Finance Ulster Bank tweaks terms of ‘offset mortgages’ as it prepares to sell €477m portfolio 4,500 customers on ‘offset mortgages’ to receive goodwill payments next year as bank moves to close accounts linked to product
Personal Finance Personal Finance: How to get your house in order when facing divorceIn marital separations, what happens to the family home is a big question and any solution is going to demand careful financial and legal planning
New owner of Start Mortgages loans required to abide by consumer protection requirements – Central BankStart manages over 11,000 mortgages
Mortgages Lone Star’s Start Mortgages quits Ireland triggering shift of servicing for 11,000 loans to MarsStart manages over 11,000 mortgages in Ireland after being acquired by Lone Star in 2014
Legal Couple’s legal case against Pepper’s ‘unconscionable and unenforceable’ rate hikesCork mortgage holders take finance company to High Court, claiming their repayments have increased by €7,400 a year
Banking AIB upgrades profit outlook after ‘very strong’ third quarterThe lender said it expects to deliver net interest income of €3.75bn this year and a net interest margin in excess of 3 per cent
Residential Ten mortgage myths debunked – the reality of getting home loan approvalA flutter on the Grand National is not going to derail your mortgage application and having existing debt isn’t a deal-breaker either
Banking ‘Retired’ master of High Court urges Central Bank to protect borrowers in home repossession casesEdmund Honohan accused some credit servicing firms of ‘falsely’ representing themselves as owner of home loans to secure repossession orders from courts
Personal Finance Mortgage interest tax relief addresses sharp rise in ratesHomeowners who benefit are sure to welcome the initiative, but some will be disappointed that the relief will only be available for a limited time
Interest Rates Total value of new mortgages in August increases to €992 million but interest rates risingThe rise represents a 14 per cent increase on July and a 6 per cent increase year on year
Personal Finance Personal finance: The five pitfalls to avoid before packing up and moving abroadTaking care of business like mortgage or loans and having a financial plan before you emigrate will support you while you’re away and help you when you return
Housing First-time buyers continue to dominate market as mortgage approvals top 30,000The number of overall mortgage approvals fell by 4.5 per cent month-on-month and by 18.2 per cent compared with the same period last year
Interest Rates US mortgage rate climbs to 22-year high, wiping out demandPickup in borrowing costs is making the housing market — already one of the least affordable on record — even worse
Mortgages Mortgage interest rates may be rising, but that doesn’t mean you should rule out switchingThe rates available to Irish borrowers still vary, so it’s worth reviewing what you’re paying
Mortgages Revolut plans to add ‘dozens’ of new jobs in IrelandThe mobile banking business is making hires worldwide as it aims to develop its mortgage business
Housing Banking Federation says home completions could exceed 30,000 this yearIn the first six months of 2023, construction was completed on more than 14,000 homes
Personal Finance How to make your dream of home ownership a realityMargaret Barrett, managing director at Mortgage Navigators, offers practical advice for prospective first-time buyers
Personal Finance Helping the self-employed get on the property ladderWhen it comes to getting a mortgage, contractors fare no differently to a PAYE employee as long as they prepare
Economics Rising mortgage costs drive Irish inflation to 6.3% in AugustFigures suggest that progress on battling price increases may haves stalled
