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The legal process of repossession, including what your mortgage lender must do, repossession hearings, possession orders and help with legal costs
You may be able to postpone or stop your home being repossessed. Check if…
What your mortgage lender must do Before a mortgage lender can repossess…
If your lender starts a repossession action against you, the court will…
Legal aid If you’re on a low income you may be able to get legal aid. Free…
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…
This series brings together all documents relating to Repossession activity
The live tables provide the latest, most useful or most popular data, presented by type and other variables, including by geographical area or as a time series.
Includes help with homelessness, evictions and squatting
This guidance is to inform local authorities of the implications of amendments to Civil Procedure Rules Part 55, which will require mortgage…
A new government-backed scheme providing free legal advice to help 38,000 people a year at risk of losing their home launches today (1 August).
This guidance aims to inform lenders, landlords and tenants of their rights and responsibilities under the Mortgage Repossessions (Protection…
How to take court action to repossess a property or evict a tenant if you're owed money for rent or a mortgage
Quarterly National Statistics on possession claim actions in county courts by mortgage lenders and social and private landlords.
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