Brendan Burgess
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I am very annoyed by these high rates, and I don't even have an SVR mortgage.
But what astonishes me is that there isn't widespread protests about them - outside the Dáil, outside the Central Bank, outside the banks.
I am not aware of anyone complaining to their TD or to the Central Bank. I am trying to get the politicians interested, but they are not really biting.
A few journalists are interested in covering the story, but they say that there isn't much that they can do unless they have real live borrowers prepared to talk about the impact of the high SVRs on them. But neither the journalists nor I, can get anyone to talk about them.
There are 300,000 people with standard variable rate mortgages. Why are they not roaring and shouting.
We had a very effective campaign a few years ago when ptsb were charging 6% while AIB and BoI were charging 3%. That helped to bring down the ptsb rate.
Anyone want to talk to the press?
But what astonishes me is that there isn't widespread protests about them - outside the Dáil, outside the Central Bank, outside the banks.
I am not aware of anyone complaining to their TD or to the Central Bank. I am trying to get the politicians interested, but they are not really biting.
A few journalists are interested in covering the story, but they say that there isn't much that they can do unless they have real live borrowers prepared to talk about the impact of the high SVRs on them. But neither the journalists nor I, can get anyone to talk about them.
There are 300,000 people with standard variable rate mortgages. Why are they not roaring and shouting.
We had a very effective campaign a few years ago when ptsb were charging 6% while AIB and BoI were charging 3%. That helped to bring down the ptsb rate.
Anyone want to talk to the press?