Just a single percentage point rise in interest rates would be enough to force nearly 10% mortgage-holders to take drastic action so they c...

Despite record low interest rates, falling by more than one-fifth since in 2008 the cost of owning and running a home in the UK has risen ov...

Repossession numbers began to rise again during the early part of 2011, jumping by 15%. A total of 9,100 properties were taken over by lende...

A record number of Scots will be made bankrupt in 2011, according to accountant and business adviser PKF. Accountancy firm RSM Tenon also pr...

First-time buyers in Scotland face an 11-year struggle to break into the property market, with many more frozen out by low wages and high ...

More than half a million Scottish families are heading into winter weighed down by fears about keeping a roof over their heads, a new study ...

The BBC reports that a total of 7,500 Scots are set to lose their homes this year. That is 20 a day. The Council for Mortgage Lenders had al...

Charities estimate that more than 8,000 buy-to-let properties could be repossessed in the coming year, with at least 10,000 people being m...

So much for government assurances of sympathetic treatment for mortagage arrears by the banks during this credit crunch and slump. The Finan...

Our hearts bleed for them ...i think not . More than £100 billion will be wiped off the personal fortunes of Britain's wealthiest indust...

The number of properties repossessed by mortgage lenders in the UK has risen by 48% in the past year it has been reported . The number of mo...

Before it was rising house prices that left workers unable to get a foot on the housing ladder , now its the refusal of mortgages . It is r...

Does every cloud have a silver lining ? Will falling house prices help those to get the first time buyers on the rung of the property ladder...

The [so-called] middle classes have become the latest victims of the spiralling debt crisis because of “super-inflationary” rises in the cos...

One in five Scots home owners struggle to meet their mortgage payments, a survey suggests . Almost one million people find it difficult to c...

From an editorial in The Herald Although it is traditionally people on the lowest incomes who get into debt they cannot repay, the boom in c...

AROUND 123 homes will be repossessed every day during 2008 as people struggle to keep up with their mortgage repayments, research claimed t...

Research by the Bank of Scotland , found that young people faced a financial struggle to own property, with the average price paid by first-...

Over 8 million British adults are in serious debt and over 2 million are struggling with repayments. 18% of adults in Britain are in £10,000...