Top Class Actions  |  September 18, 2018

Category: Closed Class Actions

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If you were charged a convenience fee while making a payment on a past due Nationstar mortgage between Nov. 17, 2014 and May 25, 2018, you may be eligible to recover up to $15.57 for every fee charged.

A $3.8 million settlement has been reached in a Nationstar convenience fee class action lawsuit, which claimed that the mortgage lender wrongfully charged convenience fees to their consumers when making payments on past due accounts.

These fees allegedly violated the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act and the Washington state Collection Agency Act. The Nationstar class action was filed by Class representative Juanita Garcia in November 2015.

There are two groups of Class Members eligible to recover compensation under the settlement. The first group is all United States consumers who were charged a convenience fee between Nov. 17, 2014 and May 25, 2018 while making a payment on a mortgage which was at least 30 days past due. The second group is all Washington consumers who made similar payments and were charged a convenience fee between Nov. 11, 2011 and May 25, 2018.

Assuming that 11-20 percent of the Class submits a valid claim, Class Members are estimated to receive $8.57 to $15.57 for each instance that they were charged a convenience fee.

For example, a consumer who was charged two convenience fees during the relevant period are estimated to be paid $17.14 to $31.14. Similarly, consumers who were charged three convenience fees are estimated to receive $25.71 to $46.71.

Under the settlement, class counsel will be paid up to 25 percent of the settlement fund as payment for their fees plus costs and expenses. Garcia, as Class representative, will receive an award from Nationstar in an amount to be determined in court.

Class Members need to submit their Claim Form by Oct. 3, 2018 to receive a payment. Claims can be submitted online or through a paper copy.

The final settlement approval hearing is scheduled for Oct. 17.

Who’s Eligible

United States consumers who were charged convenience fees between Nov. 17, 2014 and May 25, 2018 for making over the phone or online mortgage payments to Nationstar when the debts were at least 30 days past due when Nationstar began servicing them. Washington state residents who made the same payments between Nov. 11, 2011 and May 25, 2018 are also eligible.

Potential Award

$8.57 to $15.57 for each charged convenience fee.

Proof of Purchase

N/A

Claim Form

NOTE: If you do not qualify for this settlement do NOT file a claim.

Remember: you are submitting your claim under penalty of perjury. You are also harming other eligible Class Members by submitting a fraudulent claim. If you’re unsure if you qualify, please read the FAQ section of the Settlement Administrator’s website to ensure you meet all standards (Top Class Actions is not a Settlement Administrator). If you don’t qualify for this settlement, check out our database of other open class action settlements you may be eligible for.

Claim Form Deadline

10/3/2018

Case Name

Garcia v. Nationstar Mortgage LLC, Case No. 2:15-cv-01808-TSZ, in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington

Final Hearing

10/17/2018

UPDATE: The Nationstar Mortgage Convenience Fee Class Action Settlement was granted final approval on October 26, 2018.  Let Top Class Actions know when you receive a check in the comments section below or on our Facebook page.

Claims Administrator

Garcia v. Nationstar Mortgage LLC Settlement
c/o Heffler Claims Group
P.O. Box 8387
Philadelphia, PA 19101-8387
(844) 412-1947

Class Counsel

Rafey S. Balabanian
EDELSON PC

D. Frank Davis
DAVIS & NORRIS LLP

Defense Counsel

Kalama M. Lui-Kwan
Erik Kemp
SEVERSON & WERSON PC

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16 thoughts onNationstar Mortgage Convenience Fee Class Action Settlement

  1. Ellen Mojica says:

    Mrs Ellen Mojica I was with Nation Star for about 15 years then Mr Cooper until they foreclosed on my home in 2018 because my husband had 2 prostate surgery and he couldn’t work until he got the ok from doctors we tried to modify after we turned all the paper work then they sent us to court and Mr Cooper did a auction on my home that I owned for 20 years the judge evicted us in the street in 5 days I would like you to look at your records please because I know they did us wrong and I couldn’t afford a lawyer

  2. Gregory Carter says:

    I want to be in the sattlement

  3. James & Rachel Read says:

    Back in 2008/2009 we encounter financial problem just like others . Losing our jobs and almost our home. My wife was having medical problems in and out of the hospitals. We got behind on our mortgage payments with little income coming in from unemployment benefits which was 250 per week. Our mortgage payments were $1067.00 which included taxes & insurance which was low but with only UBI in Arizona is not much. We applied for a loan modification through Nation Star and we’re about 6months behind. We were approved for a 3month trial period with payments of under $1,000 which was manageable. And they (Nation Star) told us our 6 months payments would be added to the back of loan ,but after reviewing our modification we have seen that our payments would be increased for the next 5 years and once the 5 years were up our payments would remains the same. But that did not happen our payments continue to raise we went from $1067 to 1413.60 and with a balloon payment of $100,000 . I can’t figure out how they came up with such a large amount when we were only a total of 6months figure that out.
    We recently had to file bankruptcy chapter 13 due to her health and lose of her income which was about one half of total combine income . With this chapter 13 we have to made payments to a trustee to cover our other debts and make our mortgage payments to Nationstar , what we have done is made partial payment and these payment are put in suspense account until full payment is made,but they do not always apply the payments, and this put us in a foreclosures status. This is why we filed bankruptcy to keep our home of 20 years. Please help us fix this mess that Nation Star did to us and other.
    This is the first we’ve heard about this can you help .

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