The Irish Times

Central Bank streamlines form for struggling borrowers

Official figures show some 24,000 homeowners are in serious mortgage arrears

Wed Jan 05 2022 - 17:56

KBC exit ‘raises fundamental questions’ for Irish banking

Industry group chief says regulatory environment driving banks away from Ireland

Fri Apr 16 2021 - 17:56

AIB sells 620 distressed mortgages to ‘ethical’ investment group

Most households expected to end up in Government’s mortgage to rent scheme

Fri Jan 29 2021 - 14:35

AIB plans ‘ethical’ sale of up to 650 distressed mortgages

Bidders for portfolio of owner-occupier loans will work to keep borrowers in homes

Sat Jan 16 2021 - 05:45

Is mortgage arrears tsunami warning likely to be wrong?

Cantillon: House repossessions trigger fear and misery but Ireland seldom does them

Tue Sept 29 2020 - 05:01

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

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

Warning over medical supplies, FDA approval and hot desk hell

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

Mon Jul 06 2020 - 06:40

Mortgage arrears: Prevention is definitely better than cure

More than 9,500 families lost their homes during the recent recession, a statistic many have conveniently forgotten

Mon Jul 06 2020 - 05:30

New rules agreed for distressed mortgage holders

Deal between consumer group and banking lobby gets support of vulture funds

Mon Nov 04 2019 - 14:06

Banks barred from adding legal charges to mortgage arrears

Regulator says practice of frontloading costs for legal actions is contrary to Consumer Protection Code

Wed Oct 30 2019 - 12:31

Pay for tens of thousands delayed after Ulster Bank glitch

Bank says the issue has been resolved and apologises to customers that were affected

Fri Oct 25 2019 - 13:39

Vulture fund will repossess most of PTSB loan portfolio – activist

Mortgage holders' advocate believes Start will repossess most of 2,000 homes involved

Thu Sept 12 2019 - 20:14

House repossessions jump 75%, Central Bank figures show

Lenders took back 221 properties during the second quarter

Thu Sept 12 2019 - 13:15

David Hall predicts 20,000 Irish homes will be repossessed over next six years

Mortgage advocate says level of repossession would be driven by vulture funds who are buying up distressed loans from banks

Wed Jul 10 2019 - 17:01

Eoghan Murphy on the housing crisis is like a talking Ken doll repeating himself

Minister is defensive on housing crisis with Today FM, as Morning Ireland debates definitions of disaster

Sat Jul 06 2019 - 05:45

Ulster Bank to sell €900m in mortgages

More than 3,000 home owners to be affected, plus 400 buy-to-let loans

Tue Jul 02 2019 - 16:04

Flac warns about danger of vulture funds

New rules could guard against homelessness and poverty, says human rights body

Fri Apr 19 2019 - 01:00

Life with mortgage arrears in Ireland: I had ‘seizures from stress’

The predicted ‘tsunami’ of home repossessions has not occurred. But the issue remains a tinderbox

Sat Feb 02 2019 - 06:00

Arrow Global set to buy up distressed Irish mortgages

Manchester-based debt investor in talks with banks about long-term investment in bad loans

Sat Jan 26 2019 - 02:15

KBC urged to conduct security audit at branches across Ireland

Union urges peaceful protest saying ‘public anger’ needs to be recognised

Sat Dec 22 2018 - 16:40

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

Shares in Permanent TSB up 4.3% as it sells home loans

Project Glas loans secured against 10,700 properties sold to Start Mortgages

Tue Jul 31 2018 - 14:50

Housing Agency may buy ‘about 500’ homes from PTSB for social housing

Bank also has 1,200 properties surrendered by mortgage holders under incentive scheme

Sat Feb 24 2018 - 01:10

Just 163 repossessed homes made available for social housing

Banks had offered 2,000 such properties to the Housing Agency under a new scheme

Thu Feb 08 2018 - 01:00

AIB offers customer return to repossessed home

Bank admits error that led to repossession nearly three years ago in tracker mortgage review

Mon Oct 30 2017 - 05:56

‘This is not just a tracker issue, it’s not just a PTSB issue – it’s a trust issue’

Solicitor behind tracker settlement urges all borrowers to check mortgage for mistakes

Sat Oct 28 2017 - 06:05

PTSB plans mortgage-to-rent scheme with Merrion-led group

Bank expects up to 2,000 borrowers to take up offer to forfeit home to become tenants

Fri Sept 29 2017 - 06:00

Permanent TSB sees up to 2,000 customers moving to mortgage-to-rent

Bank identifies up to 1,000 borrowers for debt forgiveness

Thu Sept 28 2017 - 10:52

New scheme aims to keep distressed borrowers in their homes

Irish Mortgage Holders’ Organisation says it is a ‘hugely significant day’ for strugglers

Wed Sept 27 2017 - 09:03

Mortgage-to-rent: ‘Perfect candidate’ waited for two years

Single father Danny O’Connor’s case illustrates problems with government scheme

Mon Jul 03 2017 - 01:00

Charities Regulator’s investigation secures first prosecution

Conference hears importance of ‘not burying head in sand’ if scandal hits a charity

Wed Jun 28 2017 - 20:37

New mortgage arrears scheme ‘could keep people in homes’

Advocate David Hall believed to be leading group who will acquire non-performing loans

Mon May 01 2017 - 06:37

Advisers paid €21,000 average for helping struggling debtors

State-funded Abhaile scheme pays €550,000 to personal insolvency practitioners

Thu Mar 23 2017 - 15:25