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SusieQ
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Hi there
I am in a bit of a rut and finance is really not my strong point so I would be most grateful for any advice on my situation.
I own a property in Galway that I bought in 2006 - intending to live there.
Mortgage was 100% 250,000 and I am on my own with it. (property now about 60,000 under original value!)
Employment drove me back to Dublin so I had to rent it out.
I am not covering the mortgage at all with the rent & have hefty property management fees. I have been struggling severly with the mortgage for the last year as I became unemployed for a time & ended up having to set up my own business out of desperation. As with any business it takes a time to start making money & I am also expecting a baby in December so money will be even tighter.
I have not missed a mortgage payment but everything else has suffered as a result (am paying huge interest on overdrafts, late iwht credit card payments etc.) & it's too much pressure. Part of me thinks I should try to keep going & wait till the market changes but it's such a struggle & as I looked through my mortgage agreement & am paying interest of approx. 196,000 on top of the loan so I will always be at a loss & even in ten years if things pick up a little I am still paying a serious amount of money for nothing really.
Anyhow I was thinking about approaching the lender (Permanent TSB) & seeing what they can do but even if they reduce the payments to match the rent I am still in the same situation - my tenants could move out and I have no way of covering the payemtn. I really just want rid of it. I won't be back in Galway again to live sadly so it's just never going ot be needed.
I would really appreciate some advice on this - as in how I can get out of this mortgage without damaging my credit rating if that's at all possible or what will the penalties be? I am not fooling myself into thinking I can escape the actual debt - just how to clear it.
BTW my current mortgage is a tracker mortgage.
Thanks in advance
S
I am in a bit of a rut and finance is really not my strong point so I would be most grateful for any advice on my situation.
I own a property in Galway that I bought in 2006 - intending to live there.
Mortgage was 100% 250,000 and I am on my own with it. (property now about 60,000 under original value!)
Employment drove me back to Dublin so I had to rent it out.
I am not covering the mortgage at all with the rent & have hefty property management fees. I have been struggling severly with the mortgage for the last year as I became unemployed for a time & ended up having to set up my own business out of desperation. As with any business it takes a time to start making money & I am also expecting a baby in December so money will be even tighter.
I have not missed a mortgage payment but everything else has suffered as a result (am paying huge interest on overdrafts, late iwht credit card payments etc.) & it's too much pressure. Part of me thinks I should try to keep going & wait till the market changes but it's such a struggle & as I looked through my mortgage agreement & am paying interest of approx. 196,000 on top of the loan so I will always be at a loss & even in ten years if things pick up a little I am still paying a serious amount of money for nothing really.
Anyhow I was thinking about approaching the lender (Permanent TSB) & seeing what they can do but even if they reduce the payments to match the rent I am still in the same situation - my tenants could move out and I have no way of covering the payemtn. I really just want rid of it. I won't be back in Galway again to live sadly so it's just never going ot be needed.
I would really appreciate some advice on this - as in how I can get out of this mortgage without damaging my credit rating if that's at all possible or what will the penalties be? I am not fooling myself into thinking I can escape the actual debt - just how to clear it.
BTW my current mortgage is a tracker mortgage.
Thanks in advance
S