When a landlord wants to remove tenants from their property, they often have to go to the county courts and file a repossession order. The motivation is usually rent arrears which see the tenant failing to pay rent for an extended period of time and refusing to vacate the property.
Nowhere is this happening more than in Birmingham, with rental repossessions in our second city outpacing everywhere else in the nation.
The latest market analysis by estate and lettings agent, Barrows and Forrester, has revealed that during the first quarter of this year alone, there have been 3,737 rental property repossession orders granted in England and Wales. 27% of these repossessions were targeted at tenants in London, 15% in the South East, with the North West also accounting for some of the highest levels at 11%.
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