Seattle PI-
State officials are charging foreclosure trustee Cal-Western of Washington Inc. with unfair and deceptive business practices, and a temporary restraining order has been issued in King County Superior Court that halts its foreclosures until May 29.
Cal-Western is a Washington foreclosure trustee with an office in Vancouver, Wash., but the company conducts many of its operations in southern California. Foreclosure trustees are required to act as neutral parties between borrowers and lenders while conducting foreclosure proceedings.
The Washington State Attorney General’s Office alleges Cal-Western gave borrowers an incorrect phone number in their Notices of Trustee’s Sale and Foreclosure, making it difficult for borrowers, some desperate to save their homes, to contact the firm quickly without physically traveling to Vancouver.
