Spanish Banks Ordered to Repay Customers Over Unfair Mortgages
MADRID — Europe’s highest court ruled on Wednesday that customers of banks in Spain can reclaim billions of euros because...
Mortgages
Wall Street Is Europe’s Landlord. And Tenants Are Fighting Back.
DUBLIN — The Tobun family never missed a rental payment on their modest brick rowhouse in eight years. But in...
The EU Mortgage Credit Directive
Simon Smallwood explains how the new EU Mortgage Credit Directive and FCA regulation can work in favour of those buying...
Brussels to take Spain to court if it fails “to enact EU rules on mortgage credit”
The European Commission (EC) urged Spain to “enact EU rules on mortgage credit” and to “fully transpose EU-wide rules on mortgages”. “If these Member States fail to act within two months, they may be referred to the Court of Justice of the EU”, the EU executive said this Thursday. The warning was extended to eight more countries Croatia, Cyprus, Finland, Greece, Luxembourg, Portugal, Slovenia and Sweden. Member States had to implement these rules in their national law by the 21st of March 2016, but having missed the original deadline, the EC...
Cheaper mortgages for energy efficient EU homes
A number of banks across Europe could soon be offering cheaper interest rates to people buying energy efficient homes or...
Energy efficiency mortgage initiative set up in Europe – Mortgage Finance Gazette
A European Energy Efficiency Mortgage initiative is being launched today with the aim of offering better borrowing rates if people...
How to find the best loan deal before we leave the EU
Mortgage borrowers are being urged to Brexit-proof their finances as the term of this summer's newly reduced fixed rate deals...
Brexit will keep U.S. mortgage rates in the basement
At first glance, the decision by U.K. voters to leave the European Union would appear to have little to do...
David Cameron and wife Sam took out new mortgage on their £3.5million London home just days before EU referendum – The Sun
DAVID and Samantha Cameron took out a new mortgage on their £3.5million London townhouse just days before the EU referendum....
How Brexit could push mortgage rates to historic lows
Brexit happened. And one of the biggest, and most immediate, effects on everyday Americans is how it will change mortgage interest...
