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Tuesday, November 11, 2008

Jack Straw Orders Inquiry Into Repossessions

Jack Straw, the Justice Secretary, has ordered an investigation into a legal loophole that allows lenders to repossess a home without a court order.
The inquiry was announced in response to a High Court ruling that supported a decision by GMAC-RFC, the General Motors mortgage lender, to sell the property of a borrower who was in arrears. It confirmed that mortgage lenders could sell a property without a court repossession order if a borrower fell two months into arrears.

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