John Cranage
Birmingham Post
05-10-2008
Repossession figures on the rise in crunched West Midlands ; PROPERTY
Byline: John Cranage
Edition: FIRST
Section: Business
The number of homes repossessed from owners who default on their mortgage rose by more than a fifth in the Midlands in the first quarter, Government figures revealed yesterday .
A total of 5,643 properties were reclaimed by lenders, 22 per cent more than in the same period of 2007.
The number of tenants evicted rose 13 per cent to ...
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