How to Avoid Delays and Stress When Selling Your Property
If you are contemplating selling your property in the future, now is a good time to plan ahead and have any legal problems affecting your property checked and resolved. Many properties are affected by hidden problems that can and do cause huge delays when trying to sell. These types of problems can mean that a […]
The Pitfalls of Buying a Repossessed House
Repossessed properties are usually advertised as such. The vendor is a bank who has a mortgage on the property. The owner has failed to make the repayments. The bank has obtained possession either by having taken the necessary legal steps to evict the owner or the owner has voluntarily given up possession and handed in […]
Reform of Repossession Law on the way!
There has been a lot of publicity about the recent memorandum of understanding between the Troika and the Government which requires the Irish authorities to “introduce legislation remedying the issues identified by case law in the 2009 Land and Conveyancing Law Reform Act so as to remove unintended constraints on banks to realise the value […]
Before the Auction: A Guide to Buying Property at Auction
A property auction is a public sale, usually held at an auctioneers’ salesroom, designed to provide a way of selling properties quickly and easily. Properties come to auction for a number of reasons: the vendor may require a quick sale, the property may have been repossessed, the property may require significant redevelopment or renovation, or […]
Septic Tank Registration Deadline 1st February 2013
As you will be aware from previous advertiser articles the Water Services (Amendment) Act 2012 was enacted last year regulating the registration of all septic tanks in this country. The purpose of the Act is to ensure that waste water from septic tanks and other individual waste water treatment systems is disposed of without harming […]
Registering Your Septic Tank: What is Involved?
In previous articles in this series, we have focused on the provisions of the Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2012, which was enacted in January of this year. The purpose of this Act is to ensure that waste water from septic tanks and other individual waste water treatment systems are disposed of without harming the environment […]
Selling Property
As Seller or Vendor you will first have to decide on how you wish to market your property. You may decide to engage an auctioneer or you may decide to advertise yourself through the local or national press or on-line. Almost everybody employs an auctioneer. Self-sales are very uncommon in Ireland. Your auctioneer will advise […]
New Septic Tank Charges
In a recent article in this series we focused on the provisions of the Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011. As you will recall the Bill was published on the 3rd November 2011 and set out the changes proposed to be introduced with regard to the registration of in particular, septic tanks, in this country. Since […]
Mortgage Arrears – Any Solutions?
We are currently in an era where it would appear that report after report is being generated to deal with the myriad of problems we are encountering both at an economic and social level in this country. The most recent of these reports is the Inter Departmental Mortgage Arrears Working Group otherwise known as the […]
The Important Distinction between a Mortgage and a Judgment Mortgage
Invariably in the course of our work, a question will arise as to the distinction between a Mortgage and a Judgment Mortgage. Most of us in the course of our lives will take out a Mortgage of some value in order to purchase a residence. This will involve the consent of the Mortgagee (Bank customer) […]