On XXXX/XXXX/15 I applied for a home equity line of credit ( " HELOC '' ) online from Bank of America ( " BofA '' ). The following week I received a telephone call from BofA regarding my HELOC application. One of the questions asked by the BofA employee was " do you have have any other loan requests pending ''. I answered truthfully, which was yes I had applied for an identical HELOC from XXXX XXXX a day after I applied to BofA. BofA informed me that they would NOT continue with my HELOC application until I provided them a letter from XXXX XXXX indicating that I had withdrawn my HELOC application from XXXX XXXX. I indicated to BofA that I was willing to withdraw my application from XXXX XXXX but only after I had received a loan commitment from BofA. BofA has unwilling to do this and canceled my application. BofA did this despite me being a 20 yr customer ( premier status ) with existing checking, savings and HSA accounts at BofA and a XXXX credit score. This practice by BofA is anti-consumer. It limits shopping for competitive rates and terms. It forces you to either shop for a loan sequentially versus in parallel, which is time consuming at best, lie to BofA during the application process, or find another lender. 
