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Mortgages

All time
Vulture funds
PTSB chief refuses to appear before Finance Committee next week over loan sale
24 Feb 2018
17.2k
58
vultures
Dealing with a vulture fund - how these families have coped
24 Feb 2018
44.6k
162
vulture fears
Mortgages sell-off will disrupt already-volatile housing market, charities warn
23 Feb 2018
27.5k
217
Vulture funds
Harris on PTSB home loan sale: 'It's time to see a bit of humility from our banks'
22 Feb 2018
18.8k
88
Vulture funds
Minister concedes homeowners who engaged with PTSB may not have deals honoured
21 Feb 2018
23.9k
122
Mortgage Arrears
'They're for the chop': High Court Master says 'wave of repossessions' on the horizon
21 Feb 2018
43.1k
117
fire sale
'It's not fair': Fianna Fáil poised to block PTSB loan sale to 'unregulated' vulture funds
19 Feb 2018
25.5k
117
pentire
'I wouldn't want to go up against them alone': Vulture fund ramps up taking homeowners to court
12 Feb 2018
35.2k
114
The Daily Poll
Poll: Should people who stop paying their mortgages be free from eviction?
9 Feb 2018
36.5k
154
Moral Hazard
Irish people stopped paying mortgages in their droves after a ruling blocked the banks from evicting
9 Feb 2018
45.8k
108
compensation
Tracker mortgage scandal: AIB did not consider 'the potential fallout'
23 Jan 2018
17.1k
41
Mortgages
€200 million first-time buyers' scheme called 'subprime lending'
23 Jan 2018
25.6k
40
Tracker Scandal
Minister willing to bring in new laws to punish reckless behaviour of senior bankers
16 Jan 2018
7.9k
55
Property
Almost no change in house prices in second half of 2017 - but it doesn't mean a bubble has burst
Ronan Lyons
2 Jan 2018
18.5k
16
The Daily Poll
Poll: Should the State relax free legal aid rules to cover more arrears cases?
24 Dec 2017
10.0k
39
gaffs
10% of all residential mortgages in Ireland are in arrears
14 Dec 2017
16.0k
47
compensation
After putting aside €4m last year to cover tracker scandal, KBC now says it'll cost €59m
16 Nov 2017
10.4k
22
Mortgage distress
'They're refusing to engage': Banks reject almost half of personal insolvency proposals
25 Oct 2017
14.7k
53
mortgage to rent
A new scheme will allow mortgage holders in long-term arrears to stay in their homes
27 Sep 2017
19.5k
88
The Daily Poll
Poll: Do you expect to have a mortgage paid off before you retire?
22 Sep 2017
40.5k
119
Competitive
AIB cuts its standard variable mortgage rates
15 Sep 2017
24.2k
51
home repossession
'We sold my wedding ring to afford six months' rent. We are now faced with bankruptcy'
Carly Bailey
19 Aug 2017
66.1k
171
Mortgages
Women being 'forced into homelessness' as former partners refuse to sign arrears deals
16 Jul 2017
21.5k
29
Abhaile
Over 4,000 borrowers flock to voucher scheme in bid to save their homes
8 Jun 2017
57.5k
32
start saving
The average first time buyer in Ireland is 34 years old and needs at least a €50,000 deposit
25 May 2017
77.0k
74
Central Bank
Dedicated staff and timeline clarity could help make mortgage-switching easier
11 Apr 2017
8.4k
11
Opinion
'Blaming' help-to-buy for property prices is just lazy
Karl Deeter
6 Apr 2017
491
73
approved
Credit unions want to shake up the mortgage market and they've €400m to lend
23 Jan 2017
36.9k
29
Great Irish Sell Off
'Out of the blue, we got a letter to say our loans had been sold to a vulture fund'
9 Jan 2017
60.4k
104
property ladder
More than 500 people have already applied for the new first-time buyers scheme
5 Jan 2017
14.5k
25
preview 2017
5 trends coming down the tracks in the 2017 property market
31 Dec 2016
58.5k
46
Mortgages
'Are you bullied by the banks?': Watch Central Bank governor get grilled on tracker scandal
20 Dec 2016
13.7k
39
Michael McGrath
Fianna Fáil calls for punitive action after 10,000 customers 'wrongly denied' tracker mortgages
17 Dec 2016
8.8k
74
it error
Double mortgage payments taken from some Permanent TSB customers
5 Dec 2016
19.6k
34
Arrears
Twink told a newspaper her debt-ridden home was for sale, but barristers couldn't find it listed
2 Dec 2016
32.0k
tracker mortgages
Permanent TSB company fined €4.5 million for "serious failings" dealing with tracker mortgages
29 Nov 2016
9.8k
7
House Prices
Smaller deposits and help-to-buy scheme won't 'over-egg' property market - Governor
24 Nov 2016
11.5k
31
FactCheck
FactCheck: Is Fine Gael right to claim the credit for a fall in mortgages in arrears?
23 Nov 2016
15.7k
42
getting a deposit together
The Central Bank Governor on why deposit limits are 'not targets but ceilings'
Philip Lane
23 Nov 2016
287
13
Loan to Value
First time buyers no longer need 20% deposit on properties
23 Nov 2016
59.8k
94
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