Initiated a refinance with Stonegate Mortgage. Supplied all documentation ( credit report, paystubs, XXXX 's etc. ) scheduled and purchased appraisal, appraisal completed, loan to pre-processing. Lender contacts me about derogatory remark on XXXX account on credit report, states loan can not continue until removal of derogatory remark. Instructed me to contact all XXXX bureaus to have remark removed. By this action, FICO score reset from XXXX to XXXX XXXX ruined as it falls below XXXX. Result : No loan, out {$490.00} appraisal fee, credit ruined. Why did the lender not advise me that requesting a removal of a remark would have negative score reset? After working hard to get score up to XXXX now its XXXX. This will damage my ability to try financing from any other institute or could cause damage in my ability to secure employment or any other credit related financial situation that I might come across. How did simply requesting a removal of a comment that should not have been there in the first place cause my score to suddenly drop XXXX points? If making inquiries to credit companies in an attempt to rectify a wrong how are consumers supposed to 'clean up ' their credit. 
