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© Business Post |
21 Sep '20 |
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Avant’s low-rate mortgages could spell trouble for banking's big two
Forgoing cash-back gimmicks to concentrate on competitively priced loans, the new contender aims to make serious inroads into the mortgage market - Subscribe |
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18 Sep '20 |
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Hooke & MacDonald property management team positions
Hooke & MacDonald have openings for experienced, motivated people in their successful and expanding property management (tenancy) team. Hooke & MacDonald offers employees a professional and fr
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© Irish Examiner |
18 Sep '20 |
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With new arrival offering mortgages below 2%, get ready for a price war
Daragh Cassidy of Bonkers.ie: “While the headline rate of 1.95% from Avant Money is certainly eye-catching and will capture all the headlines, it requires a deposit of at least 40%, which will be va - Subscribe |
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© Irish Independent |
16 Sep '20 |
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Boom-time buyers most likely to be on a payment break
A history of non-performance increases the likelihood that a loan has a payment break, according to ‘Covid-19 payment breaks on residential mortgages’ by Edward Gaffney and Darren Greaney. - Subscribe |
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© Irish Independent |
14 Sep '20 |
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Home-loan price war: lowest rates in 10 years as new lender shakes up market
Avant Money's entry is set to put massive pressure on existing lenders to slash their rates, as the launch today is set to spark a new price war.
It is offering fixed rate mortgages as low as 1.95p - Subscribe |
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© The Irish Times |
07 Sep '20 |
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Karl Deeter’s mortgage application company raises €1m
Home loans activity carried out through intermediaries hit a low point of about 20 per cent following the crash as overseas lenders retrenched from the market and mainstream banks focused on lending d - Subscribe |
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© Irish Independent |
28 Aug '20 |
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Mortgage approvals rose 50% in July: Banking and Payments Federation Ireland
Close to 3,400 buyers were approved for a home loan, a rise of 51pc on the figures for June.
But this was still down 30pc on the number approved for a mortgage in July last year, according to the l - Subscribe |
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© The Irish Times |
26 Aug '20 |
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People in Irish cities ‘can take 15 years’ to put house deposit together
The analysis - Putting Affordability at the Heart of the Housing System, by the Irish Home Builders Association (IHBA) – envisages a system in which paying rent could be turned to a house buyer’s - Subscribe |
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© The Irish Times |
28 Jul '20 |
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Fixed or variable: what mortgage rate should my daughter go for?
Your daughter’s success in securing a mortgage is a rare moment of good news for aspiring homeowners during this Covid crisis. The real test lies ahead, however.
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© Irish Independent |
27 Jul '20 |
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Banks block drawdowns until end of pay subsidy: Builders and brokers say hundreds of home sales caught in catch-22
All retail banks are blocking at least some drawdowns on previously approved loans because the prospective borrower's payslips now are supported by the Temporary Wage Subsidy Scheme (TWSS). - Subscribe |
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© Business Post |
20 Jul '20 |
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Securing a mortgage in the age of Covid-19
There has been a significant increase in the number of purchase completions in the residential market, but in the new climate many are still finding it tricky to get mortgage approval - Subscribe |
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© The Irish Times |
20 Jul '20 |
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Banks are right to charge interest on mortgages with Covid payment breaks
Irish mortgage holders, who don’t have trackers, are paying twice the average interest rate charged on home loans in other euro zone countries. A typical Irish borrower is paying about €300 more p - Subscribe |
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© Irish Independent |
17 Jul '20 |
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Home economics: Our property finance expert answers your questions
“Patronising” is the adjective preferred by the straight-talking Pat Davitt, the CEO of IPAV, the umbrella group for estate agents for how our bailed-out banks are behaving. He’s referencing the - Subscribe |
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© Irish Independent |
02 Jul '20 |
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AIB softens its approach to mortgage applications from customers on State pandemic supports
The banking group found itself at the centre of a storm this week when it was revealed it was halting all applications for mortgages from those on State supports at AIB, Haven and EBS. - Subscribe |
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© The Irish Times |
29 Jun '20 |
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AIB introduces ‘frightening’ mortgage rules and halts lending to Covid payment recipients
For second time and subsequent buyers, exemptions to the loan-to-value and loan-to-income ratios are closed. Loans greater than €500,000 are also closed for exemptions to the lending rules. Applicat - Subscribe |
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© The Property Week |
26 Jun '20 |
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Mortgage approvals down in May
Almost 1,900 mortgages worth €442 million approved despite severe restrictions and economic uncertainty - Subscribe |
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© The Irish Times |
04 Jun '20 |
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Mortgage approvals tumbled in first full month of lockdown – BPFI
A total of 2,200 mortgages were approved in the month, 47 per cent of which were for first-time buyers. The number of mortgages approved fell by 41.1 per cent compared to March and was down by 46.5 pe - Subscribe |
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© Irish Examiner |
19 May '20 |
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Families reveal how mortgage draw downs being refused if in receipt of Covid 19 wage subsidy
A number of prospective home buyers across the country with loan or mortgage approval from different banks have spoken of their fears of losing substantial deposits or of losing their dream home if th - Subscribe |
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© The Irish Times |
11 May '20 |
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An Post mortgage plans delayed by Covid-19 crisis
The Republic has among the highest home-loan rates in Europe, mainly as a result of the nation’s lenders being required, as a legacy of the arrears crisis of the past decade, to hold much more capit - Subscribe |
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© Irish Independent |
07 May '20 |
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Buyers' deposits put at risk by banks' new lending checks, warn lawyers
Prospective homebuyers are being put at risk of losing their deposits due to problems which have arisen since Covid-19 lending checks were introduced by banks, the Law Society has warned. - Subscribe |
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© Business Post |
05 May '20 |
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‘Ultimately, nobody will pay anybody, and that’s the killer. Then everything stops'
Another problem has arisen where purchasers’ mortgage sanctions are lapsing because their homes aren’t being completed in time, due to builders being forced off-site.
“If people go back at th - Subscribe |
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