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Let them cop on a small bit and pay back their mortgages. Too much “can’t afford it” but out socialising at the weekend, still driving big cars and no respect for the common folk that have to bail them out.
The banks and bondholders were bailed out. The Euro 6 billion paid to the banks to sort the mortgage debt problem was used to boost the banks balance sheet.
It is important to know who was bailed out and who was not.
I have a fantastic job in the public health services , job for life , and very soon I’ll be getting a lump sum = 1 1/2 times my final salary and will cash in my two pensions .. So I’m not robbing anyone ..life is great !
I’s am a proud freeloader ..lol I’s will milk those cows for all it’s worth..lol Mr Bank manager ,how’s are youse today ..lol I’s have € 100 for mortgage this month , youse are lucky ..lol let’s sit down and play a game of poker ..lol we’ll play with real money ..lol youse heard of securitisation ..lol it’s Ponzi with a triple a+ ..lol
Anyone that tries to take my cosy home will get the business end of Bertha. Everyone suffers but the people who caused it still roll in the big bucks. You couldn’t write this crap. Sorry, that Shatter chapie could.
Some balls on you to call on ‘roll on repositions’ like that.You really need to get your head out of your ass,snort out the shite and go back to junior infants..
Well said Jeremy I hate mortgage holders who don’t pay their mortgages and ones who cant they’re sc#@of the earth,god bless all the renters who work hard pay PAYE pay rent to landlords every month and have to listen to this crap,mainland Europe sort out the Irish pleaseeeeeeeee
Mike and Jeremy, I have a barrel for each of you. Feel free to invade my property and attempt to tuft me out. Bertha shall let blaze with both barrels. I applaud anyone who opposes these parasitic bankers.
Peter ,Peter ,,lols ..youse are playing with fire ..lol youse would take these boys down with your knowledge of the system ..lol youse took out the loan youse must pay it back ..lol blah blah blah ..Oggie doesn’t care about the banks ,or the trolls ,or the ones that aren’t ..lol I’s have paid my dues ..lol I’s am logging off now, ‘cos my fingers are tired and my brain needs to slow down ..lol wife no1 will help me now ..lol
The Land League which led to reforming legislation, starting with Gladstone in the 19th Century. .
Some have values and interests which coincide with those of the Bankers and speculators. My identification is with unfortunate persons on reduced incomes who can no longer afford to repay exorbitant mortgages on previously priced homes. Where will all of these dispossessed people go?
I have 2 years to go on an affordable mortgage on an affordable home but my heart and support goes out to those who through no fault of their own were ripped off to enrich greedy bankers and reckless developers.
Too right Jeremy, I note that the trollers with serious debts are in the ‘denial’ phase and are getting more vocal and more desperate on here!!
The more repossessed houses the better, man things are getting better, more repossessed houses on the market than ever before. Plus I just got promoted with 10% payrise and more stocks, to add to my 6 figure deposit. I might even buy Dexters house and pinch his bum on his way out!
Ahhhhhh Gladstone and the 19th century,welcome to the 21st peter,your trolling,where should the dispossessed go ehhhhhhh TO HELL OR TO CONNAUGHT :))))))
Declan, the use of odd emphasis refelects your cognitive deficit and your inability to thing about the true cause of the mortgage impairment in crisis. You will observe how I managed to convey my view without use of parenthesis and letter repetition.
Hey Thomas, I can buy up to e350k, and if I get my partner involved, I can go up to about e500k. I can easily afford in Dublin. It’s overpriced though because of the freeloaders not paying mortgages.
You wouldn’t understand, you live in the sticks, and are a bit stupid. haha
Youse should have given the mortgage holders a chance to bid on their loan ..lol but this is not the way to do business ..lol here youse go buyers , youse can have my mortgage for 40c in the pound ..lol but we all happy now , lol sold down the swanny ..lol
There you have it
The “Special” Liquidators solemn word.
“What more do you want guys??”
“A man’s word is his bond”
The “Special” Liquidator AKA the one and only KPMG
The same KPMG that gave Irish Nationwide (now part of IBRC) a clean bill of health when it was bust.
Would you not say that there was just a tad bit of a conflict of interest here??
I wonder how much KPMG are getting paid to administer this travesty???
“Champers tonight boys” Ehh??
“Scoff”
“Scoff”
“Oink”
“Oink”
Good to see you back Ritchie, what can you say about them lying lowlifes in FG, they are lower than a snakes belly, and you look up to them, it shows how low you are,
PS I did not avail of the free education, I went private unlike you,
It only means “regulated by the Central Bank”. I think we all know what a “regulation” is worth and it can be redefined at a whim of the ECB board member who runs the Central Bank but has his duty is first to Frankfurt.
If foreign vultures acquire Irish mortgages secured on the homes of Irish citizens, I know what side I am.
We don’t have to be overly scrupulous about the legal methods deployed to resist vultures who have bought the mortgagee’s interests with their eyes fully open.
This should indeed be very good news for all Irish Nationwide Building Society Family Home mortgage holders , as the purchasing Groups will most probably be purchasing the mortgages concerned at about a third of the pre- bust values.
This should afford those – especially outside of the immediate Dublin area , an opportunity to refinance the “purchase” of their mortgages back at huge discounts .
The Government , in the meantime , must now ensure availability of “new” mortgages being made available to the existing Family Home Owners !
Jeremy – presumably you have been out of the Country for the past six years while the worse recession in the history of the State has been underway – while almost a half million people have been out of work and while a quarter of a million of our people have emigrated ??
You should wise up and show some respect for people less lucky in life obviously, then you !
@ciarraioch all the mortgage holders in arrears with plasma TVs sky digital,car in the driveway holidays abroad,lots of kids etc etc dont worry I’ll work extra hours while being taxed up to fu@#in bollix to pay for it,cut out the luxury pay your mortgages and shut up ireland
No one put a gun to their heads and marched them into the bank to take out a mortgage they couldn’t afford,every decision you make comes with a conseqeunce.
You took out more than you can pay back,tough luck give it back it’s not yours you simply borrowed it.When will these greedy idiots learn its unacceptable to borrow without paying back.
Roll on the Repos i for one will be celebrating i hope you will be too Declan
” while the worse recession in the history of the State has been underway ”
Oh yeah,you know it’s hell on earth when someone refuses to pay their mortgage and can still afford holidays,nice cars,fancy tv’s,modest luxuires of the modern world etc.
Youse are learning so much stuff on the Internet ..lol It’s great to see , how youse just learnt this knowledge from Declan ..lol youse really are a quick learner ..lol I’s believe that in a recession , youse must do what youse has to do ..lol I’s tell peoples , don’t be afraid ..lol Jeremy will pay for it ..lol
Banks inveigled people into paying unaffordable prices for sub standard homes fuelled by excessively plentiful credit, promoted by the criminally irresponsible Central Bank of Ireland and the complicit IFSRA.
All the mortgages that the jokebanks sold between the early noughties and the point where they (all bar none) corruptly/criminally bust themselves, were basically of a subprime, built to fail standard.
The culprits not only were allowed to walk freely away from their responsibilities but were handsomely rewarded with money that was basically stolen from their victim’s pockets.
The Irish Bernie Madoffs get kept in clover on their victim’s money, instead of the 150 years in jail that they deserve.
The country has been sentenced to eternal debt slavery by corrupt/criminal elitist sycophants who laugh at you from their perches above the law.
Who really gives a fcuk if anyone pays their mortgage to these toxic jokebanks at this stage?
The veil has been lifted mate.
This is inaccurate. , it’s a Vokubtary agreement to adhere to the code of conduct . This gives no protection . The vulture fund could change their mind. This is a last minute sinister move. Too little too late. Protest tomorrow at. 1pm outside Leinster house
Repossessions need to happen, people not paying their mortgages need to be removed from their proprieties asap, I can’t buy a house because of these boom-time freeloaders.
I’s am going to have great fun ..lol I’s am a freeloader and proud of it ..lol Thank youse for helping me in all the subsidies that I be getting ..lol Mike , youse will be proud of what I get off the system and I’s also do odd jobs at weekends ..lol
Protected but not for long. All those freeloaders will get kicked out of their houses and the likes of me will come in like a vulture and get me some nice property. I will be laughing all the way watching the poor souls having to move to Letrim (or worse, to where Tommy lives) with tears in their eyes. Happy days.
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