Rebuilding Ireland home loan

update: Finally got letter of approved in principle after 4 months of applying. Now I'm wondering has anyone been approved and actually drawn down the money yet? We have sale agreed on a house but are going to loose it now at this stage as everything is taking so long. Unless now that we have been approve they act fast but I'm not that hopeful.
my advise to anyone is not to even look for a house until you get the approval in principle.

mytom wrote: »

Yes it is for 6 months , but first you have to accept draft offer and for this you have one month .

Is anyone got official loan offer documents from County Council after one cool month break time ?

Yeah my solicitor has them now.

ACCAman wrote: »

We are looking to apply to the South Dublin County Council for a loan over the next week or 2.
I noticed that their rate of approval is quite low in comparison to other councils, so we want to make sure we get the application right the first time.
We have to take annual leave to go to go and apply, so we only want to make one trip.

We have offers from 2 banks for around €215-€220k that we were hoping to use as evidence of insufficient offers.
Can anyone who has applied tell me: would these offers be considered "insufficient"?
We are looking to get the maximum €288k from the council. We probably could buy something if we borrowed €220k from the bank, but that's not really what we're looking for.
We also haven't got a property in mind at the moment, so I am going to put "TBC" on the application form.
Likewise, we don't have a solicitor yet, would it be ok to put "TBC" in this field as well?

If anyone has any last minute tips, please share

Thanks all

One thing be aware of is they have their own checklist that looks for more than the one on the rebuilding Ireland website , this is on their website , they expect you to bring your p21 forms.

biko wrote: »

From Galway

Interesting..

coolio83 wrote: »

Hi, I just wondered if anyone has gone through the application process for a rebuilding Ireland local authority mortgage, also their experience/outcome/waiting time etc. Really appreciate any feedback, TIA.

Hi I was waiting about 4 months for approval. I applied in February and got approval in may.

Ailbag wrote: »

I applied at the beginning of April and got approval on Thursday...

Gosh that was quick! Where did you apply to?

https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/politics/half-of-murphys-firsttime-buyer-home-loans-are-being-refused-37020817.html

I have applied two weeks ago for the rebuild ireland home loan. I met with a lady in Wexford CoCo and needed a few more documents I submitted them last Thursday and she told me she had sent everything to the underwriters that day. I had rejection letters from both EBS and BOI. Last week being curious on Friday evening I applied for a credit check I got it today from the ICB and it said that last Friday at 12.05pm the housing agency in finan street requested my credit check. That's pretty quick isn't it does that mean the ball is rolling? EBS and BOI didn't show up on the ICB history and it dates back for 12months so they never even got to a credit check despite waiting 7 weeks and 5 weeks for a reply from them. Am I thinking too positively?!?

The credit check was completely clear so no difficulties there

We applied in February and took until May to get an actual approval from dublin city council and fingal! We are in the process now of buying a house through fingal, can i ask has any came to the final stage of this yet? Is it literally just the house insurance they need, any other documents to draw down the loan?? Its all taking so long i just want to be fullly prepared Thanks a mill

Laney835 wrote: »

Wow that took ages I'm hoping mine doesn't take too long. The woman in the Coco was so eager to meet us straight away and got everything sent to the underwriters immediately so maybe they've had a lack of applicants in Wexford. Did you speak directly to someone or send in an application form by post, did you get a request for more documents just wondering if ours is going to take that long! Banks have been giving me the run around since February so I feel like I've applied that long ago!

Average wait seems to be 8-10 weeks , we're 7.5 weeks waiting so hopefully be hearing something soon fingers crossed

Ruthie841 wrote: »

I think we were one of the first applicants in, as soon as i heard i went straight in with all the documents it is an awfully long process!! We went in person and handed everything in, they went straight off to the underwriters that took a long time to come back but no once you send all the documents in correctly they shouldnt ask for any more. But what happens after the underwriting stage is that they still have to take it to the 'Credit Committee' where the final decision of approval is made and these meetings as far as im aware only take place every week or two so i think this is why it takes so long! Also there are large volumes going into dublin city and fingal council so this is prob why ours took so long!

I really hope you get your answer soon so you can start house hunting!!

Me too! thank you so much for the information it's really hard to find any info online other than the boards.ie I had everything ready so I wouldn't say they need anything else. I keep trying to stay off daft so not to like any properties too much before I get my answer!

The housing agency which approves the home loan has already done a credit check on me as its on my ICB report so I'm hoping they only start that process once they are satisfied with your earnings and all documents submitted as the two banks I applied to never even checked got to a credit check before refusal.

No probs at all!! I hope its a quicker process for you! But they defo shouldnt need anything else off you, next time you hear from them it should be weather you are approved or not, so fingers crossed!! Oh its so hard not to keep going on daft i was the same!!

I really want to know if anyone has gone through the whole process yet! The next step for us is signing contracts so i just want to know exactly what fingal will need should it just be house insurance or any more documents just so i have it all ready to go!! I have rang but they are so busy i dont want to be ringing all the time! I think they know my voice by now haha!

We have applied to Dublin city council , fingal and South Dublin , DCC and fingal were an absolute pleasure to deal with , South Dublin made it difficult to even apply but we got there in the end.....


Application to SDCC went in 5 weeks ago and we have just received a letter of rejection , they claim this went to external underwriters but I am highly doubtful as our other applications went in 3 weeks earlier and we've heard nothing so far .


Reasons given


1. 2 years self employed audited accounts incomplete (my wife is 3 weeks short but is now into year 3 of being self employed)


2. Business revenue details not signed on application form (this makes no sense to either of us)


3. Original Bank statement must be supplied , internet statements cannot be accepted (I bank with online bank N26 so this is not possible )


A bit dejected but I am hopeful that this is more down to this particular council and their backwards system rather than our application , the above rejection reasons seem ridiculous so I refuse to believe the application ever went to external underwriters and this was an internal decision.


Of course we rang them and they told us they have no input , there is a serious Gap in communication with this scheme unfortunately.


Anyway haven't heard from Dublin city yet but now 8 weeks since applying so hopefully hearing something in the next couple of weeks.


Apologies for the rant , just a little pissed off

stryker mcqueen wrote: »

We have applied to Dublin city council , fingal and South Dublin , DCC and fingal were an absolute pleasure to deal with , South Dublin made it difficult to even apply but we got there in the end.....


Application to SDCC went in 5 weeks ago and we have just received a letter of rejection , they claim this went to external underwriters but I am highly doubtful as our other applications went in 3 weeks earlier and we've heard nothing so far .


Reasons given


1. 2 years self employed audited accounts incomplete (my wife is 3 weeks short but is now into year 3 of being self employed)


2. Business revenue details not signed on application form (this makes no sense to either of us)


3. Original Bank statement must be supplied , internet statements cannot be accepted (I bank with online bank N26 so this is not possible )


A bit dejected but I am hopeful that this is more down to this particular council and their backwards system rather than our application , the above rejection reasons seem ridiculous so I refuse to believe the application ever went to external underwriters and this was an internal decision.


Of course we rang them and they told us they have no input , there is a serious Gap in communication with this scheme unfortunately.


Anyway haven't heard from Dublin city yet but now 8 weeks since applying so hopefully hearing something in the next couple of weeks.


Apologies for the rant , just a little pissed off

Thanks for your reply and reasons. I don't blame you bring pissed off. We can only apply to Wexford COCo so hopefully it's the answer we want. Is your wife a sole trader? If she trades under her own her name surelly the revenue form you supplied is enough! I'm self employed too I supplied two years tax assessments as well as accounts do you think they will be enough?? It's highly possible I'll be refused on that too.

Very frustrating it's ridiculous the hoops we are being made jump through with clear credit, money in the bank and employment!

Underground wrote:

The insistence on "original" Bank statements is incredibly backwards seeing as the banks themselves have actively pushed their customers towards e-statements in the last few years.

Underground wrote:

Speaking from experience, if you get e-statements but go into a bank and ask them to print you out a statement for your current account anyway,they won't do it for you. This requirement for "original" statements therefore makes absolutely no sense.

Yea this seems like a complete kop out !!!

bubbles46 wrote: »

I am applying as a single applicant,earning just under €30k annually permanent job for 11 years. Paying €550 rent pm. No other loans. I save regularly into both the credit union+into my own bank however I regularly withdraw the lot to go on holidays so im often starting from scratch and have gone into my overdraft a few times,so because ive no deposit to offer,id easily get the 2 bank refusals thats required. However ill be receiving a large cheque in the coming weeks+by the time im able to apply for the government loan,ill have €100,000 deposit for a house(Limerick area so no more than €250k). I see alot of people on here getting refusals. I thought the €100k deposit would guarantee it for me but now im 2nd guessing it reading these threads. Has anyone else with a large deposit been refused?Thanks.

You must have 3% out of the 10% saved off your own savings that would be 9000 of a 25000 deposit must be yours that you saved so they can see a saving pattern. If you are only looking for 150000 you must have 4000 that isn't from a large deposit or gift

Laney835 wrote: »

You must have 3% out of the 10% saved off your own savings that would be 9000 of a 25000 deposit must be yours that you saved so they can see a saving pattern. If you are only looking for 150000 you must have 4000 that isn't from a large deposit or gift

Thanks. Some places say that showing you can pay rent every month counts as 'savings',is this right?

AlmightyCushion wrote: »

It doesn't count as savings but it counts towards your repayment capacity. You still need savings.

Ok thanks.

Laney835 wrote: »

You must have 3% out of the 10% saved off your own savings that would be 9000 of a 25000 deposit must be yours that you saved so they can see a saving pattern. If you are only looking for 150000 you must have 4000 that isn't from a large deposit or gift

If i start saving regularly saving now to get €4000,id be afraid the bank wouldnt refuse me 😂

Do you need to prove a repayment capacity eg: monthly Saving/rent equivalent to the mortgage repayments.

If so how many months, 6 or 12?

Hi everyone im just wondering can someone shed some light for me ... iv gotten my two insufficient offers from banks however they are so low its even putting me off applying to the council in case i am just laughed at i am looking for the max or near enough but the banks are even only offering us half had anyone gotten a much better offer or am i being so unrealistic and never going to own a home😭 im sick of renting i do have two children and yes i have a cu loan i thought nearly the whole country did no ? 😂

The loan will reduce how much you can borrow, and it's generally not to your advantage to have one when you're applying for a mortgage. Mortgages generally require a bit of preparation, i.e. saving money and clearing loans.[/quote]