud by the borrower. It is conspiracy to commit fraud involving the borrower and (at the least) the broker, who (again based on the description) knew that the income on the forms was false but said to sign anyway. I say “at the least” because who knows how far up the chain the knowledge extended.