A Decade-Old Real Estate Crisis Is Still Causing Chaos

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An automobile passes a row of brick terraced houses in Dublin, Ireland, on Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2013. Residential property prices in Dublin rose 8 percent in July from a year earlier, the Central Statistics Office reported last month.Photographer: Aidan Crawley/Bloomberg
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For political activist Carly Bailey, the controversy in Ireland over so-called vulture funds hits rather too close to home.

Bailey, 37, is applying for bankruptcy as Cerberus Capital Management LP chases 56,000 euros ($69,000) in mortgage arrears after buying her loan from Royal Bank of Scotland Group Plc’s Ulster Bank unit. She also lost the house she built with her husband.