Reclaim mortgage fees, council tax, etc

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Possible overpaid Council Tax - Refund Possible?
Hi there, I’m not sure if I am posting in the correct forum, so apologies in advance if this is the case. I have a quick question regarding overpayments (anda possible refund) of Council Tax. It would be much appreciated if anyone couldassist. Background: The background to my situation is as follows. · My wife and I are…
Council tax rebanding do i have to claim repayment?
Thanks to MSE I have successfully challenged my banding :j My query is whether I need to contact the council about a refund since 1993 or if this is done automatically. Also there has been restructuring in Cornwall from 6 district to one county council, will this affect things?
Reclaiming bank charges
I have sent a letter with the help of this sites template, I am trying to reclaim £2650 which I have been charged over the past 6 years. I have just today received a call from Barclays saying that due to the courts ruling in Banks favour they would not be able to refund the £2650 but would as a good will gesture refund the…
stolen identity on council tax
Greetings .... about 5 years ago I moved to london from bristol for work. After two weeks of sleeping on a friends floor I moved into a shared flat. The owners had a guy who met me ,took my deposit and rent. No contract. There were 5 other people in this apartment and although it was rough and smelly it did me for 2…
MSE News: Regulator rejects our calls to reopen CPP redress scheme
The FCA has disappointingly rejected MoneySavingExpert.com's calls to re-open the CPP redress scheme... Read the full story: Regulator rejects our calls to reopen CPP redress scheme Click reply below to discuss. If you haven’t already, join the forum to reply. If you aren’t sure how it all works, read our New to Forum?…
Any experience with platform remortgages?
Does anyone on here have any experience with doing a remortgage with Platform? Thanks
Insurance PPI question
I have just received a letter from my life insurance company. This critical insurance was set up by Lloyds bank to run alongside my mortgage. I assumed it was for critical illness only until I received the letter stating I was paying a premium on this insurance for sickness which meant if I was off work sick I could could…
Forced to sell in negative equity
I'm looking for some advice. When I met my future wife, she owned a flat in Kingston and I had a house in Wiltshire. We lived together in her flat and I rented my house out to long term tenants. After we married, we wanted to move out of Kingston and put her flat up for sale but when we applied for a mortgage, the Halifax…
Mortgage arrangement fees - claim and gain
Hi I've just had a call from the company claim and gain saying that I am entitled to claim back all the interest that has been added to my mortgage for arrangement fees. Can't seem to find if this is true and now I am worried as the took my credit card details and said they will add £3200 onto my card and if I don't have a…
Reclaiming from Skills Train
Hi, I know this has been covered in the past but I cannot find any recent threads...My partner signed up for a web design course with Skills Train around 4 or 5 years ago but the finance agreement was in my own name. We didn't pay for a while due to the course being nonsense and the 'debt' was signed over to Cabot finance.…
Mis sold MPPI in 2001 by Bradford and Bingley- help
Hi When we took out our first mortgage in March/April 2001 we went to a financial adviser at Bradford and Bingley who settled us with Santander. We discussed PPI but as we were both self-employed we refused it. I have a copy of the letter we received from the FI stating he discussed it with us but that we “ did not wish to…

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