After 15 years, according to a judge. Djabar Babal has been awarded squatter's rights to his £200,000 Stockport home, after failing to pay anything on the property since coughing up just £40 sometime in 1993. So is the rule good news for people struggling to pay their mortgages? Not likely... it may mean lenders acting quicker on defaulters, for fear they'll lose everything if they hang around. More here.
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