Accessibility links

Latest news and views tagged lenders

RSS

OFT publishes revised Debt Collection Guidance

16 November 2011 | Jackie Hanlon

Last month, following a consultation between 10 March and 2 June 2011, the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) published a revised version of its Debt Collection Guidance. It was last revised in December 2006. The...

Tags on this discussion:

Sale and leaseback schemes

30 December 2010 | Karen Jacobs Comments Off

The court was asked here to determine preliminary issues in 9 test cases concerning the controversial sale and lease back schemes. These schemes enabled the occupiers of property to sell their property...

Tags on this discussion:

Charging orders

23 November 2010 | Steven Mills Comments Off

The OFT has announced that it has uncovered problems about the use of charging order by some lenders. Problems uncovered by the OFT's investigation were specific to each business, as set out in the...

Tags on this discussion:

New guidance on the Mortgage Repossessions (Protection of Tenants etc) Act 2010

7 October 2010 | Michael Oberwarth

The Department for Communities and Local Government has published new Guidance to the Mortgage Repossessions (Protection of Tenants etc) Act 2010 (MRPTA). The growth in the letting of property and the...

Tags on this discussion:

Review of consumer credit and personal insolvency

21 July 2010 | Karen Jacobs

Consumer Affairs Minister, Edward Davey has announced a review of consumer credit and personal insolvency.  The review will cover: How consumers enter into credit commitments, including the way in...

Tags on this discussion:

Mortgages – Power of sale and residential property consultation

29 December 2009 | Steven Mills Comments Off

The Ministry of Justice has today published a consultation paper on mortgages - power of sale and residential properties. It ends on 28 March 2010. The consultation was launched in response to the case...

Tags on this discussion: