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Default fears grow as one-in-10 mortgage payments in arrears
THE prospect of a wave of mortgage defaults has increased with the news that one-in-10 home loans is in arrears.
NAMA homes come with Celtic Tiger luxuries but recession-proof prices
IF NAMA's deferred payment scheme is designed to get nervous buyers off the fence and down to their mortgage lender, then the houses viewed by the Irish Independent yesterday should do just that.
NAMA introduces pilot scheme for "deferred payment" mortgages updated
DEFERRED mortgages are being offered to first-time buyers and homeowners to kick-start the housing market.
Home loans boost as banks back 40pc of 'monster' sales
BANKS have been increasing their lending to property buyers, according to the company which held a monster auction last week.
Blow to mortgages as ECB hints rates won't fall
HARD-pressed homeowners face having to wait until next year for another mortgage cut after the European Central Bank yesterday hinted that it's likely to keep rates unchanged until 2013.
Bargain Basement: Unfinished Cavan housing estate sells for €122,500
AN unfinished Cavan housing estate has sold for €122,500 at an auction today.
PTSB's 0.5pc rate cut twice expected move
SOME 75,000 homeowners will save hundreds of euro this year after Permanent TSB yielded to pressure to reduce its interest rates.
Average homes €50k below their true value – Central Bank
THE average house is undervalued by up to €50,000, according to a new report on the state of the property market.
Houses undervalued by up to 26pc, claims Central Bank report
A CENTRAL Bank report claims that Irish home values have been "overcorrected" by between 12 and 26pc.
PTSB rate cut to give 80,000 families €540 per year boost
UP TO 80,000 homeowners will get a mortgage reprieve worth hundreds of euro this year as Permanent TSB plans to cut its standard variable rate within weeks.
Inside Property & Mortgages
- Headache for buyers over house price divide as Dublin goes up
- Dublin house prices up 0.5pc in April but down 55pc since 2007
- It's a good time to buy house, says report, even though prices could fall further 25pc
- Family's joy as daughter buys back house taken over by bank
- Householders facing higher premiums for home insurance
- Homeowners vent anger at PTSB's 'moral bankruptcy'
- Charlie Haughey's beloved Kinsealy estate on the market for a knockdown €7.5m
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