# mortgage-arrears - Friday 19 April, 2019
# Arrears
# Arrears
An Oireachtas committee yesterday heard legislation is needed to ensure banks cannot sell mortgages to vulture funds without a customer’s consent.
# mortgage-arrears - Monday 28 January, 2019
# Abhaile
# Abhaile
Just 30% of those who engaged with Abhaile’s financial advice have a solution in place or are on track for one.
# mortgage-arrears - Thursday 20 December, 2018
# Vulture Funds
# Vulture Funds
Unregulated loan owners hold 17% of all mortgages in arrears over 720 days.
# mortgage-arrears - Thursday 6 December, 2018
# Mortgage Arrears
# Mortgage Arrears
Last week the bank confirmed it was transferring more than 6,000 home loans into a special purpose vehicle.
# mortgage-arrears - Saturday 24 November, 2018
# Great Irish Sell Off
# Great Irish Sell Off
The Central Bank said no sanctions have been put in place since the Code of Conduct on
Mortgage Arrears commencement in 2009.
# mortgage-arrears - Saturday 17 November, 2018
# Factcheck
# Factcheck
Brendan Burgess claims there is “no tsunami” of arrears cases now.
# mortgage-arrears - Tuesday 13 November, 2018
# Mortgage Arrears
# Mortgage Arrears
Finance Minister Paschal Donohoe said there will be no change to the code of conduct, as it is working effectively.
# mortgage-arrears - Friday 7 September, 2018
# Mortgage Crisis
# Mortgage Crisis
Tens of thousands of people are still feeling the effects of the mortgage crisis ten years later.
# mortgage-arrears - Wednesday 20 June, 2018
# Debt
# Debt
The number of accounts in arrears over 720 days has fallen but these cases still account for 41% of all accounts in arrears.
# mortgage-arrears - Thursday 17 May, 2018
# Mortgage Arrears
# Mortgage Arrears
Hall told the Finance Committee that a narrative has been fostered that people in long-term arrears are “messers”.
# mortgage-arrears - Tuesday 27 February, 2018
# Mortgage Arrears
# Mortgage Arrears
The Central Bank is to review their code of conduct for how financial institutions deal with those in mortgage arrears.
# mortgage-arrears - Wednesday 21 February, 2018
# Mortgage Arrears
# Mortgage Arrears
Master Honohan asked if it’s a “sick joke” that people writing to the Taoiseach were told to seek help from Abhaile.
# mortgage-arrears - Tuesday 20 February, 2018
# New Laws
# New Laws
The bill would give greater powers to the government’s Abhaile scheme and provide stronger protections for people who are in debt.
# mortgage-arrears - Monday 19 February, 2018
# Fire Sale
# Fire Sale
The bank, which is 75% owned by the State, plans to sell off a loan book worth €4 billion.
# mortgage-arrears - Sunday 18 February, 2018
# I Live Here Now
# I Live Here Now
Veronica Dyas explores her experience, and the situation with housing in Ireland, in her latest play.
# mortgage-arrears - Sunday 7 January, 2018
# Mortgage To Rent
# Mortgage To Rent
Fianna Fáil’s Michael McGrath described the numbers as “pitifully low”.
# mortgage-arrears - Sunday 24 December, 2017
# Your Say
# Your Say
More than 30,000 accounts have been in arrears for more than two years.
# mortgage-arrears - Wednesday 20 December, 2017
# Scandal
# Scandal
We now know at least 33,700 customers were overcharged and the Central Bank said it had to “relentlessly pursue” lenders in many of these cases.
# mortgage-arrears - Thursday 14 December, 2017
# Gaffs
# Gaffs
The number of mortgages behind on payments has dropped since the depths of the recession.
# mortgage-arrears - Sunday 26 November, 2017
# Your Say
# Your Say
Ten percent of home mortgage accounts in this country are in arrears.
# mortgage-arrears - Friday 17 November, 2017
# Debt
# Debt
There are calls for the Legal Aid Board to relax its merits test so more families in debt can access professional representation.
# mortgage-arrears - Saturday 11 November, 2017
# Dear Leo
# Dear Leo
Edmund Honohan: ‘What kind of a way is that for a bank to approach its customers?’
# mortgage-arrears - Sunday 18 June, 2017
# Housing Crisis
# Housing Crisis
Experts say anxiety and a lack of information provided to people struggling with debt can lead them to making decisions that will worsen their situation.
# mortgage-arrears - Friday 2 December, 2016
# Arrears
# Arrears
The bank claims it it is owed about €250,000.
# mortgage-arrears - Wednesday 23 November, 2016
# Factcheck
# Factcheck
Fine Gael has been on Twitter and Facebook, promoting a set of claims about its role in the fall of mortgages in arrears. Do they check out?
# mortgage-arrears - Sunday 20 March, 2016
# Wake Up Call
# Wake Up Call
A new survey explores the impact debt has on people’s mental health.
# mortgage-arrears - Tuesday 19 May, 2015
# Not Happening
# Not Happening
Thomas Byrne hoped the courts might halt all repossession cases in light of the government’s planned reforms.
# mortgage-arrears - Wednesday 13 May, 2015
# Veto
# Veto
The government has announced a raft of new measures to help people struggling to pay their mortgages.
# State Of The Nation
# State Of The Nation
Here’s everything you need to know about what’s happening in Irish politics right now…
# mortgage-arrears - Tuesday 5 May, 2015
# Social Housing
# Social Housing
The campaigner is not impressed by the government’s housing plans.
# mortgage-arrears - Sunday 19 April, 2015
# Mortgage Crisis
# Mortgage Crisis
“It was like someone had a gun to my head. I was crying on the steps of the bank.”
# mortgage-arrears - Tuesday 17 March, 2015
# Bad Loans
# Bad Loans
Loans from so-called sub-prime lenders are four times more likely to be in arrears than those from the mainstream banks
# mortgage-arrears - Tuesday 10 March, 2015
# Shots Fired
# Shots Fired
Proposals to reduce the term of bankruptcy from three years to one are being considered with new measures to be announced in April.
# mortgage-arrears - Friday 5 December, 2014
# Home
# Home
Will the State will put the interests of its people above commercial and provide us with strong consumer protection standards?
# mortgage-arrears - Wednesday 3 December, 2014
# Going Under
# Going Under
Banks have been accused of only helping the ‘low-hanging fruit’ of people who are a few months overdue.
# mortgage-arrears - Tuesday 4 November, 2014
# Arrears
# Arrears
The Irish Mortgage Holders Organisation said the scheme these agreements were made through will be expanded to run another 12 months, due to its success in the last year.
# mortgage-arrears - Friday 3 October, 2014
# Mortgage Arrears Crisis
# Mortgage Arrears Crisis
The guides cover both the Circuit and High courts.
# mortgage-arrears - Tuesday 2 September, 2014
# Debt Problem
# Debt Problem
The headline number of arrears has fallen, but ultra long term problem loans continue to climb.
# mortgage-arrears - Thursday 14 August, 2014
# No End In Sight
# No End In Sight
New figures from the Department of Finance also show that Buy to Let loans are still struggling.
# mortgage-arrears - Tuesday 5 August, 2014
# News Fix
# News Fix
Everyone’s talking about Ireland beating the Black Ferns, Israeli boycott protests, and what Bernie Ecclestone has done…
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