Some Facing Repossession Still Think Their Homes Are Worth More

Act Now to stop your repossession! Like any difficult situation it also helps to deal with it earlier than later. Stay in control of your own future.

Alistair Darling to Stop Rent Back Evictions

The Office of Fair Trading estimated in its recent report into the sector that some 50,000 sale-and-rent-back transactions had taken place.

Now There’s Even a House Prices Crash Calculator

The threat of negative equity however is now a very real one and millions of people will find it impossible to refinance their mortgages and will be forced onto their lenders’ top standard variable rates.

Stop Repossessions Org UK Sees Rise in Negative Equity Repossessions

As 2008 marches on and the global and economic situation looks ever more bleak, so are the tales we are hearing from UK homeowners facing repossession.
Back in 2007 a rough estimate would be that 70% of those people who contacted us by phone or email had some difficulties with their mortgage repayments, were in arrears [...]

Does Alistair Darling Want You To Be Repossessed?

Maybe the Government, along with the usual middle class do gooders at the Citizens Advice Bureau (CAB) and Shelter actually want you to be repossessed and lose your home? Surely, that can’t be right?

More Homeowners Face ReMortgage Hell as Lenders Pull 100% loans

Homeowners facing finance problems may be a step closer to repossession as mortgage lenders pull their 100% loans.
This means that for those who need to remortgage soon, not only are rising interest rates from sub prime lenders and falling or static house prices an issue, but they may now find that they are unable to [...]

Let’s Talk Ourselves Into a Housing Market Crash

Recessions are an interesting phenomenon.
This is because they are created by belief.
If everyone believes there is going to be a recession then they act accordingly. We spend less ‘just in case’ and we put off important decisions like moving house and taking on a bigger mortgage ‘just in case’.
The irony is that there is still [...]

Manchester is Britain’s Debt Capital

According to ITV’s documentary Repossession Repossession Repossession (to be shown tonight at 10.35pm on ITV1) the northern city is where the highest percentage of those with serious debts and facing repossession, can be found.
The programme will claim that 29% of households in Manchester are facing serious financial problems and possibly home repossession.
Fuelled by easy credit [...]

Is Sell and Rent Back The Right Option For Me

When Sell and Rent Back is not an option
One of the questions we get asked most is ‘Is Sell and Rent Back and Option For Me’?

The answer really depends on a number of circumstances and every situation is different, but generally speaking sell and rent back options are not feasible for those whose properties are [...]

The Return of Negative Equity as House Prices Fall Again?

The Council of Mortgage Lenders has said that according to the information collected from their members that this December shows a fall in house prices in real terms, unprecedented since the early 1990s.
This is further bad news for those facing repossession.

Not only are the rises in inter bank lending interest rates causing problems for those [...]