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Financial Ombudsman decision DRN-5501607 Upheld

Upheldoutcome, as published by the Ombudsman
£415,000redress stated in the decision
Wed Jun 04deadline to accept (not the decision date)

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What this decision was about

Treatment in financial difficulty, Mortgage administration

In the Ombudsman’s words

Metro was concerned that increased monthly payments wouldn't be affordable.Treatment in financial difficulty
unfairly issued a final demand on their portfolio buy to let mortgage, and unfairly appointed receivers to manage the properties.Mortgage administration

Rules cited

FCA DISP (Dispute Resolution)

Source

This page summarises the Ombudsman’s published final decision. The document itself is the record: DRN-5501607.pdf on financial-ombudsman.org.uk.

The outcome shown is the Ombudsman’s own published classification, not our reading of the text. Nothing here is legal advice, and a decision concerns only the complaint it was made about.