Posts Tagged ‘ OFT ’

Help needed for homebuyers states OFT

Oct 17th, 2008 | By admin | Category: Mortgage News

Officials from the Office of Fair Trading have stated that more help is needed for homebuyers in the UK from house builders. Following an investigation by the OFT, house builders are to set up a new code of conduct to address issues relating to dissatisfied customers. The investigation showed that many home buyers had experienced [...]



Sale and rent back schemes to be investigated by OFT

Aug 5th, 2008 | By admin | Category: New Articles

Defaults of mortgage repayments have been rocketing over recent months, with many families facing severe financial hardship. With rising energy bills, soaring petrol prices, increased food prices, high borrowing costs, tighter credit conditions, and below inflation wage rises, many families cannot make ends meet each month, and for many this is resulting in missed mortgage [...]