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Big Ulster and KBC switch could be ‘catastrophic’ for those that dally

More than one million current and deposit accounts must find new homes

Fri Apr 08 2022 - 06:00

CCPC urged to impose conditions on PTSB purchase of Ulster Bank loan book

Consumer advocate warns Ulster Bank customers may become ‘prisoners’ of PTSB

Mon Jan 10 2022 - 20:45

Time to switch? Ulster Bank and KBC push ahead with plans to exit Irish market

‘Don’t leave it to the last minute’ is advice to existing customers

Tue Oct 26 2021 - 05:02

What will Ulster Bank’s departure mean for our tracker mortgage?

Q&A: Dominic Coyle

Tue Jul 27 2021 - 05:55

Claim that Ulster Bank customers ‘could pay €30,000 more’ to PTSB

Brendan Burgess of the Fair Mortgage Rates Campaign urges people to shop around

Fri Jul 23 2021 - 17:38

Mixed reaction to Central Bank insurance proposal

Regulator indicates intention to propose ban on specific industry practice – price walking

Wed Jul 21 2021 - 17:34

Borrowers return to normal loan repayments after Covid breaks

Agenda: ‘Unemployment is a lagging indicator in any recession because businesses will hang on for as long as they can before failing’

Fri Oct 09 2020 - 07:30

State ‘should bail out’ distressed homeowners

Call comes ahead of Government meeting with banks on extending mortgage breaks

Mon Sept 28 2020 - 20:10

State 'should bail out’ troubled homeowners with mortgage assistance payment

Call comes ahead of Government meeting with banks to discuss extension of Covid related mortgage breaks

Mon Sept 28 2020 - 11:29

Two-thirds in long-term mortgage arrears risk losing homes, banks say

About 26,000 people are 720 days or more behind with their home-loan repayments

Thu Sept 03 2020 - 05:45

AIB begins issuing refunds to customers denied tracker mortgages

Some 5,900 people will benefit with payments of between €10,000 and €15,000

Mon Aug 24 2020 - 18:45

Ulster Bank tells customers in error they cannot extend payment breaks

Bank continued to apply Covid-19 concession despite confusion over communications

Fri Aug 14 2020 - 05:41

Banks are right to charge interest on mortgages with Covid payment breaks

Opinion: Government should focus on mortgage rates as Irish borrowers pay €300 more a month than the rest of the euro zone

Mon Jul 20 2020 - 05:30

AIB’s tracker woes continue to haunt

Bank’s refusal to put customers back on trackers keeps the scandal alive

Thu Apr 30 2020 - 06:15

Bank of Ireland offers compensation after arrears ‘technical error’

Bank started legal proceedings against 400 mortgage holders without first issuing letters

Sat Apr 25 2020 - 06:45

Some AIB customers denied tracker no longer entitled to rate, bank says

Lender argues rate would have been prohibitively high in any event

Mon Apr 20 2020 - 13:01

How Irish tracker mortgage scandal costs have topped €1.5bn

Explainer: AIB has to set aside a further €300m for expected compensation claims

Tue Feb 04 2020 - 18:03

Pricewatch: 2019 was eventful for hard-pressed consumers

Food scares, Brexit fears, rising costs, and how to cut a pineapple

Mon Dec 30 2019 - 02:06

Banks accused of keeping variable rates ‘artificially’ high

Central Bank figures show growth in mortgage lending driven by fixed-rate mortgages

Mon Sept 30 2019 - 14:30

Nobody lost home over tracker scandal - consumer advocate Brendan Burgess

Central Bank report this week said 99 families lost their homes as a result of being denied a low-cost mortgage rate by their lender post the crash

Wed Jul 17 2019 - 17:38

Ulster Bank mortgages likely to end up with vulture fund

Lender insists every effort made to engage with borrowers before deciding to sell loans

Sat Jul 06 2019 - 05:42

Ulster Bank ‘disingenuous’ around sale of €900m portfolio

Brendan Burgess says deals should be struck to help borrowers clear mortgage arrears

Fri Jul 05 2019 - 05:33

Explainer: Arizun’s solution to the mortgage arrears problem

Irish firm comes up with plan to deal with 28,000 mortgages in long-term arrears

Wed Jan 23 2019 - 16:36

Irish firm gets €100m fund to buy distressed mortgages

Arizun launches sale-and-leaseback scheme for people who don’t qualify for State support

Wed Jan 23 2019 - 04:51

Q&A: Why are Irish interest rates among the highest in the EU?

Ireland has average mortgage rate of 3.04% compared to EU average of 1.79%

Fri Jan 11 2019 - 14:57

Defaulters ‘cost other mortgage holders €250 a month’

Lack of evictions forces banks to pass on costs to performing loans, consumer advocate says

Tue Dec 18 2018 - 20:25

Masding’s manoeuvre removes key threat to Permanent TSB

Project Glas mortgages and restructured loan sale may make PTSB a takeover target

Fri Nov 30 2018 - 17:46

My mortgage is fixed – but can I still switch?

The answer is yes, but if you are faced with a penalty, the decision on whether or not you switch to a lower cost product will depend on how much you will save by doing so

Tue Aug 21 2018 - 05:45

Ulster Bank criticised for selling €1.4bn of distressed home loans to Cerberus

More than half of the portfolio includes buy-to-lets with average arrears of €32,000

Mon Aug 13 2018 - 20:06

Q&A: what’s happening in the mortgage market?

Paying through the nose for your mortgage? Read this before deciding what to do about it

Fri Jun 29 2018 - 14:17

Clock is ticking on Brexit talks as Varadkar meets May

Business Week: also in the news were warnings on the economy and property

Sat May 19 2018 - 05:09

INM, repossessions, Sugru sold and Diarmuid Gavin for Dunnes

Business Today: the best news, analysis and comment from ‘The Irish Times’ business desk

Fri May 18 2018 - 06:30

10,000 borrowers should lose homes, says expert

Brendan Burgess on banks, houses and vulture funds

Fri May 18 2018 - 05:25

Welcome to Pat Kenny's nation, a chilling scenario

The Pat Kenny Show imagines the nation not as it could be, but as it is, an easily goaded, roiling mess

Thu Sept 14 2017 - 11:13