The Telegraph reports today that almost a million households will face court action over their debts this year.
The number of county court judgements served against people for debt issues is close to reaching a ten year high this year, according to figures from the Registry Trust.

Proposed changes to the legal aid system may mean that solicitors will be reluctant to take on cases for clients who are threatened by repossession.
Greenwich Housing Rights, a charity which provides free legal advice for people with housing problems, has expressed concern that new government legislation will mean that solicitors will be reluctant to take […]

According to new research, many people underestimate the length of time it takes to sell their house.
48% of those surveyed thought that they would be able to sell their house relatively quickly within three months.

A broken property chain is one of the most stressful and annoying experiences for people looking to buy or sell property.
In many property deals, the various buyers and sellers are linked to each other, with one transaction often dependant on another. If one buyer or seller backs out of a deal, it can have disastrous […]

With recent interest rate rises three in the past six months are more planned more people are beginning to struggle to meet mortgage payments and, in the worst cases, battling against repossession.
With 10,000 people going insolvent every month, and according to Recent data from the Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML), 17,000 homes were repossessed in 2006, […]

With the recent interest rate rise, and credit card bills from Christmas arriving through people’s letterboxes, the first few months of the year often see a hangover from Christmas spending, mortgage repayments are expected to suffer the most.
Research shows that more than 430,000 personal loans will be taken out by the end of March to […]