Key Post PTSB has just informed me that they have sold my mortgage to Glenbeigh/Pepper

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Just received a letter from PTSB that they are selling my residential split mortgage to Glenbeigh Securities 2018 and states my loan is included in securitisation transaction. I am one of the 4000 mortgages they did not originally sell. I have never heard of them. What can I expect.? Pepper will then service loan. What does this mean for us . We have 80k warehoused. House does have equity now. (Family home) and 22 years left. Will the interest go sky high. Any information would be appreciated. So quietly done by PTSB!!
 
Update to reply to all the questions in this thread.

  • There is no need for panic
  • Your house is not going to be repossessed unless you stop paying it, of course.
  • If you have a cheap tracker mortgage, you are not going to lose it
If your financial position has improved, Pepper may seek to move some of the warehouse into capital and interest.

Your split mortgage has a review clause.

If your finances improve, ptsb can move some of the money from the warehouse into the main mortgage.

It is likely that Pepper will be more efficient in conducting such a review.


If your finances have improved, you should consider asking them to put the warehouse into the active mortgage and start restoring your ICB record.

If you might want to trade up in the medium term...
You wouldn't have been able to trade up while you had a split mortgage or reduced capital and interest mortgage.

So if your finances have improved and you might want to trade up, then you should look at moving to paying your mortgage payments in full as soon as possible.


Pepper might increase the mortgage rate on non-tracker mortgages

In theory, Pepper can increase the interest rate as there is no control over mortgage rates in this country (or, indeed, in most countries.)

The main loser in this transaction is ptsb and the taxpayer which owns ptsb
They were forced to sell these mortgages by the Central Bank but it's unlikely that ptsb wanted to sell them.

Brendan
 
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Pepper does not want to repossess any of these mortgages

These mortgages will be bought as a long-term investment by Glenbeigh.

They have bought them because they are getting regular payments on them and because they got them for less than the loan amount.

They are not like a vulture fund which might want to repossess your house and get a quick return.

If you keep up the repayments per the restructuring agreement, they will have no basis for repossessing or trying to repossess.

Pepper may review the restructuring agreement when it's due for a review. If you can't agree a renewal of this and you go into arrears, even still they have not the slightest chance of succeeding in court if you continue paying what you are paying.

Brendan
 
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Thanks Brendan. We have already moved money out of warehouse and at moment can not transfer more. I am more concerned they will want to repossess and put the pressure on. We were never in arrears. Problems arised when interest rates went very high. Am I stuck at Peppers mercy for the next 20 years or would another bank even looks at us or what steps I could make to ensure my home is safe. Thanks.
 
Hi Duff

There is no way that they will try to repossess your property.

The is a fund which is there for the long term. They want to keep customers.

They may reassess your finances and try to move more from the warehouse.

No other bank will look at you while you have a split mortgage which is why I suggest to people who don't need them anymore, to return to full interest and capital.

As of now, there is no limit on what Pepper can charge. To date, none of the vulture funds have exploited this and jacked up rates. But it is a risk. Michael McGrath has a bill to control mortgage rates, but it is opposed by the Central Bank, the Department of Finance and the Minister for Finance.

Brendan
 
Hi Brendan,

I too have been shafted by PTSB and mortgage has being sold to Glenbeigh I received the letter today. I don't know what to make of it my initial reaction was panic.

I have a split mortgage the last 3 years which has been paid with no defaults on the capital that's 198k now and the warehouse is 85k. I think the max I'd sell my property for is 250k maybe 270k if prices continue to rise.

We have a bad ICB record as we had 50k in loans which we defaulted on in the recession, these are now down to roughly 10k.

Our finances have picked up and will continue to increase. I would love to move eventually but I'm now panicking that this may not be possible due to the sale of our split. We have 23 years left on the mortgage and in our late 30's have we any hope of moving?

Also should I wait until it's transferred to Glenbeigh to request returning to full payments or do this while PTSB still have it? Apparently it's not being transferred to Glenbeigh for another 6 months.
Thanks.
 
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Hi I also received a letter yesterday saying my mortgage was sold to glenbeigh/pepper. I'm in a panic to be honest.
I restructured to a part capital and interest restructure 2 1/2 years ago. I had 5800 arrears at the time. I will have a lump sum due at mortgage end. This agreement was up for review in july 19
Will this now be affected by this takeover by pepper. Will they look to repossess or what will happen. I don't fully understand my situation. Should I contact ptsb as I prob could go back to paying near full amount of mortgage.
Do we have any protection with pepper as are they looking to repossess all these houses or will they work with people. Do they keep your mortgage for remainder of term???
 
I would not panic.. All terms and conditions follow. i.e Term etc. Continue to pay as agreed. You will be up for review when it comes around. They may push to return to full payments. As long as you pay your monthly mortgage or agreed repayment no court would grant a repossession. Hopefully in a few years time I can get refinance elsewhere but until then I will engage with Pepper as I did with PTSB. Remember these split mortgages are profitable to them and as Brendan said above they are in it for long term not looking for repossession. Grant it getting these letters are not nice and we will receive more in months to come. Engage always and pay what is agreed keep records of everything!
 
Thanks. If I agreed with PTSB before transfer to go to full payments would that transfer to pepper. And would they accept
 
I would imagine they would. Ring PTSB. Your mortgage will be still sold to Pepper as the deal is done. Pepper will review your finances anyway and If you can afford it will move you back to full payments anyway! So just make sure you can afford it now and won't find yourselves in difficulty again especially with Pepper.
 
Thanks so your saying not to panic and engage as I have been doing and shouldn't have any long-term issues.
 
We have a bad ICB record as we had 50k in loans which we defaulted on in the recession, these are now down to roughly 10k.

Our finances have picked up and will continue to increase. I would love to move eventually but I'm now panicking that this may not be possible due to the sale of our split

Hi Annie

You would not be able to trade up anyway until about 5 years after you have cleared your ICB record and the split generally.

The sale of the mortgage hasn't affected it much. If you had cleaned up your ICB record and moved to full capital and interest, ptsb might have been willing to give you a trade-up mortgage a bit before the 5 years.

Brendan
 
Do we have any protection with pepper as are they looking to repossess all these houses or will they work with people. Do they keep your mortgage for remainder of term???

I have updated the first few posts in this thread and this is my reply to you.

Pepper does not want to repossess any of these mortgages

These mortgages will be bought as a long-term investment by Glenbeigh.

They have bought them because they are getting regular payments on them and because they got them for less than the loan amount.

They are not like a vulture fund which might want to repossess your house and get a quick return.

If you keep up the repayments per the restructuring agreement, they will have no basis for repossessing or trying to repossess.

Pepper may review the restructuring agreement when it's due for a review. If you can't agree a renewal of this and you go into arrears, even still they have not the slightest chance of succeeding in court if you continue paying what you are paying.

Brendan
 
Thanks. If I agreed with PTSB before transfer to go to full payments would that transfer to pepper. And would they accept

Yes. Pepper would be delighted to have a full capital and interest mortgage.

I don't think that the mortgage would be excluded from the sale to Pepper.

Brendan
 
Thanks Brendan very informative post. Just as a matter of interest do you know what Peppers current SVR is?
 
Hi Duff

I presume that they will transfer the ptsb mortgages at the same rate that the borrower is on with ptsb. Pepper's own rate would not be relevant.

Brendan
 
Ive sent off updated sfs to ptsb to see what they come back with. Hoping they will let me go back to near full payment. If this is case I'm sure I'll have no issues with dealing with Pepper in future??
Would i be correct.
Ive never missed a payment since restructure and original had a small arrears on it so I restructured to get back on track.
 
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