Mortgage advocate says level of repossession would be driven by vulture funds who are buying up distressed loans from banks

Minister is defensive on housing crisis with Today FM, as Morning Ireland debates definitions of disaster

More than 3,000 home owners to be affected, plus 400 buy-to-let loans

New rules could guard against homelessness and poverty, says human rights body

The predicted ‘tsunami’ of home repossessions has not occurred. But the issue remains a tinderbox

Manchester-based debt investor in talks with banks about long-term investment in bad loans

Union urges peaceful protest saying ‘public anger’ needs to be recognised

More than half of the portfolio includes buy-to-lets with average arrears of €32,000

Project Glas loans secured against 10,700 properties sold to Start Mortgages

Bank also has 1,200 properties surrendered by mortgage holders under incentive scheme

Banks had offered 2,000 such properties to the Housing Agency under a new scheme

Bank admits error that led to repossession nearly three years ago in tracker mortgage review

Solicitor behind tracker settlement urges all borrowers to check mortgage for mistakes

Bank expects up to 2,000 borrowers to take up offer to forfeit home to become tenants

Bank identifies up to 1,000 borrowers for debt forgiveness

Irish Mortgage Holders’ Organisation says it is a ‘hugely significant day’ for strugglers

Single father Danny O’Connor’s case illustrates problems with government scheme

Conference hears importance of ‘not burying head in sand’ if scandal hits a charity

Advocate David Hall believed to be leading group who will acquire non-performing loans

State-funded Abhaile scheme pays €550,000 to personal insolvency practitioners

Private equity fund extends elderly couple loan of up to €300,000 on giving up property

35,000 families are two years or more behind with their mortgages, says Central Bank

StepChange appoints Irish Mortgage Holders Organisation as insolvency practitioner

Justice Gilligan made an order that all records taken from the charity’s office be returned

Central Bank has put out information in terms of numbers of arrears customers not co-operating with banks

Banks risk prompting compliant borrowers stopping payments if seen as easy on debt

David Hall made comment at Oireachtas committee during hearing on mortgage distress

Improved results and capital base pave the way for an IPO of bank shares

Devastating issue of 37,269 accounts over two years behind risks going unresolved

Six- to nine-month amnesty for borrowers from legal action by banks proposed

Cabinet expected to ‘broadly accept’ Bill to cut term to 12 months

Just 300 arrangements were agreed druing period as David Hall says reduction is ‘hugely concerning’ with many postponing bankruptcy

Move follows recent Permanent TSB scandal where customers were charged wrong rate

Oireachtas finance committee asks for check of all Irish banks following scandal

StepChange to begin work in November after securing €6m in funding

Some customers told most of money owed is paying off arrears

Number of cases involving AIB customers who believe they should have been offered trackers when they came off their fixed rates in years up to 2011

Financial compensation is derisory in context of stress endured, writes Ciarán Hancock

Central Bank thought to be particularly concerned about breaches of fair process, which it views as essence of code of conduct

Life assurance company refuses to pay out, citing non-disclosure of ‘material facts’