Household HSBC Watch

The Utah Attorney General explains:

Two real-estate secured loans made at or near the same date to the same consumer (“split loans”, or “loan-splitting”): Plaintiffs allege that such loans were made through unfair and deceptive means, including, but not limited to, misrepresentations or omissions concerning the number of loans, misrepresentation of the benefits of refinancing and debt consolidation with the high-cost split loans; use of the second loan as a result of the high amount of points and fees financed as part of the primary loan; and as a means to make high loan-to-value mortgage loans which had the effect of preventing borrowers from seeking to refinance with lower rate lenders.

The Utah action refers to Household International, Household Finance, HFC, and Beneficial Finance.