I initiated a re-fi of my conventional XXXX mortgage XXXX. The mortgage is held with XXXX XXXX. After the appraisal came in lower than what we expected, US Bank advised that we could go no further unless I had more income or could bring more cash to closing. I challenged the appraisal but US Bank stood by the appraisal. So, US Bank ( XXXX XXXX ) suggested I find a friend or family member to loan me money or liquidate retirement funds. I even spoke to my employer about a pay raise. Not being able to do any of these things, US Bank then suggested we refi with an FHA mortgage. The appraisal again came in low. Same appraiser as before. Thus, by this time in late XXXX, we were at a standstill. I shared my frustration with an acquaintance who is an independent mortgage broker. He asked to see the most recent appraisal and he found it to be defective. I presented his findings to US Bank and they adjusted the appraised value by {$18000.00} to {$400000.00} which is where the mortgage lender and I had hoped it would be all along. It allowed us to move forward with an FHA mortgage re-fi. I asked US Bank to review the first appraisal for the same mistakes made in the XXXX but they did not respond. The appraiser refused to provide me proof that the XXXX appraisal had been challenged. Once the re-fi was back on track in early XXXX, I was told week after week that my closing was eminent. I was told to make sure I had cash on hand for the closing and to demonstrate to underwriting that I had cash on hand. So, on XXXX, I liquidated {$10000.00} of retirement funds to have on hand ready for the closing. The mortgage lender told me he had his supervisors ( XXXX XXXX and XXXX XXXX ) working on expediting the paperwork through underwriting. When asked about this, neither XXXX or XXXX were aware of there being a problem. Underwriting continued to ask for more information and sometimes XXXX and XXXX times after having already received it. With the closing seemingly going nowhere, I then brought into the discussion XXXX XXXX, XXXX XXXX and XXXX XXXX. I had to go to the corporate office in XXXX to inquire of the chain of command because each time I asked an individual who they reported to, I received no reply. It is XXXX XXXX and my FHA refi, which technically started in early XXXX, is still not closed. This whole process started XXXX. 
