If a customer is struggling to make mortgage payments and falls behind, a payment plan can be agreed to help support them individually. This includes a thorough affordability assessment to check that the new payments are set at an appropriate level.
We identified that some of our policies relating to financial difficulty assessments were not always consistently applied. As a result, we are reimbursing mortgage arrears fees to around 590,000 customers who had fallen behind on their mortgage payments, some of whom may have been inappropriately charged. The vast majority are expected to be paid by the end of 2017.
Do I need to do anything?
If you are due a refund, we will send you a letter advising the amount of the refund, how this will be paid and the contact details of the specialist team that deals with these fee refunds. You do not need to do anything.
Frequently Asked Questions
Here are some FAQs to help you understand more about this customer contact and remediation programme.