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The legal process of home repossession, including what your mortgage lender must do, repossession hearings, possession orders and help with legal costs
If you miss your mortgage repayments and cannot agree a repayment plan,…
What your mortgage lender must do Before a mortgage lender can repossess…
If your lender starts a repossession action against you, the court will…
If you’re on low income, you might be eligible for legal aid. It can help…
Repossession hearings normally take place in a judge’s chambers, not in a…
The lender can only repossess your home if the court grants permission.…
You can ask a judge to ‘suspend the warrant for possession’. This means…
If you think the judge made mistakes about the law or the facts of your…
Help from your council Your local council must give you advice to help you…
Your Council Tax bill - how to work it out, who has to pay, discounts and exemptions for students and disabled people, second homes, empty properties, paying the bill and getting the Council Tax rebate.
You’ll need to know 3 things: the valuation band for your home in England…
You’ll usually have to pay Council Tax if you’re 18 or over. A full…
Households where everyone’s a full-time student do not have to pay Council…
You might be able to apply for a Council Tax discount or exemption if you…
Second homes You’ll usually have to pay Council Tax on another property…
Your Council Tax bill tells you: how much you have to pay for the year how…
Landlords need to follow certain procedures when evicting tenants - find out about eviction notices, harassment and illegal evictions, and going to court
Your landlord must follow strict procedures if they want you to leave…
Landlords can sometimes evict tenants using ‘accelerated possession’. This…
If your landlord goes to court to evict you, there will be a ‘possession…
If you do not leave your home by the date given in an outright possession…
It’s a crime for your landlord to harass you or try to force you out of a…
Find out what reliefs and exemptions are available for Annual Tax on Enveloped Dwellings (ATED).
How to make a negligible value claim for unquoted shares, and how to check if shares previously quoted on the London Stock Exchange now have negligible value.
Guidance for local authorities and fire and rescue services on the use remediation orders, a Building Safety Act 2022 enforcement power.
Amendments to the Building Safety Act 2022 were enacted through the Leasehold and Freehold Reform Act 2024.
Information and guidance for local authorities compiling the P1E quarterly data returns on homelessness.
Search for details of companies involved in insolvency proceedings, liquidation, frozen assets
If you're struggling with your Help to Buy: Equity Loan payments, it’s important to understand the options available to you.
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