Spray Foam, Fraud & Pay Gaps
Money Box
BBC
4.2 • 825 Ratings
🗓️ 24 December 2022
⏱️ 25 minutes
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Summary
We hear from a man whose home was valued at zero pounds which his mortgage provider said was because his loft was insulated with spray foam.
70,000 victims of fraud are sent texts by the police asking them to make contact - but will their bank text them too?
People from diverse ethnic backgrounds are paid less than people in the UK who are white. We ask why, and what can be done about it?
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| 0:43.1 | Hello, welcome to this Moneybox podcast. |
| 0:46.0 | 70,000 victims of fraud are sent texts by the police, asking them to make contact. |
| 0:51.6 | Will their banks be texting them too? |
| 0:55.8 | And people from ethnic minorities are paid less than people in the UK who are white. We ask why and what can be done about it. |
| 1:01.5 | But first, more listeners have been in touch about problems with mortgages after they have their |
| 1:06.2 | lofts insulated using a product called spray foam. Two weeks ago we told you about a warning from one of Britain's largest mortgage lenders nationwide |
| 1:14.0 | to avoid badly installed spray foam. |
| 1:17.3 | But we reported also that one listener had spray foam installed professionally by a reputable firm |
| 1:22.6 | and still had problems selling her house. |
| 1:25.6 | And she's not alone. |
| 1:26.7 | Our reporter Dan Whitworth has been finding out |
| 1:28.4 | more, Dan. Well, Paul, I've been hearing from surveyors, estate agents, one of the largest spray |
| 1:34.1 | foam manufacturers, lenders, mortgage brokers, and the Equity Release Council, to name just a few. |
| 1:39.8 | But the most illuminating testimony has come from the homeowners I've been speaking to, and that's |
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