We understand the following protection is in place with the following institutions: This is the latest information on the level of guarantee or protection for money held in Irish financial institutions or those operating in Ireland. Updated in March 2013 Post Office Savings Bank; . Irish Government guarantees all deposits with no end date Under […]
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Leeds Building Society
UK Savings Guarantee to Rise to €100,000
UK deposits are currently guaranteed up to £50,000 if a bank or building society goes bust – but this amount will be raised to the Sterling equivalent of €100,000 Euro from January 2011 The UK Financial Services Compensation Scheme has announced that the protection limit for savers will increase from £50,000 to the sterling equivalent […]
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Leeds Building Society Stop Home Loans in Ireland
Leeds Building Society (Ireland) have stopped offering mortgages to new customers as from 14th September 2009. They first entered the Irish mortgage market in 2006 . They were offering a Euribor tracker mortgage of 3.25% above the Euribor rate . They say this is a temporary measure.
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Leeds Euribor Tracker Mortgage
Leeds Building Society in Ireland have introduced a new Euribor tracker mortgage. This mortgage will track the European inter-bank lending rate – which today is at 1.81%. This is lower than the ECB rate – but it is more likely to fluctuate as it is not set by a monthly meeting like the ECB rate. […]
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HBOS Tracker Mortgages Withdrawn
As expected – HBOS who operate Halifax Ireland and Bank of Scotland Ireland – have stopped offering tracker mortgages from today. New customers can either choose the variable rate currently 5.25% – or one of the fixed rates. All the main lenders in Ireland have now stopped offering tracker mortgages to new customers. Only Leeds […]
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