Sebonic Financial

Wast of Time

Warning: Incompetent! Unethical! Lied! Deceived! Wasted huge amount of our time!

Now having to file complaint with the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.

This was a basic loan. Sebonic was so incompetent, we had to intervene at every step of the way to do their job for them, to do Sebonic’s job they were being paid $thousands to do, or it would have taken weeks longer to close.

Even then, Sebonic still funded 11 days late. I have an MBA and finance experience.

Would you have been able to spot all of these illegal charges and errors? Would you have been able to intervene and unblock stalled processes to get your loan moving towards close?

Most borrowers would never even know they were ripped off because they don’t understand the paperwork and processes.

Further, Sebonic never discloses changes. It’s up to you to find them. Buyer beware.

Look upon any positive Sebonic reviews with skepticism as these are likely naive customers that were taken advantage of.

Do yourself a favor, stay away from Sebonic, stay away from Faith Milot!

I supervised a refinance for my ex-wife’s house. Faith at Sebonic sucked her in with promises of reduced fees due to a business referral from my former brother-in-law.

Except, then Sebonic just kept changing written agreements, adding fees, and ignoring numerous requests to explain them.

Worse, error after error after error kept delaying close, then delaying signing after close, then delaying loan funding. A.) We had to find these easter eggs ourselves, B.) We had to fight tooth and nail to get only some of them fixed, C.) Sebonic refused to credit excess interest charges piling up at $21/pay.

In the end, my ex-wife was charged $214 in excess interest for Sebonic errors for which they refused to reimburse.

As an example, Sebonic charged $396 for a rate-lock extension due to their ongoing errors.

We had to fight Sebonic for days. We were told time and again it was removed.

Except it wasn’t. They lied, attempting to deceive us. Fight after fight after fight.

All of this dishonesty consumed over 80 hours of our time scrutinizing, calling attention to mistakes, arguing, fighting for our rights via over 100 emails and dozens of phone calls and conference calls. Do you have 80 hours to waste?

At closing, Sebonic tried to illegally charge $456 in excess fees after having stated 2 months prior (in writing no less) these fees were waived as a courtesy when negotiating the loan structure.

After 80 hours of fighting, this was reduced to $267 of illegal fees my ex-misses ended up being ripped off for. Example, we explicitly negotiated $600 for an appraisal.

At close Sebonic changed this to $675, violating the truth in lending loan estimate.

We had a competitive bid from a trusted mortgage broker we’d worked with for 2 1/2 decades with a dozen refi’s done within our family.

We were fools. Instead of trust this great lender, we believed Sebonic claims they would save us $1100.

By the time we were done, it would have only cost us $40 (due to illegal extra costs at Sebonic) to have stuck with our trusted lender.

We were stupid. Do not trust Faith, do not trust Sebonic.

And, we never would have spent even 1 extra hour with our trusted lender.

Even had we saved $1100, the 80 hours of our time was never worth it. RIP OFF!

Lie upon lie upon lie, error upon error upon error. Do not trust Faith, do not trust Sebonic.

At the signing, they illegally snuck in new fees that they had to issue lender credits to cover after they failed an internal audit causing yet another delay and more interest charges piling up.

Again at signing, we had to print our own docs, because the docs they sent with the notary were WRONG! Twice!

There was even a math error in the cash to close – only possible when done by hand and not computer.

Do you want your lender computing values by hand?

Sebonic violated Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act of 1974 [12 U.S.C. 2601 et seq.] and the Truth in Lending Act [15 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.].

I asked for a compliance investigation. My ex-wife was furious with Sebonic, but fearful Sebonic would somehow retaliate and screw her even worse.

In FEAR, she backed out of that investigation request. Should not even matter.

When a client alleges you have done something illegal in a regulated industry, you should launch a compliance investigation NO MATTER WHAT.

These firms are audited and the penalty for non-compliance is worse than reversing the fees.

Now I’ll have to file a complaint with the CFPB. Just more time wasted!

Is Sebonic Financial a legit?

Sebonic Financial is not running a legit business. They are not aggressive towards customer satisfaction and complaint grievance redressal, Hence 3 consumer[s] submitted negative ratings, and only a few left positive feedback.

Where is Sebonic Financial located?

Sebonic Financial is headquarted at 3701 Arco Corporate Dr Ste 201 Charlotte, NC 28273. You can contact Sebonic Financial by dialing (855) 561-4944 or visit their website sebonic.com.

How much monetary loss is incurred by Sebonic Financial’s customers?

According to Sebonic Financial’s customers, a monetary loss of US $3658 has been reported. The severity of entire incident reports is high.

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3 Reviews on Sebonic Financial

  1. Horribly Run Company

    Horrible Horrible Horrible. Read the bad reviews about Sebonic (aka Cardinal) Financial and BELIEVE IT. The experiences those 1-Star reviewers had are similar to ours… ie. dragging out the process for literally months, no communication- unless we initiated it with them…Yet our credit and work history are stellar. We finally backed-out of our refinance. How this company remains in business is a mystery. The “5 Star” reviews are HIGHLY suspect.

  2. Ask for Gammon the loan officer.

    Very happy with Sebonic Financial. Got 3.865% without fees! Very smooth process. About 45 days total. Always have your paperwork ready in advance so you don’t have to extend. Ask for Gammon the loan officer.

  3. Incompetent or scam

    TWO MONTHS!! Rate locked for 6 weeks. Started sending in requested info. Always some problem with it so more and more info sent. We were told we didn’t have to pay off anything!! Rate lock expires. Fees to lock in a new rate. More info requested. More problems. ( They NEVER just sent a list of all they required…..just one or two items per week ) Rate lock expired. More fees. They requested a letter from our financial adviser who set up our annuity. He submitted it. A week later, they now wanted ANOTHER letter confirming the amount of the annuity. More delays. Then, suddenly, we have to pay off our revolving gas credit card…rate lock expires…more fees. Then, after demanding to speak with a supervisor, She basically says they can’t trust my financial adviser and need to get all the info they asked of him from the company itself!! I blew up!!
    Only two conclusions: They are incompetent and/or they Keep delaying to collect as much in fees as they can until they finally close it.
    I will NEVER recommend this company!! NEVER!!

Reviews: 3
Reported Loss : 3658 $
Severity : High
Reported by : Anonymous
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