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Trapped by My Mortgage

Andy Verity meets the ex-Northern Rock customers who are still trapped on high interest rates and whose mortgages have now been taken over by an aggressive private equity fund.

Hundreds of thousands of homeowners thought they had been saved when the government took over their mortgages during the financial crisis. But ten years on, the former Northern Rock customers are still trapped on high interest rates and now their mortgages have been taken over by an aggressive private equity fund. Reporter Andy Verity meets the families who say they have been sold out by their own government.

30 minutes

Last on

Sat 27 Oct 2018 01:30

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Music Played

Timings (where shown) are from the start of the programme in hours and minutes

  • 00:01

    Peter Broderick

    For Piano

  • 00:03

    Four Tet

    Two Thousand And Seventeen

  • 00:11

    Caribou

    Bees

  • 00:20

    Wild Beasts

    Deeper

  • 00:21

    James Heather

    Ruqia

Credits

Role Contributor
Reporter Andy Verity
Producer Cat McShane
Executive Producer Andrew Head
Editor John Martin

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