Mortgage Strategy
Anthony Garvey FREELANCE
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Relief is in sight for Irish home owners
31 October 2011
Irish householders struggling with unsustainable mortgages are to be given a chance to remain in their homes, but as tenants rather than owners. And for other home owners under pressure, lenders will be prevented from adding to their misery with frequent increases in variable rates.
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Strike call reflects deepening public anger
1 August 2011
A recent conference of the Irish Congress of Trade Unions - the local version of the Trades Union Congress - backed calls for a mortgage strike that would be aimed at forcing banks to cut the cost of repayments for struggling householders.
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Suggestion of write-offs raises eyebrows
9 May 2011
What’s going on in Ireland
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Mitigation won't end mortgage crisis
28 March 2011
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Irish legal challenge threatens bank rescue agency
Lending Strategy September 2010
A legal challenge by a developer is threatening to shatter the central plank of the Irish government’s strategy to resolve the Republic’s chronic banking crisis.
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State aid for 'black hole' Anglo Irish Bank to top 24bn euros
Lending Strategy September 2010
It’s been called a black hole, a bottomless pit, a zombie bank, and its former chairman has just been declared bankrupt — but keeping Anglo Irish Bank alive is set to cost the Irish taxpayer over 24bn euros.
