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© Irish Independent |
25 Jul '18 |
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Mortgage lending on track to grow 20pc in 2018
First-time buyers remain the single largest segment by volume (48.69pc) and by value (48.8pc).
Mortgage activity on new property grew significantly faster than activity on secondhand property, acc - Subscribe |
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© Irish Independent |
21 Jun '18 |
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Ex-BoSI chief eyes return to mortgage lending
Mark Duffy, who led the ill-fated Bank of Scotland (Ireland) (BoSI) for 10 years, is canvassing investor support for a new home-loan venture as he attempts to enter a highly-competitive sector that is - Subscribe |
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© The Irish Times |
11 Jun '18 |
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Most tenants rent ‘as they cannot get mortgage or social housing’
The “tenant sentiment survey” from the housing charity Threshold finds the majority (71 per cent) are renting because they cannot get a mortgage to buy a home or cannot get social housing because - Subscribe |
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© Irish Independent |
31 May '18 |
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April sees jump in number of mortgage approvals
There had been a fall in approvals in March, which was blamed on the weather, but the Banking and Payments Federation Ireland figures show a 14pc rise in April.
The average mortgage approval amount - Subscribe |
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© The Irish Times |
30 May '18 |
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Now buyers can borrow to purchase property at auction
Putative property buyers are now able to borrow to finance up to 70 per cent of their auction purchase, as ICS Mortgages expands its buy-to-let offering ahead of Ireland’s largest ever property auct - Subscribe |
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© The Irish Times |
30 May '18 |
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Cullaun Capital enters property market to finance housing
Cullaun Capital is a joint venture between three property and financial services executives based in Ireland and TPG Sixth Street Partners (TSSP), a global credit investment firm with more than $20 bi - Subscribe |
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© The Irish Times |
29 May '18 |
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Would-be first-time buyer left frustrated by experience with BoI
“I went on the property search and at long last went sale agreed on a property in January. However when I went to BOI to get the mortgage they told me I needed to be reapproved because approval all - Subscribe |
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© The Irish Times |
18 May '18 |
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10,000 borrowers should lose homes, says expert
“It is absolutely essential that if you want to protect the vast majority of responsible borrowers you’ve got to allow the banks deal with the very small percentage – about 2 per cent, 10,000 or - Subscribe |
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© The Irish Times |
01 May '18 |
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21 years to save for a deposit in Dublin as housing crisis deepens
Research carried out by Prosperous Financial has found that Dubliners earning the average wage (€36,919 a year) are left with just €127.24 per month after covering rent and living expenses. This i - Subscribe |
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© The Irish Times |
30 Apr '18 |
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Numbers getting mortgage approval falls by 8% in year to March
According to figures published on Monday by the Banking and Payments Federation, the value of mortgage approvals fell by 3 per cent in the year to March 2018, down to €763 million, and on a volume b - Subscribe |
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© Irish Independent |
11 Apr '18 |
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Pressure grows on AIB and Bank of Ireland to cut mortgage rates
Permanent TSB has become the latest to reduce its fixed rates, after Ulster and KBC also reduced their mortgage costs.
Experts said AIB and Bank of Ireland would now have to respond.
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© The Irish Times |
10 Apr '18 |
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Some 263 first-time buyers in Dublin apply for State mortgage scheme
Some 263 home buyers in Dublin have applied for the Government’s new home-loan scheme, looking to avoid Central Bank loan restrictions and lock in to low-cost interest rates. The high rate of initia - Subscribe |
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© Irish Independent |
09 Apr '18 |
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PTSB adds fuel to mortgage war by slashing fixed rates for new business
Permanent TSB has reduced its rates on a number of its fixed rate mortgage products for new business.
The changes, will apply to three-year and five-year fixed home loans, will come into effect on - Subscribe |
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© The Irish Times |
27 Mar '18 |
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Mortgage approvals increase 5% in February
Figures from the Banking & Payments Federation Ireland showed the 3,137 home loans that were agreed were 0.3 per cent down on last month’s figures, when 3,145 loans were approved. Mover purchasers m - Subscribe |
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© The Irish Times |
25 Mar '18 |
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General higher rates may undo new dawn for variable mortgage holders
Prof Kieran McQuinn noted that this “wedge” between rates here and elsewhere – so long the source of controversy – may finally be about to come down as healthier banks compete with each other - Subscribe |
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© The Irish Times |
22 Mar '18 |
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Mortgage exemptions could dry up as soon as April
Michael Dowling of Dowling Financial says he expects that exemptions will run out by April, driven by so many approvals not yet drawn down from last year.
“Banks will run short of exceptions at a - Subscribe |
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© The Irish Times |
22 Mar '18 |
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Ten reasons why you still can’t get a mortgage
1: You don’t have a deposit 2: You’re trading up 3: Your income isn’t rising quickly enough 4: The bank of Mum and Dad is closed 5: You can’t get an exemption 6: You’re not a professional/in - Subscribe |
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© Irish Independent |
21 Mar '18 |
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Surge in homeowners fixing as mortgage war heats up again
Joey Sheahan of MyMortgages.ie said: "Latest figures from the Central Bank support our contention, based on activity in the market, that fixed-rate mortgages are soaring in popularity." - Subscribe |
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© The Irish Times |
20 Mar '18 |
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Finance Ireland considering entering mortgage market as profits soar
Finance Ireland, the country’s largest non-bank lender in the retail market, is considering entering the mortgage market as it assesses ways to further diversify its business after its pre-tax profi - Subscribe |
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© The Irish Times |
11 Mar '18 |
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Homes of nearly 8,200 Irish mortgage holders repossessed since crash
The figure is small in the context of a 750,000-strong Irish mortgage market and in the context of a mortgage arrears problem that affected nearly 100,000 borrowers at its peak in 2013. - Subscribe |
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