‘I can’t sell my home’ – clause leaves owner in limbo
Credit: RTE Stressful, strange and unfair are some of the words Rory Roberts has used to describe a clause in his apartment lease that prevents him from selling it to…
Apartment owners cannot sell to housing bodies due to clause
One affected apartment owner told RTÉ News the clause in the lease has made his property effectively unsellable, as any other buyer has to prove that it will not be sublet to any of the bodies named.
Over 1,400 millionaires bought Irish residency in the last decade
Credit: Irish Examiner More than 1,400 international millionaires have bought Irish residency over the past ten years. The Government's Immigrant Investor Programme grants residency to the super-wealthy in exchange for…
State is well behind target on its home rentals scheme as mortgage lenders in arrears are ‘paying nothing’
Credit: Independent.ie People in deep mortgage arrears are not putting themselves forward for a State-backed scheme that allows them to stay in their homes as renters – because they are…
Thousands of families at risk as COVID mortgage relief to end in days
Credit: Extra.ie The Government is to haul in the five major banks and insist they help thousands of struggling families whose pandemic mortgage breaks are due to end in six…
Vulture funds and a coming “tsunami” of Irish evictions
Credit: Irish Central Expert believes 40,000 distressed mortgage holders could be evicted, unable to pay back banks and vulture funds, as Ireland’s current homeless crisis could turn into a catastrophe.…
Concerns over letters sent to mortgage-holders demanding full payment of arrears within 30 days
Credit: The Journal CONCERNS HAVE BEEN raised over letters being sent to a number of mortgage-holders demanding that they pay the full amount of their arrears within 30 days. Cabot…
iCare CEO David Hall, iCare Chairperson Lucy Cronin and Fr Peter McVerry
Irish Times: iCare Scheme Keeps Distressed Borrowers In Their Homes
Credit: Irish Times: iCare Scheme Keeps Distressed Borrowers In Their Homes Almost 600 properties housing more than 2,500 individuals have been approved for a new scheme aimed at keeping distressed…