# mortgage-crisis - Friday 7 September, 2018
Tens of thousands of people are still feeling the effects of the mortgage crisis ten years later.
Share594
# mortgage-crisis - Saturday 14 January, 2017
The US Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission has said that the credit crash “could not have happened without the rating agencies”.
Share
# mortgage-crisis - Wednesday 23 November, 2016
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?
Share124
# mortgage-crisis - Sunday 19 April, 2015
“It was like someone had a gun to my head. I was crying on the steps of the bank.”
Share762
# mortgage-crisis - Tuesday 10 March, 2015
Proposals to reduce the term of bankruptcy from three years to one are being considered with new measures to be announced in April.
Share8
# mortgage-crisis - Tuesday 8 July, 2014
A draft copy of the committee’s report on mortgage arrears seen by TheJournal.ie contains strong words for the Central Bank.
Share71
# mortgage-crisis - Thursday 31 October, 2013
The Department of Finance has begun to publish monthly reports on mortgage restructuring.
Share2
# mortgage-crisis - Wednesday 25 September, 2013
Central Bank Governor Patrick Honohan faced the Oireachtas Finance Committe today, we picked the best three clips from today’s exchanges…
Share
The Governor of the Central Bank Patrick Honohan told the Oireachtas Finance Committee that ‘it was notable, though perhaps not surprising’ that banks have pursued this option.
Share
Patrick Honohan has been called to appear before the Oireachtas Finance Committee after it emerged thousands of legal letters being sent by banks could be classified as ‘sustainable mortgage solutions’.
Share
# mortgage-crisis - Wednesday 4 September, 2013
Members of the Oireachtas Finance Committee took exception to Jim Brown’s repeated assertion this afternoon that “there is a cost to living in a home”.
Share
# mortgage-crisis - Friday 2 August, 2013
Mortgage arrears of over 90 days have fallen quarter-on-quarter for the first time since June 2008 at Ulster Bank, but the bank’s chief executive warned customers not to ignore their problems.
Share1
Richie Boucher said that it ‘was not for him’ to say why people weren’t paying their mortgages, but encouraged those in difficulty to engage with the bank.
Share14
David Duffy says that the bank will be getting tough on home owners in arrears.
Share17
# mortgage-crisis - Friday 21 June, 2013
Homeowners who are three months or more behind on their payments owe financial institutions €1.8 billion.
Share25
The amount of money owed to financial institutions has risen 275 per cent in 42 months.
Share83
# mortgage-crisis - Monday 8 April, 2013
The IMF says NAMA may need to be compensated if it pays more than the market price for IBRC assets.
Share66
# mortgage-crisis - Wednesday 3 April, 2013
The IMF’s latest quarterly review of Ireland’s progress says progress on dealing with mortgage arrears is a make-or-break.
Share6
# mortgage-crisis - Wednesday 27 March, 2013
The Dáil debated a Fianna Fáil-proposed private members’ motion on the mortgage arrears crisis tonight but it was easily defeated by the government’s majority.
Share320
# mortgage-crisis - Tuesday 26 March, 2013
The Revenue Commissioners says it considers a mortgage write-down to be a commercial act and not a ‘gift’ for tax purposes.
Share9
# mortgage-crisis - Monday 25 March, 2013
An accountants’ body says it believes any debts written off a person’s mortgage could be subject to Capital Gains Tax.
Share61
# mortgage-crisis - Sunday 24 March, 2013
Not everyone will be told to quit premium TV or private health insurance – but families will need to make sacrifices.
Share12
# mortgage-crisis - Tuesday 12 March, 2013
Taoiseach Enda Kenny said the government will make a statement this week about what will be done to help people who have fallen behind on repayments.
Share7
# mortgage-crisis - Friday 7 December, 2012
The failings of Government to take simple steps to help mortgage holders has caused further damage – and the Insolvency Bill is by no means our saviour, writes David Hall.
Share113
# mortgage-crisis - Saturday 29 September, 2012
Roisin Shortall’s resignation dominated the news this week – which may be a relief for some in Government.
Share
# mortgage-crisis - Thursday 13 September, 2012
Figures revealed for the first time show that 38 per cent of mortgage applications were rejected last year.
Share2
# mortgage-crisis - Thursday 24 May, 2012
Aggressive banks are making mortgage resolution impossible, writes David Hall of New Beginning – and suggests a way to restore trust between lenders and borrowers.
Share7
# mortgage-crisis - Tuesday 7 February, 2012
Mortgage holders will give up their properties and become tenants under the programme designed to help people in debt.
Share4
# mortgage-crisis - Thursday 19 January, 2012
State-owned financial institution should be forced to reduce its “punitive” mortgage rate, Dáil hears.
Share
# mortgage-crisis - Monday 24 October, 2011
James McKay told TheJournal.ie how he cannot meet his mortgage payments because his bank is not cooperating.
Share205
Rain and drizzle
Max: 10 °C
Min: 9 °C
Cloudy with a couple of showers
Max: 11 °C
Min: 7 °C
