Dilosk sells €319m of mortgage-backed bonds

Transaction represents another ‘hugely positive milestone’ for lender, says chief

Dublin-based mortgage lender Dilosk said on Wednesday it has raised €319 million on international bond markets by refinancing a portfolio of buy-to-let and owner-occupier loans.

It marks the company’s fourth such deal – known as a residential mortgage-backed securitisation (RMBS) in five years – and brings the level it is raised on bond markets over the period to more than €1 billion.

Dilosk received over €850 million of orders for the bonds on offer, it said in a statement.

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“This transaction represents another hugely positive milestone for Dilosk,” said Fergal McGrath, Dilosk’s co-founder and chief executive, noting that it marks the first time that Dilosk has put owner-occupier loans that it has written into an RMBS deal.

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The company started off by buying the ICS Mortgages brand and an initial portfolio of €223 million of loans from Bank of Ireland in 2014. It has been offering buy-to-let loans since 2016 and ventured into the owner-occupier sector in September 2019.

The company also bought €160 million of former GE Capital Irish mortgages in 2017 and acquired about €180 million of Irish loans from Leeds Building Society in 2018 as the UK lender retreated from the market.

Joe Brennan

Joe Brennan

Joe Brennan is Markets Correspondent of The Irish Times