GOT A TRACKER MORTGAGE?
READ THROUGH YOUR CONTRACT BEFORE RENTING OUT YOUR HOUSE
Tracker mortgages are estimated to have cost Irish banks several hundreds of millions of
euros and, to recover some of this money, the banks have been forced to raise the cost of
variable interest mortgages.
Over half of Irish residential mortgages are tracker
mortgages, where the rate of interest is usually around
1 % higher than the
European Central Bank rate. This means that borrowers can end up paying a current interest
rate of 1.6 %, compared to a standard
variable rate of between 3 % and 5.5 %.
If you were lucky enough to buy your house on a tracker mortgage basis, and are currently renting
it out, so it is no longer your principal residence, you may shortly receive a letter
from your bank telling you that
you will be switched from the cheaper tracker mortgage rate to a standard
variable rate.
In the
past, Irish banks did not always strictly enforce the details of mortgage contracts, but times
have changed and banks are now highly motivated to put as many of their borrowing customers
as possible on standard rate variable mortgages.
It may be that you have a mortgage specifically provided for a buy to let investment
property, but now is the time for you to dig out your mortgage contract and read
carefully through the fine print and find out what is, or is not, allowed under its terms.
Still on the subject of mortgages, recent reports from informed sources claim NAMA is finalising plans for special mortgages available through three banks, AIB, Bank of Ireland and Permanent TSB. As well as offering new mortgage products, NAMA has also suggested a Deferred Purchase Price Scheme.
This summary is based on a recent article by Richard Curran in the Sunday Business Post newspaper.
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