Over 1,600 mortgages were approved by Irish banks in September - that is 10% more compared to the same month last year.

A MORTGAGE lender who was granted an order in 2008 to repossess the property of a woman who had defaulted on repayments has accused her of misleading the High Court in a last-gasp attempt to prevent them taking back her home.

Mortgage bank Bradford & Bingley today asked shareholders for £300m (€377m) in a bid to bolster its balance sheet.

A MORTGAGE broker has defended targeting high-risk clients when their names are listed among those who have hit hard times in the Stubbs Gazette — saying it is nothing other than good business practice.

Potential home buyers are set to benefit with the launch of the mortgage "brain".