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Lenders have been accused of “changing the goal posts against the consumer” on variable mortgages.
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Lenders have been accused of “changing the goal posts against the consumer” on variable mortgages.
More than a quarter of 25-34 year-olds have done so.
The bank has made cuts to its fixed-rate mortgages.
2015 is following the exact same pattern as 2014.
“Happy customers make for profitable banks,” the finance minister said today.
The government has announced a raft of new measures to help people struggling to pay their mortgages.
Richie Boucher said bankers’ pre-crash salaries were “relatively generous”.
The campaigner is not impressed by the government’s housing plans.
The country, along with potential house buyers, is being held to ransom.
Those are five minutes we’ll never get back.
David Duffy was in front of the Oireachtas Finance Committee today, although it didn’t seem like too much of an ordeal for him…
A plan has been submitted to the Department of Finance, but opinion is split.
If county councils pay the difference between what people owe on their mortgages and what they can afford to pay the taxpayer foots the bill, writes Aaron McKenna.
Proposals to reduce the term of bankruptcy from three years to one are being considered with new measures to be announced in April.
‘Angry’ was the word of choice in the Seanad today.
Savills say the new mortgage rules will mean even more investors.
The market slowed in the Dublin area in the last quarter of 2014, amid uncertainty over new Central Bank lending rules.
Thousands of customers could be affected, following PTSB’s decision to drop a Supreme Court appeal against complaints by mortgage-holders.
This follows moves by First Permanent TSB and Bank of Ireland.
Strict new lending rules are coming in. But first-time buyers are still being allowed borrow 90% of a property’s value, up to €220,000.
Maybe, but it’s “early days”.
Are you a lifelong renter or do you want the property ladder?
Irish house prices are increasing at a rate 30 times the eurozone average. If you think this seems like a bubble, it’s because it certainly looks like one.
But the Central Bank could relax its rules for first-time buyers.
We spoke to the financial advisor involved in Lucinda Creighton’s new party about his advice to consumers during the boom.
But it says that reform of the rental market is needed.
But only new customers will reap the full rewards.
Fianna Fáil’s Finance Spokesperson Michael McGrath has said the issue needs to be dealt with in 2015.
That’s the concern of the Department of Finance.
Plus: How many homeowners are more than two years behind with their mortgage repayments?
Banks have been accused of only helping the ‘low-hanging fruit’ of people who are a few months overdue.
The bank’s boss is not a fan of buyers having to save a 20% deposit.
Here’s what the bank’s chief would reveal today about how long that will take…
The bank’s boss has been accused of “screwing” customers to pay for its bad decisions.
The bank says it is “profitable” this year.
New rules restricting banks from granting loans of more than 80% of the property value were due to come into force in January 2015 but there may be a way around that.
*Hint: It’s not going to be easy.
A new mechanism to make sure houses remain affordable for first-time buyers is being considered by the coalition.