# mortgages - Tuesday 1 December, 2020
# Property Ladder
# Property Ladder
October was the busiest month for mortgage approvals since BPFI began collecting this data in 2011.
# mortgages - Tuesday 1 September, 2020
# In Trouble
# In Trouble
Pubs were given a six-month moratorium on their mortgages.
# mortgages - Saturday 8 August, 2020
# Mortgages
# Mortgages
Many on the wage subsidy scheme with mortgage approval have struggled to reach the drawdown stage.
# mortgages - Wednesday 8 July, 2020
# Mortgages
# Mortgages
Since March, nearly 80,000 mortgage-holders impacted by the pandemic have taken payment breaks.
# mortgages - Wednesday 1 July, 2020
# Awaiting Approval
# Awaiting Approval
The bank said that it may still refuse to allow a mortgage to be drawn down if it finds a customer is unable to meet repayments.
# mortgages - Tuesday 16 June, 2020
# Demand And Supply
# Demand And Supply
The study from the Banking & Payments Federation Ireland shows that new builds have been badly impacted.
# mortgages - Monday 15 June, 2020
# Wage Subsidy Scheme
# Wage Subsidy Scheme
Some applicants have been told by their bank they can’t draw down their mortgage if they’re in receipt of the wage subsidy scheme.
# mortgages - Thursday 4 June, 2020
# New Home
# New Home
In total, 2,200 mortgages were approved in April.
# mortgages - Monday 11 May, 2020
# Mortgages
# Mortgages
The government says that the banks have agreed that anyone availing of a mortgage break can now extend the loan term.
# mortgages - Wednesday 6 May, 2020
# Lending
# Lending
The figures offer an early indication of the impact of Covid-19 on lending.
# mortgages - Thursday 30 April, 2020
# Coronavirus
# Coronavirus
All of the country’s main banks are participating in the break.
# mortgages - Monday 20 April, 2020
# Bpfi
# Bpfi
Customers can be granted an extension in situations where their “circumstances have not materially changed”.
# mortgages - Tuesday 24 March, 2020
# Payment Breaks
# Payment Breaks
Banks are far busier but visits to branches have dropped significantly.
# mortgages - Wednesday 29 January, 2020
# Property Ladder
# Property Ladder
The 12,259 mortgages are valued at €2.7 billion.
# mortgages - Wednesday 24 July, 2019
# Approvals
# Approvals
New figures show there were 10,157 mortgages drawn down in the second quarter of the year.
# mortgages - Tuesday 9 July, 2019
# Homeoptions
# Homeoptions
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.
# mortgages - Tuesday 2 July, 2019
# Mortgage Sale
# Mortgage Sale
90% of the loans due to be sold are family homes – about 3,200 accounts.
# mortgages - Tuesday 2 April, 2019
# Homeowners' Rights
# Homeowners' Rights
Sinn Féin’s No Consent, No Sale Bill aims to puts the code on a statutory footing.
# mortgages - Monday 25 March, 2019
# Mortgages
# Mortgages
People struggling to get mortgages and concerns about Brexit are affecting the market.
# mortgages - Tuesday 29 January, 2019
# Bpfi
# Bpfi
12,112 mortgages worth €2.6 billion were drawn down during the fourth quarter of 2018.
# mortgages - Tuesday 1 January, 2019
# Save Money
# Save Money
Lenders will now have to tell customers 60 days before their fixed term ends and let them know about new rates and other options.
# mortgages - Friday 28 December, 2018
# Sell Off
# Sell Off
Varadkar says he tried to remove split mortgage-holders from recent loan book sales but failed to do so.
# mortgages - Saturday 15 December, 2018
# Modernising
# Modernising
From an “uncertain and extremely bleak” outlook, An Post is aiming to expand the services it offers.
# mortgages - Monday 15 October, 2018
# Switched On
# Switched On
Áine Carroll of the CCPC joined us live on Facebook.
# mortgages - Thursday 27 September, 2018
# Property Ladder
# Property Ladder
The almost 45,000 mortgages approved in the last 12 months are valued at €9.9 billion.
# mortgages - Thursday 6 September, 2018
# Mortgages
# Mortgages
We will put your questions to a consumer expert.
# mortgages - Wednesday 1 August, 2018
# Sell Off
# Sell Off
The bank sold its controversial Project Glas loan portfolio to a so-called vulture fund for around €1.3 billion.
# mortgages - Monday 2 July, 2018
# Slowing Down
# Slowing Down
The report looks at house prices over the year up until the end of Q2 of this of this year.
# mortgages - Wednesday 20 June, 2018
# Transparency
# Transparency
From next year banks will have to give notice of the end of fixed rate terms and let variable rate customers know if they can move to a cheaper rate.
# mortgages - Thursday 17 May, 2018
# Bubble Bubble
# Bubble Bubble
Incomes are not rising to match lending.
# mortgages - Thursday 10 May, 2018
# Sell Off
# Sell Off
Around 3,600 of the mortgages are private dwellings that have fallen in arrears.
# Us Mortgage Crisis
# Us Mortgage Crisis
The bank has been fined by the US Justice Department over its role in the subprime mortgage crisis.
# mortgages - Monday 9 April, 2018
# The Banks
# The Banks
We take a dive into the figures available for the cases brought against homeowners in the courts over the past few years.
# mortgages - Wednesday 4 April, 2018
# Buy To Rent
# Buy To Rent
Fianna Fáil has called for the products to be looked at.
# mortgages - Monday 26 March, 2018
# Property Ladder
# Property Ladder
The highest increases in prices to date in 2018 have occurred in towns.
# mortgages - Thursday 22 March, 2018
# Vultures
# Vultures
Executives blamed the European regulator for the classification of these loans as non-performing.
# mortgages - Saturday 24 February, 2018
# Vulture Funds
# Vulture Funds
The bank recently announced it is to sell off a €3.7 billion portfolio of non-performing loans, including mortgages 14,000 private dwelling homes.
# Vultures
# Vultures
With tens of thousands of mortgage holders potentially facing vulture funds, we spoke to some people who’ve been through it already.
# mortgages - Friday 23 February, 2018
# Vulture Fears
# Vulture Fears
Ulster Bank said today that it would be looking to offload around 7,000 mortgages on top of PTSB’s proposed 18,000.
# mortgages - Thursday 22 February, 2018
# Vulture Funds
# Vulture Funds
Sinn Féin’s Pearse Doherty said the bank has been asked to appear before the Oireachtas Finance Committee next week.
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