Debt write-off deals to be promoted to 20,000 people in long-term mortgage arrears

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Those in arrears for years to be targeted with ads encouraging personal insolvency arrangements

“We probably have the same number of PIAs again to run to get to the end of the last legacy issues from the crash, but we are absolutely doing that,” he said.Central Bank statistics for the period to last September show that 20,198 people were behind on their mortgage repayments for two years or more. This included 7,743 people who have missed mortgage repayments for between five and 10 years and 5,876 who have remained in arrears for more than 10 years.

“There is an increasing willingness by creditors to see the process as a viable alternative to repossession, which is traumatic for a debtor but difficult for a creditor as well,” he said.

 

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