Fears of a debt disaster as property market runs hot and changes to safe lending laws loom Posted FriFriday 12 MarMarch 2021 at 7:24pm Before the global financial crisis, Jacob wanted to develop his then property in the Tweed Valley into a tourist lodge but the bank repossessed it. ( Print text only He wanted to develop his then property in the Tweed Valley into a tourist lodge. But in November 2009, he had a serious accident on the farm tractor and could not work. He asked his lender at the time — who he had taken a high-risk low-doc loan from — to let him defer mortgage repayments until he could resume work.