Loan Servicer Maintains It Was Not Responsible For Property Tax Payment

Mealey's (October 15, 2019, 9:18 AM EDT) -- RICHMOND, Va. — Freedom Mortgage Corp. on Oct. 10 told the Fourth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals that a ruling dismissing a borrower’s lawsuit accusing it of violating the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act (RESPA) for failing to pay his property tax should be affirmed because his previous loan servicer was still required to make the necessary payment at the time it was due (Rodney Harrell, et al. v. Freedom Mortgage Corp., No. 19-1379, 4th Cir.)....