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Without knowing the full details behind this question, the initial response would be no - the bailiff cannot seize the goods belonging to someone other than the debtor. In most types of debt, a bailiff can only seize (levy on) the debtor’s goods, though they can seize goods that are jointly owned. If the goods belong to someone else and they have been seized then it is for the real owner to apply to court to have them released. You can swear a Statutory Declaration regarding ownership of goods before a solicitor and present it to the bailiff to resolve the dispute.
As you will be aware from the press, lenders are taking a much more conservative approach to lending than before the credit crisis and you may be a victim of this tightening up. Having said that credit decisions are generally made using a combination of four things - the information in your application form, information obtained from a credit reference agency such as Experian, Equifax or Callcredit, the lender's scorecard and the lender's policy rules - e.g. you are not on the Voters Roll or have been at your current address for a very short period. It therefore may not be obvious from your credit report alone why you have been turned down.
Lenders are forbidden, by both the Office of Fair Trading and the Information Commissioner's Office, from telling potential borrowers that they have been turned down because of adverse information on their credit file when this is not the case. You say that Experian and Equifax have given you an excellent rating - the agencies do not rate individual applicants - the rating and the decision is individual to each lender and is that of the lender. Any score that the agencies may have included in your file is for guidance only.
I note that you have now applied for credit at least three times in a short period - this will have a significant negative impact on your rating which will take time to repair. I also note that you are applying for consolidation loans which indicate that you may already have a significant level of borrowing which you may be having difficulty servicing even if you a not in arrears or serious arrears - this too will affect your rating. Consolidation loans are generally much higher risk than other loans and hence the lending criteria are generally tighter.
Lenders are required by the OFT and the ICO and their own codes to give some indication of why they have turned you down provided this does not disclose commercially confidential information e.g scores for individual characteristics or policy rules - for obvious reasons disclosure of such information could lead to manipulation of future applications. There is therefore unlikely to be an"exact reason" why you have been turned down - rather a combination of factors means you do not meet those lenders' criteria. You should try not to apply again for credit in the near future - perhaps up to the year it will take for those searches to disappear from your file - to do so will merely exacerbate the problem you already have.
If you are struggling or know you are going to be struggling soon perhaps you should talk to your existing lenders or to one of the many advice agencies that are there to help.




