Monday, August 8, 2011

The 830,000 homeowners in negative equity trap


More than 800,000 families are crippled by a mortgage larger than the value of their home, an alarming report warned yesterday.

The Council of Mortgage Lenders report said the number trapped in negative equity was ‘negligible’ before 2005.


But numbers have ballooned to 830,000 families because of super-size mortgages and collapsing house prices.   Read more...

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