I have been working on a short sale since the end of XXXX with the XXXX mortgage company. There is a XXXX mortgage on the property, which the borrowers swore they did n't have. Spent 6 weeks trying to find out who held the XXXX mortgage, only to be told that no one was claiming it. XXXX bank said they showed it as closed, when asked to get a Satisfaction filed, I was told no. Finally, after running the borrowers credit report, I found the XXXX mortgage company on XXXX XXXX, 2015. On the same day, I contacted the mortgage company and faxed everything they needed to them to approve a short payoff of the XXXX mortgage. On XXXX XXXX, additional docs were requested by the XXXX mortgage and were faxed right away. They then told me that the loan was being transferred in 5 days to a new mortgage company, but they would forward everything to them and we should have approval right away. I contacted the new mortgage company, explained that all we were waiting on was the XXXX mortgage approval, so the XXXX mortgage could complete their review. On XXXX XXXX, I called to check the status and was told that the previous mortgage company had not forwarded documents as promised. I faxed everything to them that same day. I have consistently called to check the status and get no phone calls back from them. I stayed in contact with the XXXX mortgage company throughout, but as of today, we received a fax from them denying the short sale as the documentation needed from the XXXX mortgage company had not been received. I called the XXXX mortgage company and verified with them, that now we would have to start all over with them, while still waiting on the XXXX mortgage to approve. XXXX foreclosure sale date has already been cancelled, and I 'm worried that they will schedule another date soon and we wo n't be allowed to get this short sale completed because the XXXX mortgage company is dragging their feet. Do they not realize they will get nothing if it goes to foreclosure? What is wrong with these banks? They are a XXXX mortgage and still require all of the documentation that has been sent to the XXXX mortgage company. They should just be concerned with the amount they receive and either accept what 's offered or they could counteroffer. 
