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© Irish Independent |
12 Jan '23 |
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Irish mortgage rates now cheaper than Eurozone average but increases are coming
The average rate on a new mortgage in this country was 2.57pc in November, unchanged from the previous month, according to Central Bank of Ireland figures. The Eurozone average is 2.84pc, its highest - Subscribe |
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26 Jan '23 |
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General Practice Chartered Surveyor required
Hooke & MacDonald, one of the leading firms of property consultants in the country, with an experienced team of Chartered Surveyors provide high quality professional advice on a wide range of prop - Subscribe |
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© Irish Independent |
03 Jan '23 |
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Revealed: The areas where it is cheaper to buy a home than rent – and the six areas where it pays to rent
Martina Hennessy, managing director of doddl.ie: "In our analysis, the cost of a 30-year variable mortgage plus 10pc deposit on a home at the current national house price came to €582,259 with Finan - Subscribe |
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© Irish Independent |
08 Nov '22 |
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Association of Irish Mortgage Advisors says main lenders should guarantee rate offers for at least eight weeks
Brokers are calling for lenders to adopt a standard timeframe to allow mortgage borrowers to lock in their rate offers to protect them from rapid European Central Bank (ECB) increases. - Subscribe |
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© Irish Independent |
04 Nov '22 |
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A Revolut mortgage? CEO reveals 'super-app' plans to offer '100pc digital' mortgages
“It could be one of two models, or a combination. The first one is a mortgage financed by us as a bank. Or it could be like a mortgage introduction. But ultimately what we want to build is a frictio - Subscribe |
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© Irish Independent |
26 Oct '22 |
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Finance Ireland suspends long-term fixed mortgages as funding costs rise
The specialist lender, which launched Ireland’s first 20-year fixed product just a year and a half ago, will now stop offering fixes of 10 years or more to new customers. “Given current volatility - Subscribe |
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© The Irish Times |
22 Oct '22 |
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Joe Brennan: Decision to ease some mortgage lending rules should allow more people to buy their homes
While the rules – which have been subject to various tweaks on the loan-to-deposit side over the years – have protected banks and borrowers from overstretching, they have had ... casualties.
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21 Oct '22 |
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Over 500 first-time buyers approved for financial supports under First Home Scheme
Michael Broderick, cheif executive of the First Home Scheme, said: "It is early days, but we are off to a good start and First-Time Buyers are responding very favourably to what we offer, with close t - Subscribe |
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© The Irish Times |
19 Oct '22 |
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Central Bank to ease income rules for mortgage lending
The Central Bank is set to say on Wednesday that it will ease its mortgage rules marginally to allow households to borrow up to four times their income in taking on a home loan, according to sources.
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© Irish Examiner |
07 Oct '22 |
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Brokers want eight-week period for house hunters to draw down mortgages
Trevor Grant of the AIMA: "If an applicant has fully submitted all of the information required and has secured mortgage approval, they should be given a period of eight weeks, to close out their mortg - Subscribe |
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© Irish Independent |
06 Oct '22 |
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‘Disgraceful behaviour’ – Anger as huge rate rise by Finance Ireland means buying plans are scuppered for many
Plans by number of people to buy homes are set to collapse after Finance Ireland announced an enormous rate rise with immediate effect.
People hoping to close contracts to buy homes have told how t - Subscribe |
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© Irish Independent |
01 Oct '22 |
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Finance Ireland doubles mortgage lending as broker channel grows in influence
Half of that business was in home loans and Finance Ireland now commands a 5.3pc market share, with a 13pc share of the growing broker channel, which now accounts for half of new mortgages written in - Subscribe |
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© The Irish Times |
29 Sep '22 |
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BPFI: Number of mortgage approvals to buy homes falls compared with 2021
Mortgage approvals data for August show a decline of more than 21 per cent in the number of buy-to-let approvals compared with 2021, while approvals for people moving house fell 5.4 per cent. - Subscribe |
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© The Irish Times |
05 Sep '22 |
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Shane Quinlan, of Sherry FitzGerald Financial Services: Irish mortgage market is shrinking but there are reasons to be hopeful
The launch of initiatives such as the €400 million First Home shared equity scheme in July provides another option for mortgage customers but more is needed. - Subscribe |
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© Irish Independent |
12 Aug '22 |
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Major fears for mortgage competition after lender caps loans at two-and-a-half times salary
The move by ICS Mortgages to heavily restrict its lending is set to hand huge market power to AIB, Bank of Ireland and Permanent TSB.
They are already gaining from the planned exits of Ulster Bank - Subscribe |
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© Irish Independent |
12 Aug '22 |
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Charlie Weston: Watchdog has let big lenders off the hook and we will pay dearly for that
The mortgage business in this country is a particularly good case study of the impact of competition and what happens when competition weakens. All the more so as we have a small population.
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© The Irish Times |
27 Jul '22 |
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First-time buyers are having to borrow more to secure a home as spending power falls, reports show
The latest figures from the Banking & Payments Federation Ireland (BPFI) show that the average mortgage drawdown by first-time buyers in the second quarter of this year was €263,312, up 13 per cent - Subscribe |
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© Irish Independent |
21 Jul '22 |
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End of era for cheaper mortgages as ECB set to raise interest rates today
Daragh Cassidy of Bonkers.ie said the question now is how high rates will go and whether the main banks will pass on the increase to customers.
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© Irish Independent |
03 Jul '22 |
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Mortgage switching hits record high as the European Central Bank gets ready to hike rates
Lenders approved 5,355 new mortgages with a total value of €1.45bn in May, according to figures compiled by Banking & Payments Federation Ireland. While the volume of new mortgages approved was up 1 - Subscribe |
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© The Irish Times |
01 Jul '22 |
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Ireland has second highest level of rent and mortgage arrears in EU, report finds
Data across the EU27 shows 8 per cent of Irish households were in arrears on debt, up 36 per cent between 2019 and second only to Greece. - Subscribe |
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© The Irish Times |
27 Jun '22 |
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Review of Help to Buy will determine future of €600m scheme for first-time buyers
Evidence suggests as many as a third of those who have availed of the scheme did not need it to meet the deposit requirement and instead used the scheme to create larger deposits. - Subscribe |
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