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Monday, March 22, 2010 by Slaughter Development

The Methodology Blog has previously discussed process errors that drastically impact unsuspecting people. Likewise, today’s topic on accidental housing foreclosures highlights the aftermath which follows unstable systems.

For Pittsburgh native Angela Iannelli, owning a home for twenty years and remaining punctual with mortgage payments did nothing to prevent the stress of foreclosure. Recently, Good Morning America covered her story on the accidental foreclosure which left her shaken and her house damaged.

I cannot walk in my house by myself. I tried it one time by myself. I went over, walked in and the whole time and I was jumping like somebody was behind me and just started shaking.

The damage done to her home by Bank of America took six weeks of repair. According to Iannelli’s lawsuit, the lock-down resulted in many problems:

Cutting various water lines and electrical wiring, damaging Plaintiff’s furnishings and carpet.

Though this story does not go into the events leading up to Iannelli’s wrongful lockout, its hard to imagine that a faulty process was not involved. After all, how can a mix-up of this magnitude occur if not for receiving the wrong address or mistaking one house for another? According to the report, these types of mistakes are happening more frequently due to the increase in overall foreclosures and the passing of names and addresses from one department to the next.

Mistakes happen. There is no doubt about it. And when such errors play out, it provides an outline for what not to do in the future. The key is not avoiding failure, it is learning how to not make the same mistake again. Unfortunately, Ms. Iannelli’s situation is not the only one of its kind—forcing banks to revisit procedures, re-train staff and work overtime to not only compensate innocent victims but reassure their other mortgage holders that the same won’t happen to them.

Don’t allow outdated or improper procedures wreak havoc on your company’s credibility or financial bottom line.  Instead, contact Slaughter Development to learn more about creating effective processes to reform errors that maximize your business capabilities.

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