The Consumer Credit Counselling Service believe that, with their level of debt increasing, men are the new UK underclass

Stamp duty break for first time buyers announced in pre-election budget

Eighty-six repossession hotspots have been identified based on higher levels of unemployment and repossession court orders. See the full list here…

Housing Minister John Healey has today dedicated an extra £2.5 million to the Government’s campaign to help anyone with mortgage worries to seek advice.

The Government is to introduce Debt Relief Orders on the 6th April 2009, and these are to assist people with high levels of debt who have no possible means of paying their debts off (i.e. they have exhausted all other options). Debt relief orders offer an alternative to bankruptcy at a lower cost: bankruptcy costs [...]