I'll call Ulster Bank tomorrow. I just read an article today in The Journal, I can't post the link because of forum regulations here so I've cut and paste the section which I find confusing.
"In his briefing with Ulster Bank, Doherty told the bank it was contributing to the ongoing housing crisis. He said homeowners who lose their homes will end up living in emergency accommodation like hotel rooms, or be handed a sleeping bag.
In their statement, Ulster Bank said that 100% of the family home loans “are in litigation and these customers are non-engaged customers”.
However, it stated that not all customers involved in the sale are in arrears.
Those included are only a very small portion of customers in arrears.
If customers would like to speak to someone about this, they can call the arrears support unit on Freephone 1800 435 763 or 01 709 2118 and we can help them to either engage and/or to clarify their situation."
On Pierce Doherty's Twitter page on May 25th - "Ulster Banks claims that there is no engagement from 900 home loans that is to be sold is not true. A large number still paying something."
Contradiction: So on one hand Ulster Bank are saying that 100% of the family homes are in litigation and non-engaged and yet after his call to Ulster Bank, Doherty states this is not true and a large number are still paying something - I'm included in that aspect.
I will be calling Ulster Bank on Monday but in the meantime, if anyone has any information, advice or any other light to shed here regarding this confusion, I would appreciate it very much.