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Financial Ombudsman decision DRN-5766851 Upheld

Upheldoutcome, as published by the Ombudsman
£350redress stated in the decision
Wed Oct 01deadline to accept (not the decision date)

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What this decision was about

Mortgage administration, Service failure

In the Ombudsman’s words

Mr K complains about how NATIONAL WESTMINSTER BANK PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY dealt with his request to transfer a joint mortgage into his sole name.Mortgage administration
NatWest accepted that it had failed to factor the HTB loan into its initial affordability assessment.Service failure

Rules cited

FCA Consumer Duty (PRIN 2A)

Source

This page summarises the Ombudsman’s published final decision. The document itself is the record: DRN-5766851.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.