Friday 8 July 2022. IMHO have issued their response to the Department of Finance Retail Banking Review – Public Consultation.
Finance Minister Michael McGrath welcomes vulture-fund ruling, says fixed-rate mortgages should be offered to all
Credit: Independent.ie Every mortgage provider should offer its customers fixed-rate loans, the Finance Minister has said. Michael McGrath was responding…
'We are not in this together': Irish Mortgage Holders Organisation hits out at banking industry
Credit: Irish Examiner The representative body for the banking industry has stopped short of committing to reintroducing mortgage payment breaks.…
Repossession tsunami Is on the way
Credit: Irish Mirror. MAYBE a professor of English would find another word other than tsunami. In the meantime, that’s what’s…
Mortgage Payment Breaks
Credit: Irish Times The mortgage repayment breaks introduced in response to the Covid-19 pandemic will not be extended beyond the…
Great news for Irish house hunters as budding mortgage price war emerges
Credit: Extra.ie Mortgage holders appear set to reap the benefits of a new interest rate price war, with the moves…
Thousands in arrears for more than a decade, Central Bank reveals
Credit: Independant.ie Thousands of mortgage holders have been in arrears for a decade or more. New figures show that just…
KBC Ireland fined €18.3m over role in tracker mortgage scandal
Credit: BreakingNews.ie KBC Bank Ireland has been fined €18.3 million by the Central Bank for its role in the State’s…
KBC Bank has been fined over €18m for a range of “serious failings” related to the tracker mortgage scandal.
Credit: NewsTalkFM The Central Bank said 3,741 KBC accounts were affected by the bank’s actions between June 2008 and October 2019.…
Thousands of families at risk as COVID mortgage relief to end in days
Credit: Extra.ie The Government is to haul in the five major banks and insist they help thousands of struggling families…
Two-thirds in long-term mortgage arrears risk losing homes, banks say
Credit: Irish Times Banks calculate that two-thirds of those in long-term arrears on their mortgage repayments ultimately risk losing their…
Those in mortgage arrears should be protected from evictions, advocates say
Credit: Irish Examiner There is a call on the Government to help prevent families from being evicted over mortgage arrears…
Housing market shows signs of life as mortgage approvals up by half
Credit: Extra.ie The housing market is showing further signs of life as mortgage approvals are up by half since the…
Vulture funds and a coming "tsunami" of Irish evictions
Credit: Irish Central Expert believes 40,000 distressed mortgage holders could be evicted, unable to pay back banks and vulture funds, …