Credit, Collections & Insolvency News
As the ban on evictions ends in just over three weeks, six leading organisations representing tenants, landlords and letting agents have united to urge the government to provide financial help to private renters plunged into ‘Covid rent arrears’ through no fault of their own. The coalition, which includes Shelter, the National Residential Landlords Association, ARLA…
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The finalists for the fourth annual Credit & Collections Technology Awards, the UK’s celebration of technology innovators in credit and collections, have been revealed. The Credit & Collections Technology Awards, organised by Credit Connect, brings together credit and collections technology executives to honour the industry’s leading players across 19 categories. The technology focused-Awards scheme seeks to champion…
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Debt charity, The Money Advice Trust has welcomed the government’s last-minute announcement of public health guidance for bailiff visits but says that concerns around the impact of bailiff action on households dealing with the financial consequences of Covid-19 remain unaddressed. On Friday evening the Ministry of Justice published public health guidance for bailiffs, now known…
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Two thirds of the public think that vital public services, such as social care, are put at risk when people who can pay their council tax don’t, according to a new YouGov survey. Over 80 per cent of the public think that this would continue or get worse if local councils didn’t use bailiffs to recover…
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One in nine people, the equivalent of six million people across the UK, have reported falling behind on household bills because of coronavirus according to new research from Citizens Advice. With protections against eviction for renters and the ban on face-to-face bailiff collection both ending this weekend, the charity warns that many of those struggling…
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A Best Practice plan adopted by The High Court Enforcement Officers Association (HCEOA) is to be put in action from Monday 24th August) as debt recovery enforcement activity begins again across England and Wales. The HCEOA’s post-lockdown plan, ‘A Flexible and Sympathetic Approach to Enforcement’ sets out the principles, working practices and behaviours that all High…
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Latest figures from UK Finance have indicated that property repossessions have fallen by more than 90%, with homeowners opting for mortgage holidays amid the coronavirus crisis and banks banned from seizing homes amid the pandemic. There were just 90 owner-occupied homes repossessed in Quarter 2 (Q2), a 93% decline on Q2 2019, while 130 buy-to-let…
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Mortgage arrears number fall in second quarter of this year, according to latest figures from UK Finance. The figures showed that there were 73,580 homeowner mortgages in arrears of 2.5 per cent or more of the outstanding balance in the second quarter of 2020, this was 3 per cent fewer than in the same quarter…
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CIVEA, the principal trade association representing over 95% of civil enforcement agencies in England and Wales, has released two new videos to help explain why the pending return to enforcement is both safe and fair. The animations are available now and are free to view by local authorities (LAs) and the general public on the…
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The number of County Court Judgments (CCJs) issued against consumers in the first half of 2020 (HY1 2020) was 320,494 compared to 587,433, a fall of 45 percent compared to the same period last year according to figures released by Registry Trust. This is the lowest number of records registered in the first half of…
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The total amount of debt registered against Scottish consumers in the first half of 2020 fell by 20 percent, from nearly £24 million to just under £19 million, according to figures released by Registry Trust. The number of decrees fell by over 26 percent from 9,310 to 6,849. The average value rose by over eight…
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The number of debt judgments against Northern Irish consumers fell by nearly 40 percent in the second half of 2020 compared to the same period last year, from 3,136 to 1,900, according to figures released by Registry Trust. The value of judgment debt owed by Northern Irish consumers for the half-year fell even more, by…
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The number and total value of judgments registered against Irish consumers fell sharply in the first half of 2020 compared to the same period last year, figures released today by registrar Irish Judgments show. The number of judgments against consumers fell by 45 percent, from 1,160 to 632, while the total value fell by 62…
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