Wednesday 7 January 2009

REPOSSESIONS

HAVING WATCHED THE BBC1 PR0GRAMME FOLLOWING THE DEMISE OF 3 FAMILIES AFFECTED BY REPOSSESSION I BELIEVE IT IS ABOUT TIME THAT NEW RULES AND REGULATIONS WERE SET UP TO GOVERN THE IRRESPONSIBLE BEHAVIOR OF BUILDING SOCIETIES AND BANKS.

THE PROGRAMMER HIGHLIGHTED THREE DIFFERENT CIRCUMSTANCES.

ONE FAMILY FOUND THEMSELVES IN FINANCIAL DIFFICULTY ATTEMPTED TO DOWNSIZE - REDUCE THERE INDEBTEDNESS. HAVING SECURED A BUYER FOR THEIR CURRENT PROPERTY THE SOCIETY REFUSED TO GRANT A NEW MORTGAGE ON THE DOWNSIZED PROPERTY BECAUSE THEY WERE IN ARREARS. SURELY THIS WAS IRRESPONSIBLE BEHAVIOR ON THE SOCIETIES PART. THIS FAMILY ACTED RESPONSIBLE BY RECOGNIZING THEY COULD NO LONGER AFFORD THEIR CURRENT MORTGAGE AND ATTEMPTED TO CORRECT THE SITUATION. THEY RESORTED TO RENTING PRIVATELY AND ON THE DAY OF THE MOVE SECURED AN OFFER BELOW THE ORIGINAL ASKING PRICE FOR THE PROPERTY WHICH THE SOCIETY REFUSED TO ACCEPT ULTIMATELY THE SOCIETY REPOSSESSED AND WILL MORE THAN LIKELY SELL OFF AT AUCTION BELOW THIS VALUE LEAVING THE FAMILY FURTHER IN DEBT!!! THIS DECISION SHOULD NEVER BE ALLOWED TO HAPPEN AGAIN