endowment shortfall

Nov 08, 2005 2 Replies

Hi



I'm asking this on behalf of my Mother and Father. Hopefully someone can give them some advice. It's a relatively small amount but every penny matters to them.



They took out a second mortgage which was an endowment mortgage in 1987 for £12,000. Obviously with there being a shortfall they've appealed and have recently received a response from Pheonix (previously Royal & Sun Alliance) saying that they uphold the complaint. I'm just wondering if their offer is a reasonable one? I'll briefly go through their offer.



The endowment Surrender Value is £2815.



Capital that would have been repaid under an equivalent repayment mortgage is £4263.



Surrender Value less Capital that would have been repaid is £1448.



So the figure they have offered is £1448. Does this sound reasonable?



Many thanks



More or less yes. The offer is supposed to put you in the position that you would be, if you hadn't taken the endowment, it is not required to make up some previously promised amount.

So if this is what this offer does (which it appears to), then it is fair.

tim

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