Latest Channel 4 News:
Coal plant 'will hit African poor'
Doubts over restoring ousted Zelaya
Miliband defends Iran embassy staff
Visa checks 'inadequate' - Tories
Thatcher rebate deal 'was a defeat'

Charging orders hit homeowners

Updated on 03 November 2008

By Bridgid Nzekwu

Channel 4 News obtains unpublished figures showing a sharp rise in court actions against homeowners with unsecured loans.

Lenders of unsecured loans, such as credit card and store card debt, and car finance, are increasingly using charging orders.

These can be used to make a financial claim on property, leaving borrowers at risk of repossession of their homes.

Send this article by email

More on this story

Channel 4 is not responsible for the content of external websites.


Watch the Latest Channel 4 News

Watch Channel 4 News when you want

Latest Business & Money news

More News blogs

View RSS feed

Britain going bust?

Money (credit:Getty Images)

Faisal Islam gets the inside story on the national debt.

Faisal Islam on Twitter

faisalislam

Virgin interested in taking on East Coast Mainline. They lost out to National Express's ludicrous bid...

This week

Follow us

How to tweet

How and why to follow the Channel 4 News family on Twitter.

Week in pictures

credit: Reuters

A selection of the best pictures from around the world.




Channel 4 © 2009. Channel 4 is not responsible for the content of external websites.