# mortgages - Tuesday 28 July, 2015
# In Arrears
# In Arrears
The admission comes as the company turned its first profit on its core business in eight years.
# mortgages - Thursday 25 June, 2015
# Home Thruths
# Home Thruths
Lenders have been accused of “changing the goal posts against the consumer” on variable mortgages.
# mortgages - Monday 8 June, 2015
# Pack Your Bags
# Pack Your Bags
More than a quarter of 25-34 year-olds have done so.
# mortgages - Friday 29 May, 2015
# The Right Direction
# The Right Direction
The bank has made cuts to its fixed-rate mortgages.
# mortgages - Wednesday 27 May, 2015
# Only Way Is Up
# Only Way Is Up
2015 is following the exact same pattern as 2014.
# mortgages - Friday 22 May, 2015
# The Boss
# The Boss
“Happy customers make for profitable banks,” the finance minister said today.
# mortgages - Wednesday 13 May, 2015
# Veto
# Veto
The government has announced a raft of new measures to help people struggling to pay their mortgages.
# mortgages - Wednesday 6 May, 2015
# We All Partied
# We All Partied
Richie Boucher said bankers’ pre-crash salaries were “relatively generous”.
# mortgages - Tuesday 5 May, 2015
# Social Housing
# Social Housing
The campaigner is not impressed by the government’s housing plans.
# mortgages - Friday 1 May, 2015
# Opinion
# Opinion
The country, along with potential house buyers, is being held to ransom.
# Chaching
# Chaching
It’s the second cut in six months.
# mortgages - Thursday 30 April, 2015
# Ventriloquist Dummy
# Ventriloquist Dummy
Those are five minutes we’ll never get back.
# mortgages - Wednesday 22 April, 2015
# Smooth Talker
# Smooth Talker
David Duffy was in front of the Oireachtas Finance Committee today, although it didn’t seem like too much of an ordeal for him…
# mortgages - Sunday 19 April, 2015
# Your Say
# Your Say
A plan has been submitted to the Department of Finance, but opinion is split.
# mortgages - Saturday 11 April, 2015
# Opinion
# Opinion
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.
# mortgages - 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.
# mortgages - Wednesday 25 February, 2015
# Debt
# Debt
‘Angry’ was the word of choice in the Seanad today.
# mortgages - Thursday 19 February, 2015
# Going Going Gone
# Going Going Gone
Savills say the new mortgage rules will mean even more investors.
# mortgages - Monday 16 February, 2015
# mortgages - Monday 9 February, 2015
# Uncertainty
# Uncertainty
The market slowed in the Dublin area in the last quarter of 2014, amid uncertainty over new Central Bank lending rules.
# mortgages - Friday 6 February, 2015
# Mortgages
# Mortgages
Thousands of customers could be affected, following PTSB’s decision to drop a Supreme Court appeal against complaints by mortgage-holders.
# mortgages - Wednesday 4 February, 2015
# Race To The Bottom
# Race To The Bottom
This follows moves by First Permanent TSB and Bank of Ireland.
# mortgages - Wednesday 28 January, 2015
# The New Rules
# The New Rules
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.
# mortgages - Monday 26 January, 2015
# mortgages - Sunday 25 January, 2015
# Your Say
# Your Say
Are you a lifelong renter or do you want the property ladder?
# Groupthink
# Groupthink
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.
# mortgages - Wednesday 21 January, 2015
# Limits
# Limits
But the Central Bank could relax its rules for first-time buyers.
# mortgages - Monday 12 January, 2015
# P.I.M.P.
# P.I.M.P.
We spoke to the financial advisor involved in Lucinda Creighton’s new party about his advice to consumers during the boom.
# mortgages - Wednesday 7 January, 2015
# Housing
# Housing
But it says that reform of the rental market is needed.
# mortgages - Monday 5 January, 2015
# Gaffs
# Gaffs
But only new customers will reap the full rewards.
# mortgages - Monday 29 December, 2014
# Mortgage Holders
# Mortgage Holders
Fianna Fáil’s Finance Spokesperson Michael McGrath has said the issue needs to be dealt with in 2015.
# mortgages - Wednesday 10 December, 2014
# Your Say
# Your Say
That’s the concern of the Department of Finance.
# mortgages - Saturday 6 December, 2014
# Prime Numbers
# Prime Numbers
Plus: How many homeowners are more than two years behind with their mortgage repayments?
# mortgages - 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.
# mortgages - Friday 14 November, 2014
# Ruled Out
# Ruled Out
The bank’s boss is not a fan of buyers having to save a 20% deposit.
# mortgages - Thursday 13 November, 2014
# Payback Time
# Payback Time
Here’s what the bank’s chief would reveal today about how long that will take…
# Getting Screwed
# Getting Screwed
The bank’s boss has been accused of “screwing” customers to pay for its bad decisions.
# mortgages - Monday 10 November, 2014
# Back In Black
# Back In Black
The bank says it is “profitable” this year.
# mortgages - Saturday 8 November, 2014
# Mortgages
# Mortgages
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.
# mortgages - Sunday 26 October, 2014
# Rainy Day
# Rainy Day
*Hint: It’s not going to be easy.
