Spicerhaart Corporate Sales, which offers a total asset management service for lenders including repossessions, part- exchanges, relocation and quick sale schemes, has enhanced its proposition for lenders in relation to interest-only mortgages. Spicerhaart Corporate Sales can introduce lenders to later life specialists who will buy up interest-only portfolios and transfer the customers concerned onto a…
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The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has today announced it is retaining its existing definition of vulnerable consumers in response to its Consumer Approach consultation, with new guidance on vulnerability set to be published next year. The consultation, which was launched in November last year, proposed a new definition for vulnerable consumers. A range of organisations…
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Consumer debt continues to be a pressing issue and one that isn’t going away. Our research into debt recovery processes earlier this year highlighted this, finding that more than one in three consumers (35%) have fallen into arrears due to their outgoings rising above household income – a 7% increase since we carried out similar…
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A new webinar taking place on Tuesday 24th July will explore how consumer debt collections can be optimised. The webinar will explore collections analytics and lessons learnt from over 100,000 collections calls. Presenter and MD of Lightico Zviki Ben Ishay said “Debt collectors spend countless hours trying to contact borrowers to reclaim their overdue payments. After…
Read moreA higher percentage of women than men in England and Wales entered insolvency in 2017, continuing the trend of recent years, says insolvency trade body R3, commenting on the annual personal insolvency statistics released by the Insolvency Service. Looking at the geographical spread in the statistics, the North East and coastal towns such as Plymouth…
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UK Finance has released its Mortgage Trends update for May. Highlights from the report include: There were 32,200 new first-time buyer mortgages completed in the month, some 8.1 per cent more than in the same month a year earlier. The £5.4bn of new lending in the month was 12.5 per cent more year-on-year. The average…
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The National Housing Federation, the Scottish Federation of Housing Associations, Community Housing Cymru and the Northern Irish Federation of Housing Associations, are joining together to warn that the Universal Credit system is “flawed” and causing debt, suffering and hardship for the families they house. Together these organisations represent more than 1,000 housing associations housing over…
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A new survey from Aegon shows that 14% of people think they will still be paying their mortgage at age 70. The research says that traditionally, mortgages were paid off well before typical retirement ages but new research from pension and investment company Aegon has found that 14% of people believe they will still be…
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One-in-five (22%) British adults have had an outstanding credit card balance for at least six months, including the 4% of British adults who have had an outstanding balance for over five years, according to a survey of over 2,000 British adults by insolvency trade body R3. The research, part of a long-running survey of Britain’s…
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Local authorities could save thousands of pounds by using digital debt recovery instead of resorting to traditional solutions like bailiffs according to new research by Essendex. Figures show that around £2.8bn of outstanding council tax was owed to local authorities in England as of March 2017 – with many councils struggling to claw back the money.…
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New research from TDX Group has indicated that people living in East Anglia, Brighton and Newcastle residents are the most likely to be insolvent. Commenting on the research Richard Haymes, Head of Financial Difficulties at TDX Group, an Equifax said “Our latest research shows a significant and growing disparity between the level of individual insolvencies across…
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Hoist Finance has announced that it has entered into an agreement to acquire a French non-performing retail mortgage portfolio with approximately 1.000 claims and an outstanding balance of approximately 1.000 MSEK. The seller is one of the largest mortgage banks in France and the portfolio acquisition represents an investment in excess of €50 million. Fabien Klecha,…
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Liverpool-based Debt Collection Agency (DCA) and provider of outsourced early arrears and white label solutions, Ardent Credit Services has appointed Nataly Rapoport as the company’s new Risk and Compliance Director. Rapoport joins the growing business from Capita-owned akinika Debt Recovery (formerly iQor) where she held the same position for over 10 years. Rapoport holds a distinction level…
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