It is the responsibility of the borrower to continue to pay the monthly mortgage repayment (including capital and interest), and to continue to maintain and insure and repair the property until such time as it is sold. Many repossessions happen in an economic slowdown just at the time when property prices are falling as well. So whilst the lender has a “duty of care” to you to obtain the best possible price for the property and to keep any potential loss on their part to a minimum, this may be very difficult in a market that has a diminishing asset. Many lenders are now placing the property out to rent for six to twelve months.

When the property is sold, the costs of the sale such as solicitors and estate agents are taken from the sale proceeds and then the mortgage redeemed. If anything is left over any second charges are discharged as well. When all the available funds have be applied, anything that left unpaid will be known as the mortgage shortfall. In a falling market such as we have at the moment, it is not unusual to have shortfalls of up to £50,000

If there will be or is a shortfall the lender can sue for this or more likely, apply to be able to enforce a money judgement on the repossession.

There are different rules as to how long in time the lender can take to come after a debtor for the shortfall. If it is a capital shortfall, then under the terms of the law the lender can still take steps to recover the shortfall for up to 12 years. However that being said, many lenders have signed up to the Council of Mortgage Lenders code which confirms that they will not take steps to recover shortfalls greater than six years old. This is the same length of time that they have to recover interest on the loan.

If you are unsure about how much money you owe or from when this liability runs, you should take advice.

If you cannot afford to pay off the shortfall in full then there are possible solutions:-

Offer a lump sum in full and final settlement. It may be that if the lenders can be convinced that this will be all that can be obtained they make take the offer. Be sure to get it in writing and marked “Full and Final Settlement”
If there is no chance whatsoever of paying of the liability the lender may write off the debt completely
Bankruptcy may be the only option for very large shortfalls and we are taking a large number of people through the process because of mortgage shortfalls.

We deal with many people who have suffered significant mortgage shortfalls. If you feel that you may need our help call 0808 160 5577

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About the Author:
Contact Steve Thatcher a qualified solicitor with Help With Debt (UK) Limited the total debt solutions company. For all further reading see http://www.helpwithdebtuk.com
For personal contact, email sthatcher@helpwithdebtuk.com. If you have any debt problem whatsover either personal or corporate make Steve your first call on 0808 160 5577. All telephone advice is free.
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It is the responsibility of the borrower to continue to pay the monthly mortgage repayment (including capital and interest), and to continue to maintain and insure and repair the property until such time as it is sold. Many repossessions happen in an economic slowdown just at the time when property prices are falling as well. So whilst the lender has a “duty of care” to you to obtain the best possible price for the property and to keep any potential loss on their part to a minimum, this may be very difficult in a market that has a diminishing asset. Many lenders are now placing the property out to rent for six to twelve months.

When the property is sold, the costs of the sale such as solicitors and estate agents are taken from the sale proceeds and then the mortgage redeemed. If anything is left over any second charges are discharged as well. When all the available funds have be applied, anything that left unpaid will be known as the mortgage shortfall. In a falling market such as we have at the moment, it is not unusual to have shortfalls of up to £50,000

If there will be or is a shortfall the lender can sue for this or more likely, apply to be able to enforce a money judgement on the repossession.

There are different rules as to how long in time the lender can take to come after a debtor for the shortfall. If it is a capital shortfall, then under the terms of the law the lender can still take steps to recover the shortfall for up to 12 years. However that being said, many lenders have signed up to the Council of Mortgage Lenders code which confirms that they will not take steps to recover shortfalls greater than six years old. This is the same length of time that they have to recover interest on the loan.

If you are unsure about how much money you owe or from when this liability runs, you should take advice.

If you cannot afford to pay off the shortfall in full then there are possible solutions:-

Offer a lump sum in full and final settlement. It may be that if the lenders can be convinced that this will be all that can be obtained they make take the offer. Be sure to get it in writing and marked “Full and Final Settlement”
If there is no chance whatsoever of paying of the liability the lender may write off the debt completely
Bankruptcy may be the only option for very large shortfalls and we are taking a large number of people through the process because of mortgage shortfalls.

We deal with many people who have suffered significant mortgage shortfalls. If you feel that you may need our help call 0808 160 5577

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About the Author:
Contact Steve Thatcher a qualified solicitor with Help With Debt (UK) Limited the total debt solutions company. For all further reading see http://www.helpwithdebtuk.com
For personal contact, email sthatcher@helpwithdebtuk.com. If you have any debt problem whatsover either personal or corporate make Steve your first call on 0808 160 5577. All telephone advice is free.
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It has also become a trend that we are getting a number of calls from people who are emerging from relationships in which they have run up debts on behalf of partners. The greatest problem we are finding in these situations are where a house has been bought together and one of the parties has moved out. This will leave the other party to carry on the mortgage or lose the property. For many the burden of carrying the mortgage will be too great and so the property does get repossessed or the keys handed back in.

When the property is taken back one way or the other by the mortgage company, it will be sold. There is a duty of care on the mortgage company to get the best price that they can for it. However we have a falling property market with too few buyers. Those who are in a position to buy, often know that they can pick up bargains where there are repossessions on offer and so will make bids way below the asking price. If these are the only bids able to complete, the offers will be accepted leading to massive shortfalls, on the amounts needed to clear the mortgage. Any owner of the property responsible for the mortgage will then be liable for that shortfall. We are seeing shortfalls of up to £85,000.

If you have had the misfortune to have your property repossessed or have handed the keys back to the lender and if you have suffered as shortfall on the sale that you cannot repay, you need to speak to us as it may be that you need proper insolvency advice which can deal with that shortfall.

Contact Steve Thatcher of Help With Debt (UK) Limited a total debt solutions company.
For all further reading see http://www.helpwithdebtuk.com
For personal contact email sthatcher@helpwithdebtuk.com

If you have any debt problem whatsover either personal or corporate make Steve your first call all advice is free. Finally if in the UK and you need a friend to speak to call 01162171406

Visit http://www.helpwithdebtuk.com

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