After taking such a gamble, the previous family head caused the Earl household to be blacklisted by the merchants owing to the huge debt and thus there were no merchants, who would lend money, left.
Because they are nobles it is a rare occurrences to be dispossessed of the territory and court rank because of debts.
But it is a fact that the household is declining.
It seems that the family barely managed to move to a small mansion in the high-ranking noble’s block as a last resort leaving the plot and mansion unused as is.