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# mortgage - Tuesday 30 June, 2020
'A lot of people are stuck in a rip-off rental trap': New minister promises affordable housing scheme
Darragh O’Brien said he wants to ensure houses ranging in price from €160,000 to €250,000 will be available.
Call for banks to reverse 'de-facto ban' on mortgage approval for wage subsidy recipients
Applicants who received approval before the Covid-19 crisis have had approval pulled.
# mortgage - Tuesday 23 June, 2020
Almost 4,000 mortgage accounts fell into arrears in Q1 of this year, figures from the Central Bank show
The lowest number of mortgage arrears since 2010 was recorded in the first quarter of the year.
# mortgage - Friday 27 March, 2020
Internal bank documents reveal AIB mortgage break did require savings before meeting with minister
At the end of last week and over the weekend customers complained of issues they had accessing this payment deferral.
# mortgage - Wednesday 11 March, 2020
High Court approves debt write down of millions of euro for two Tipperary women
They will continue to make payments on the mortgages on their respective homes and they will each make lump sum payments of €100.
# mortgage - Wednesday 29 January, 2020
First-time buyers made up most of the 12,000 mortgages drawn down in last quarter of 2019
The 12,259 mortgages are valued at €2.7 billion.
# mortgage - Thursday 5 December, 2019
Man who used fake documents to apply for €270k mortgage given a suspended sentence
The man used the loan to purchase a house in Walkinstown in Dublin.
Increase in first-time buyers moving to Dublin commuter belt
One economist warned that this increased activity will put pressure on the infrastructural needs in these areas.
# mortgage - Wednesday 25 September, 2019
New Central Bank rules to stop brokers accepting free golf trips and sports tickets from banks
From March next year, brokers and financial adviser will also have to publish details of commissions they receive on their websites.
# mortgage - Tuesday 16 July, 2019
Will the help-to-buy scheme be extended or scrapped? Minister won't rule it in or out until Budget 2020
Minister for Finance Paschal Donohoe said the scheme has played a ‘valuable role’.
# mortgage - Tuesday 9 July, 2019
'It's a no-brainer': New not-for-profit company aims to keep distressed borrowers in their homes
Homeoptions is offering itself as an alternative to vulture funds and said it is already engaging with one bank in relation to a home loan portfolio.
# mortgage - Friday 21 June, 2019
Families still 'in limbo' despite Minister's assurance home loan scheme funding 'will be honoured'
The Housing Minister said he does not know why Louth County Council has decided not to issue loans that are already approved.
# mortgage - Saturday 15 June, 2019
Mortgage rates in Ireland are still one of the highest in Europe
The volume of new mortgage agreements amounted to €598 million in April 2019.
# mortgage - Friday 19 April, 2019
Taoiseach says he didn’t realise his mortgage could be sold on by his bank when he took it out in 2003
In an interview with TheJournal.ie this week, the Taoiseach said he understood the intent behind Sinn Féin’s No Consent No Sale Bill.
# mortgage - Thursday 28 March, 2019
Couple received €40,000 after insurer tried to reject storm damage claim
There were 5,692 complaints made to the financial services ombudsman last year – one third of those about insurance.
# mortgage - Monday 25 March, 2019
Property prices in Dublin city decrease but rise across the country
People struggling to get mortgages and concerns about Brexit are affecting the market.
# mortgage - Tuesday 12 March, 2019
Mortgage interest rates will rise, says research, 'making repayment difficult' for some Irish households
Irish households are in a better position to withstand “adverse shocks” than it was in 2014.
# mortgage - Tuesday 26 February, 2019
Cabinet to consider Bill to help borrowers in mortgage arrears
The Bill aims to broaden the matters a judge needs to take into account when considering repossessions.
# mortgage - Monday 4 February, 2019
Banks pay out €647 million to victims of tracker mortgage scandal
The number of people affected by the overcharging scandal has now risen to almost 40,000.
# mortgage - Thursday 24 January, 2019
Opinion: Sound the alarm - a proposed EU directive on bad loans will give vulture funds a free rein
A proposed new EU Directive aims to develop a secondary market for non-performing loans and poses a serious threat to the rights of borrowers and consumers, writes Matt Carthy.
# mortgage - Sunday 23 December, 2018
Union says KBC staff 'extremely upset and stressed' by recent incidents
KBC Ireland said it is taking additional measures to ensure the safety of its staff.
# mortgage - Wednesday 28 November, 2018
Warning people will be stuck in rental market as regulator leaves mortgage rules unchanged
Central Bank governor Philip Lane said the measures protect borrowers from excessive debt.
# mortgage - Sunday 18 November, 2018
How I Spend My Money: A sales worker on €70,000 saving €1,000 a month for a mortgage
She’s moved in with her sister in order to save as fast as she can.
# mortgage - Saturday 17 November, 2018
FactCheck: Has the number of cases taken by banks over arrears halved in two years?
Brendan Burgess claims there is “no tsunami” of arrears cases now.
# mortgage - Monday 29 October, 2018
Mica scandal: Family living in 'falling down house' finds out mortgage has been sold to vulture fund
Just a month before the government announced a redress scheme for the thousands of impacted homeowners, Karl Murtagh was told his mortgage had been sold.
# mortgage - Wednesday 10 October, 2018
How I Spend My Money: An e-commerce worker on €35,000 saving to build his own house
He has kept up his hobbies despite many cutbacks.
# mortgage - Thursday 27 September, 2018
Over 4,000 mortgages approved last month, with lots of people switching
The almost 45,000 mortgages approved in the last 12 months are valued at €9.9 billion.
# mortgage - Tuesday 11 September, 2018
Call for householders to be given free legal aid to address 'power imbalance' during reposessions
Minister Charlie Flanagan today praised the success of the Abhaile legal advice scheme, but did not indicate it would be extended to provide full representation.
# mortgage - Sunday 5 August, 2018
PTSB defends timing of letters to homeowners about mortgage sale to vulture fund
The announcement was made about the loans earlier this week – and it has since emerged that the portfolio included performing loans.
# mortgage - Thursday 5 July, 2018
'Completely misjudged' or necessary investment? Private companies offer mortgage-to-rent scheme
This would be done under the government’s mortgage-to-rent scheme, with the owners becoming council tenants.
# mortgage - Sunday 13 May, 2018
'I am really struggling': Thousands still left in tracker mortgage scandal limbo
Financial adviser Padraic Kissane believes an extra 3,000 people may be affected, but some may have to go to the courts to get their money back.
# mortgage - Wednesday 25 April, 2018
'There's power in community': Farmers urged to boycott forced sales of farms by vulture funds
The IFA has been contacted by around 200 farmers impacted by the issue so far this year.
# mortgage - Monday 9 April, 2018
How many mortgage holders have banks taken to court so far this year?
We take a dive into the figures available for the cases brought against homeowners in the courts over the past few years.
# mortgage - Friday 9 March, 2018
Glenda Gilson's parents lose Dublin home due to debt
A judge has given them six months to sell the property “before the bank does”.
# mortgage - Thursday 8 March, 2018
Tracker mortgage scandal: Overcharging total expected to reach €700 million
Padraig Kissane said he believes a further 5,000 cases not yet included in the investigation are impacted.
# mortgage - Sunday 31 December, 2017
Here's how banks plan to 'rebuild trust' after the tracker mortgage scandal
The initiative has been welcomed by Minister Paschal Donohoe today.
# mortgage - Wednesday 20 December, 2017
Here's how many customers each of the main banks say they overcharged
Some of the banks have increased their numbers significantly.
It gets worse: Central Bank forces lenders to admit 13,600 more tracker victims overcharged
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 - Saturday 9 December, 2017
High Court Master says government's legal advice scheme is 'a scam'
Edmund Honohan criticised the government for failing to deliver systems it had promised to help keep people in their homes.
# mortgage - Wednesday 29 November, 2017
'We are crying out for help': A father's letter to the Taoiseach as he battles to keep family home
Karl O’Doherty had been advised by the Master of the High Court to write to Leo Varadkar.
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