Haven Mortgages Passes on ECB Rate Reduction

Following the recent ECB decision to reduce rates by 0.25%, Haven Mortgages will implement the following changes effective January 1st 2012:

Tracker rates will reduce in line with contractual arrangements by 0.25%. Existing homeloan and investor variable rates will reduce by 0.35%

In summary, this reduction delivers revised rates as follows:

Standard Variable Rate

|——————+——————+——————+——————|

|                  |                  |                  |                  |

|     Old Rate     |        APR       |     New Rate     |        APR       |

|——————+——————+——————+——————|

|                  |                  |                  |                  |

|       4.70%      |       4.8%       |      4.35%       |       4.5%       |

|——————+——————+——————+——————|

Investor Variable Rate

|——————+——————+——————+——————|

|                  |                  |                  |                  |

|     Old Rate     |        APR       |     New Rate     |        APR       |

|——————+——————+——————+——————|

|                  |                  |                  |                  |

|       5.19%      |       5.3%       |      4.84%       |       5.0%       |

|——————+——————+——————+——————|

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Variable Mortgage Rate Reduction

HAVEN MORTGAGES (The Broker Arm of EBS Mortgages) has announced a Variable Rate Change:

Following the recent ECB decision to reduce rates by 0.25%, Haven Mortgages will be passing this reduction in full to existing variable rate customers effective December 1st 2011.

Haven’s standard variable rate, investor variable rate and tiered variable rates for existing customers will be reduced by 0.25% (please see attached rate matrix for full details).  In summary, this reduction delivers revised rates as follows:

Standard Variable Rate:

|     Old Rate     |        APR       |     New Rate     |        APR       |

|——————+——————+——————+——————|

|                  |                  |                  |                  |

|       4.95%      |       5.1%       |      4.70%       |       4.8%

Investor Variable Rate:

Old Rate     |        APR       |     New Rate     |        APR       |

|——————+——————+——————+——————|

|                  |                  |                  |                  |

|       5.44%      |       5.6%       |      5.19%       |       5.3%

For mortgage advice contact info@homebrokers.ie or call our Dublin office on 01 832 3292.

WARNING: YOUR HOME IS AT RISK IF YOU DO NOT KEEP UP REPAYMENTS ON YOUR MORTGAGE OR ANY OTHER LOAN SECURED ON IT. THE PAYMENT RATES ON THIS HOUSING LOAN MAY BE ADJUSTED FROM TIME TO TIME.

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Allsop Space Auction Results Commentary by Carol Tallon of Buyers Broker

Our colleague Carol Tallon of Buyers Broker sums up the results of todays property auction:

http://buyersbroker.ie/blog/2011/07/allsop-space-auction-results-7th-july-2011/

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Haven Mortgages Rate Increase

With effect from 1st August 2011, Haven Mortgage will be increasing the Standard Variable and Investor Variable rates by 0.25%.  This change will deliver revised rates of 4.70% (APR 4.8%) and 5.19% (APR 5.3%) respectively.

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HAVEN MORTGAGES VARIABLE RATE CHANGE

From 1st April 2011, all existing Homeloan Variable Rate customers (e.g. standard variable rate, LTV based variable rate etc) will see a 0.60%  increase in their applicable rate.  The Investor Variable Rate will also  increase by 0.30%. The revised variable rates are as follows:

Homeloan Standard Variable Rate 4.45% (4.6% APR)

Investor Standard Variable Rate 4.94% (5.1% APR)

These changes will impact existing customer repayments from 7th April 2011.

 New business variable rates will increase by 0.60% as per the table below. These new rates are effective today 24th March 2011.

LTV Based Variable Rates
<50% LTV                  = 3.69% (3.8% APR)
>50% <75% LTV       = 3.89% (4.0% APR)
>70% LTV                  = 4.09% (4.2% APR)

The rate applicable at drawdown shall be the rate available on the date of drawdown.  This rate may be higher or lower than the above quoted rates.

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Buying Property? Retain a buyers agent as a 30% decline in values is suggested

http://namawinelake.wordpress.com/2011/03/18/has-the-governor-of-the-central-bank-given-home-buyers-the-green-light-to-demand-a-30-discount/

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Do you have mortgage arrears with Haven Mortgages?

HAVEN MORTGAGE ARREARS RESOLUTION PROCESS

 The recently published Central Bank of Ireland Code of Conduct on Mortgage Arrears (CCMA) came into effect on 1st January 2011. The purpose of the Code is to set out how mortgage lenders should deal with borrowers in, or facing, mortgage arrears.

Haven Mortgages has put in place a Mortgage Arrears Resolution Process (MARP).  Details of this process can be found in the customer zone of our website under the heading ‘repayment difficulty’ or download the document here:

http://homebrokers.ie/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/Haven_marp_brochure.pdf

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If you have a tracker rate – hold on to it at all costs!

Following a recent increase in variable rates, permanent tsb are now suspending fixed rates for customers looking to fix their existing mortgage. For customers rolling off fixed rates or discounted rates, a automated 20 day options letter will, for the moment, offer fixed rate options at the following rates:

 This is not a typo – rates have been increased by 2 – 3%!

Residential Existing Business Fixed Rate Old Rate New Rate
2 year Fixed 5.25% 7.25%
5 year Fixed 5.75% 8.75%
7 year Fixed 6.10% 9.10%
10 year Fixed 6.10% 9.10%

 

RIP Existing Business Fixed Rate Old Rate New Rate
2 year Fixed 5.35% 7.35%
5 year Fixed 5.85% 8.85%
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Permanent TSB closes One Plan Product

We gather a mortgage product with a cheque book is not a good idea given the current climate …

ptsb mortgage customers will still be able to avail of a mortgage top up, capped at 75% LTV or 85% LTV if you have 2 years good repayment record. Minimum loan amount of €25k and maximum term 25 years. Borrowers need to wait 24 months between top ups and expect to provide full documentary evidence of what you are using the money for.

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Haven Mortgages Rate Increase Announced

From 1st April 2011, all existing Homeloan Variable Rate customers, irrespective of rate type (e.g. standard variable rate, LTV based variable rate etc) will see a 0.60% increase in their applicable rate.  The Investor Variable Rate will also increase by 0.30%. The revised variable rates are as follows:

4.45% Homeloan Standard Variable Rate (4.6%)

4.94% Investor Standard Variable Rate (5.1%)

This change will impact existing customer repayments from 7th April 2011.

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