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Personal bankruptcy starts to hit home

As the UK struggles to cope with the credit crunch, more people than ever are having to come to terms with filing for personal bankruptcy and losing their homes.<

Thrifty Scot offers bankruptcy advice

The Thrify Scot is offering some excellent impartial bankruptcy advice on their website in the form of the pro

Bankrupt living in £400,000 house

Can you be bankrupt and live in a £400,000 house? Apparantly so.

Divorcees the most likely for bankruptcy

Single parents along with separated and divorced people in the UK are statistically the most likely to fall into serious amount of debt.

Personal Bankruptcy rising

More people are applying for bankruptcy than being forced into it according to figures from the Department for Constitutional Affairs (DCA)

Changes in US Bankruptcy law push numbers down

Since new changes to bankruptcy law in the US took eff

Law makes bankruptcy too simple

According to research from Equifax, the personal bankruptcy law changes made in 2004 have made it far to straightforward for people to achieve bankrupt

Base rate hike will increase personal bankruptcy figures

The decision by the Bank of England to increase the base rate will almost certainly lead to a significent growth in the number of personal bankruptcies in the UK.

Insolvency figures rise again

New statistics from Credit Action have shown that personal bankruptcy in the UK remains a problem with more insolvencies forecast.

Plans to avoid debt will not affect bankruptcy figures

Despite a recent survey from Standard Life stating that many British consumers are trying to improve their financial situation, experts still predict a record number of perso

Further rate increases on the cards

Despite the Bank of England deciding against a further base rate increase, many experts are forecasting that this will only delay the inevitable.

Second rates rise could send consumers to the edge

A leading debt management company have warned that a second rise in the base rate from the Bank of England could lead to a massive number of people in the UK filing for perso

Bankruptcy bad news

A leading financial analyst has foretasted that bankruptcy figures will grow as a consequence of people losing their savings as interest rates continue to rise.

Cashless society may encourage financial difficulties

As the introduction of a card-only system of payment draws nearer, it is feared that it will encourage an increase in difficulties with personal debt and eventual bankruptcy.

Bankruptcy grows along with online spending

As the popularity of online shopping continues to grow at a fast pace in the UK, so does personal bankruptcy.

Bonuses bring on bankruptcy

Personal bankruptcy in the UK could yet again be on the rise, according to the latest news from Prudential

Figures come under the spotlight

Goverment figures that suggest that the number of personal banktupcties in the UK have fallen in the third quarter of 2007 have come under furthe criticism from experts.