Information and Legal Notices

Mortgage Fees and Costs

Valuation

The Bank requires that you arrange a valuation of the property (or properties) offered as security, carried out by a valuer acceptable to the Bank. You will need to pay the valuation fee direct to the valuer. You need to agree that fee with the valuer (you should expect to pay a fee of €150 to €250 plus VAT but this can vary). If a loan agreement with you is withdrawn, this fee may be refunded. No responsibility is implied or accepted or warranty given by the Bank for the value or condition of the property as outlined in the valuation. The valuation report will remain the property of the Bank and you are entitled to your own copy of the report.

Legal fees

You will need to pay legal fees to your own solicitor, which you need to agree with him or her as part of your own arrangement. This does not include costs associated with the Bank’s legal investigation of title for the purpose of the Mortgage.

Accountable trust receipt: €63. You will need to pay this fee to the Bank where your solicitor requests the Title Deeds from the Bank on your behalf. The fee does not apply where a customer seeks additional funds on the same security.

Security Perfection Fee for Equity Release: €600. This fee covers the Bank’s legal expenses where the Bank agrees to handle an Equity Release loan without the need for a customer to engage his/her own solicitor.

The following additional costs will be payable by the borrower for buy to let properties, and for principal dwelling housing where the loan amount is €1.5 million or over.

1. The borrower must reimburse the Bank for the legal costs incurred by the Lender in effecting the Lender’s Security and related tasks (excluding costs associated with the Bank’s legal investigation of title for the purpose of the mortgage);
2. The outlay and fees payable to state agencies for the registration of the Lender’s Security, which must be remitted to the borrower’s solicitor. The Lender’s legal costs to be reimbursed by the borrower are the following:
(a) The Lender’s solicitor’s professional fee of €950 plus Value Added Tax per property
(b) Outlay and fees payable to state agencies for the registration of the Lender’s Security which shall not exceed €350 per property.

The Lender’s legal costs, once paid by the borrower, are not refundable. Typically these must be paid at the closing of the transaction.

You may be liable for legal, valuation and other costs incurred in perfecting the security or any other requirements even if the Mortgage loan is not advanced.

Arrears - Interest Surcharge

If you do not pay us a repayment instalment or other sum of money by the date you are due to pay it, we may charge you a default interest rate of 0.5% per month or part of a month (which is 6% per year) on the unpaid sum. This default interest is added to normal interest.

We do not charge borrowers default interest when they are in a Mortgage Arrears Resolution Process under the Central Bank’s Code of Conduct on Mortgage Arrears and are co-operating reasonably and honestly with us.

LEGAL NOTICES

We have a legal duty to include the notices below. They contain important and useful information. Please take the time to read them.

If a Mortgage rate is variable:

If a Mortgage is being used for debt consolidation purposes:

If a Mortgage is on an interest only term:

Repaying your Mortgage early

When a fixed rate period applies to a Loan or part of a Loan we may suffer a loss if (1) you repay the Loan or part of it before the date you were due to pay it; or (2) you and we agree in writing to change the fixed rate to a new fixed Interest rate or to a variable interest rate; or (3) we oblige you to pay all amounts which you owe us following your default.

If we suffer such a loss you must pay us compensation when we ask you to pay it. Such compensation will be equal to “C” where:

C = A x (R%-R1%) x D ÷ 365, and

“A” = the amount repaid early (or the amount for which the fixed rate is changed to a new rate) averaged from the date of early repayment (or rate change) to the end of the fixed rate period to allow for scheduled repayments (if there are any) and interest charges.

“R%”= the annual percentage interest rate which was the cost to us of funding an amount equal to “A” for the originally intended fixed rate period.

“R1%”= the annual percentage interest rate available to us for a deposit of an amount equal to “A” for a period equal to “D”.

“D” = the number of days from the date of early repayment (or rate change) to the end of the fixed period.

Here is a worked example: Let us assume you wish to repay €100,000 on a fixed rate before the fixed rate period ends.

“A” = €100,000, “R” = 5%, “R1” = 3%, “D” = 2 years or 730 days:

C = €100,000 x (5%-3%) x 730 ÷ 365

So, C = €100,000 x 2% x 730 ÷ 365

C = €4,000

If you owe us compensation (the amount equal to “C”), we will add the amount to your mortgage loan account on the day after the fixed rate ends early for any of the reasons set out above. This means that interest will be applied to it at the same rate that applies to your mortgage loan. If you wish to pay the compensation amount, you can do so at any time by calling the Bank on 01 611 3333, Mon to Fri 9am-5pm, and arranging to pay the amount equal to “C”.

Regulatory Notice for Asset Covered Security Act

Bank of Ireland Mortgage Bank u.c. - Prudent Market Value for the purposes of the Asset Covered Securities Act, 2001 Regulatory Notice (Section 41(1)) 2004 [Irish Residential Property Assets/Mortgage Credit Assets]. For the purpose of satisfying publication requirements which apply under the above referenced regulatory notice, Bank of Ireland Mortgage Bank u.c. hereby gives notice that the Prudent Market Discount that applies in relation to Bank of Ireland Mortgage Bank u.c. for the purposes of that regulatory notice is currently 0.15 (in percentage terms 15%).

Bank of Ireland Mortgage Bank u.c. subscribes to the European Voluntary Code of Conduct on Pre-Contractual Information for Home loans. A copy of this Code is available on request from Bank of Ireland Mortgages.

The lender is Bank of Ireland Mortgage Bank u.c. or Bank of Ireland. Registered Office 2 College Green, Dublin, D02 VR66. Lending criteria and terms and conditions apply. Applicants must be aged 18 or over.

Principal Dwelling Homes: The lender is Bank of Ireland Mortgage Bank u.c. or Bank of Ireland. Lending criteria and terms and conditions apply. A typical mortgage to buy your home of €100,000 over 20 years with 240 monthly instalments costs €613.16 per month at 4.15% variable (Annual Percentage Rate of Charge (APRC) 4.3%). APRC includes €150 valuation fee and mortgage charge of €175 paid to the Property Registration Authority. The total amount you pay is €147,482.50. We require property and life insurance. You mortgage your home to secure the loan. Maximum loan is generally 3.5 times gross annual income (4 times gross annual income for first time buyers) and 90% of the property value. A 1% interest rate rise would increase monthly repayments by €53.89 per month. The cost of your monthly repayments may increase – if you do not keep up your repayments you may lose your home. Available to over 18s only. APRC calculations are based on the cost per month on a €100,000 mortgage over 20 years. 

The lender is Bank of Ireland Mortgage Bank u.c. or Bank of Ireland. Lending criteria and terms and conditions apply. A typical Buy to Let mortgage of €100,000 over 20 years with 240 monthly instalments costs €650.63 per month at 4.85% variable (Annual Percentage Rate of Charge (APRC) 5.1%). APRC includes a fee for the Banks solicitor of €950 plus VAT at 23% plus outlay of up to €350. The total amount you pay is €157,669.65. We require property insurance. You mortgage the property to secure the loan. Maximum loan is generally 70% of the property value. A 1% interest rate rise would increase monthly repayments by €55.55 per month.

BER - Building Energy Rating

APRC – Annual Percentage Rate of Charge

BTL- Buy to Let