07.13.2020

Romania's government plans to revamp the First Home subsidized mortgage lending program by raising the loan ceiling for new builds to EUR140,000, double compared with the current EUR70,000. more

07.10.2020

Increasing the maximum guarantee ceiling within Romania's subsidized mortgage lending program for first time homebuyers will trigger price increases on the real estate market, stated Dan Bucsa, more

05.06.2020

Romania's guarantee fund said Wednesday it has signed agreements with 29 banks to grant facilities on rescheduled interests for state-guaranteed mortgage loans for debtors whose income was affected by more

03.10.2020

Romania's subsidized mortgage lending program for first time homebuyers will include 100% guarantees for people in vulnerable categories, compared with the regular 40% loan guarantee, according to a more

02.05.2020

Romania's subsidized mortgage lending program for first time homebuyers will continue in 2020 and has a guarantee budget of RON2 billion, the same as in previous years. more

08.23.2019

Romania's finance ministry has drafted a bill changing the state-subsidized mortgage lending program to benefit families with or without children, capping the required monthly income and the home more

02.19.2019

Romania's government on Tuesday approved a guarantee budget of RON2 billion this year's state-guaranteed First Home program for first time homebuyers. more

05.03.2018

Nearly 40% of this year's RON2 billion state guarantee budget for the government-backed First Home program has been depleted, said guarantee fund general manager Alexandru Petrescu. more

02.23.2018

Romania's national guarantee fund for small and medium-sized businesses (FNGCIMM) is launching the 2018 state-guaranteed First Home program which, under the legal provisions, boasts a total guarantee more

01.12.2018

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01.10.2018

Romania's government on Wednesday approved the 2018 edition of the state-guaranteed First Home program for first time homebuyers with a total guarantee budget of RON2 billion. more

09.05.2017

Romania's guarantee fund for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) will focus more on helping businesses secure loans, as a government-backed program for first time homebuyers currently makes up more

07.03.2017

Romanian lender BRD-Groupe Société Générale has been assigned a new cap, of RON157.7 million, and may grant new mortgage loans totaling RON315.4 million under the government-subsidized First Home more

03.09.2017

People who borrowed money to buy a home under government-guaranteed mortgage lending First Home program are more vulnerable to a potential interest hike in the future compared with those who took more

02.21.2017

ING Bank decided to increase the down payment required on mortgage loans contracted through government-guaranteed mortgage lending First Home program from 5% to 10% due to the decrease of the state more

01.27.2017

This year's government-guaranteed mortgage lending First Home program would have a guarantee budget of RON2.5 billion, down by RON440 million compared with 2016, according to a draft government more

11.30.2016

The 2016 guarantee budget for the government-backed mortgage lending First Home program was raised by RON250 million, following requests from the banks registered in the program, according to the more

11.25.2016

The Finance Ministry said it proposed raising the guarantee budget for the government-backed mortgage lending First Home program by an additional RON250 million, following requests from the banks more

11.17.2016

Finance minister, Anca Dragu, said Thursday that banks could increase interest rates for old homes bought through government-guaranteed mortgage lending First Home program, but the down payment will more

09.13.2016

Romania’s Finance Ministry has proposed supplementing by RON500 million the guarantee ceiling for the government-guaranteed mortgage lending First Home program. more

08.31.2016

The budget for the government-backed mortgage lending First Home program will be raised in September and a five-year strategy for the program will be completed in October, so prospective buyers and more

08.01.2016

Romania's national guarantee fund for SMEs (FNGCIMM) has granted over 21,000 guarantees under the government-backed mortgage lending First Home program in the first half of 2016, up 40% from the same more

06.03.2016

Romania's largest bank BCR, a unit of Austria’s Erste Group Bank (EBS.RO), got additional guarantees of RON88.6 million for the government-backed mortgage lending First Home program, allowing the more

05.18.2016

The guarantee ceiling for this year’s government-guaranteed mortgage lending First Home program was supplemented by RON500 million, according to a decision adopted Wednesday by the government, as more

05.10.2016

Romania’s Finance Ministry has proposed supplementing by RON500 million the guarantee ceiling for this year’s government-guaranteed mortgage lending First Home program, in response to the requests more