iCare launches new project to test Affordable Housing Bill – David Hall
All-Ireland cooperation is needed to fight housing crisis, Erskine Holmes
“It is essential to create the building blocks of reconstructing our stressed housing economy on a North-South basis. The Ed Honohan Bill, when it becomes law will create a bonus no one has noticed. There is no Mortgage Rescue Scheme in Northern Ireland and the one-way traffic of the reliance in the South on […]
The Cost of Doing Nothing, Mel Reynolds
THE COST OF DOING NOTHING by Mel Reynolds Arrears Resolution Implications Increasing property values suggest that many owners will emerge out of negative equity and may be more likely to enter into consensual arrangements. Some owners will pay a lump sum or re- finance and retain ownership. Others may end up with no overhanging […]
One-of-a-kind legal assistance – Sandra Daly
Irish law & the mortgage crisis; Moral hazard or denial of rights? Clearly the latter – Dr. Padraic Kenna
Irish law and the mortgage crisis The Irish mortgage crisis can be clearly traced to the financial crash, which revealed poor ECB banking regulation in the peripheral EU Member States. After that everything changed, as households became the “shock absorbers” of the crisis. The consequences for those who were unable to repay their mortgages are […]