Two million suffer endowment woe by Finance News Bulletin

Published: 20/02/07

More than two million people with donation mortgages are facing a shortfall, the Financial Services power (FSA) has saidThe Association of British Insurers (ABI), however, pointed out that the average deficit per policy had in fact fallen since 2002Nearly 70% of those facing a shortfall have remortgaged, sought monetary advice or applied for compensationHowever, the FSA supposed that about 700,000 people had still done nothing about their endowment shortfall

Many people were told their endowments were guaranteed to disburse off their mortgages but these promises have frequently fallen well smallIncreasingly, consumers have been looking for compensation for mis-selling from endowment mortgage providersLast month the Financial Ombudsman repair - which adjudicates on endowment mis-selling - exposed that it was receiving 1,300 complaints a week about donation mortgages, 34% more than a year ago, and up from 300 a week three existence agoWatchdog replies FOS replies 1 CA replies Pre-1988 sales 1 FOS replies 2 Shortfalls Taxation Pre-1988 sales 2area East AngliaEast MidlandsGreater LondonNorthNorthern IrelandNorth WestScotlandSouth EastSouth WestWalesWest MidlandsYorks & HumberHave Your Say | periodical | In Pictures | Week at a Glance |

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