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Affordability still at historically low levels
Oscar Wilde’s former street named the most expensive in England
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UK house prices rise at fastest pace in 15 years
Sector boosted by low mortgage rates and limited supply
UK house prices jump as market strength persists
Survey shows strong momentum in market despite partial withdrawal of tax breaks
Surge in European house prices stokes concerns over market resilience
Financiers worry that fallout from pandemic will catch up with soaring valuations
Coronavirus: Lloyds to reopen Belfast call centre ‘as soon as possible’
Staff asked to self-isolate or work from home after employee diagnosed with Covid-19
Lloyds Bank to cut chief António Horta-Osório’s pay by £220,000
Group will also spend £20m for pay rises for other staff
Will Norwegian’s Irish exit lead to higher transatlantic airfares?
With demand at unprecedented levels, prices could rise for those flying to North America
UK house price growth weakest in more than four years - Halifax
Households feel pinch of inflation which is rising faster than wages
Credit card rewards are back – but are they any good?
Earning a cashback every time you use your card is welcome - but don’t expect outsize rewards
Nova Scotia: Canada’s wild Irish-flavoured playground
Spectacularly scenic peninsula the size of Ireland has a nature trail for every mood
Watford offer initial £8m for Brentford striker Scott Hogan
Republic of Ireland qualified player also on West Ham’s radar in transfer window
Canada: Climate and distances
Flight times to Ireland and temperatures vary hugely in the world’s second-largest country
UK house price inflation hits 10-month high, survey finds
Average UK house price stood at £196,930 last month — 4.8 per cent higher than year earlier
UK house price growth ‘slows’ in November
Prices still supported by shortage of properties for sale on the market
Diverted Turkish Airlines flight given all clear in Canada
No explosives found on plane diverted from New York-Istanbul route after bomb threat
Careless lending at HBOS Irish division led to highest losses
Report notes the Irish banking market relied on informal connections
Belgian suspect behind Paris attacks may have died in siege
At least two dead, eight arrested after police swat teams raid Saint-Denis building
Two Air France flights bound for Paris from the US are diverted
‘Bomb scare’ on Flight 55 from Washington on Boeing Co 777-300 aircraft
Builder faces €3m bill after losing VAT appeal
Vieira Ltd entered licence agreements which effectively removed houses from VAT net
Lloyds sale a safe bet, for Osborne at least
Hyped privatisation will secure votes of thousands of grateful investors
Ex-Archbishop says woman was 20 when they first had sex
Burke says he paid €176,000 to Nigerian woman at RTÉ Mission to Prey High Court case
Guerrilla gardening in Yorkshire reclaims the streets – in a nutrious way
Incredible Edible Todmorde are part of a global gardening revolution
UK house prices dipped in May, sees upward pressure
But year-on-year rate of growth was at its highest since December
Young UK renters are giving up on ever buying a home
Problem is particularly acute in London survey shows, where 82% of 20 to 45-year-olds say they will never be able to buy a property
Police in Canada say they have foiled mass shooting plot
Man and woman planned a Valentine’s Day massacre at Halifax shopping centre
Certus to offload office space in Dublin, Limerick and Cork
Entire floor of landmark St Stephen’s Green block now available to rent
UK spy base GCHQ tapped Irish internet cables
Snowden documents reveal how British intelligence target Irish internet traffic
Certus seeks 195 redundancies following loss of loan servicing contracts
Irish loan specialist to close offices in Belfast, Cork and Limerick as Lloyds sells off more loans
Lloyds abandons promise on branches as it announces loss of further 9000 jobs
Branches scheduled for closure represent almost 10 per cent of retail network
Lloyds sells 4,000 Irish mortgages to Lone Star
Deal could see US fund move into mortgage lending following its acquisition of Start Mortgages
Ireland squad announced for Rugby League World Cup
France are the national side’s first opponents at Tallaght stadium tomorrow week
BOE policymakers break rank over interest rates
Two MPC members vote for rate rise breaking three year unanimity
Dundalk has got back its business groove
Initiatives to bring jobs and investment to Dundalk have had some success in recent years
UK house prices record strongest monthly rise since 2002
Demand, supported by strengthening recovery, sees prices jump by 3.9% in just one month
Certus looks to cut 225 jobs from loan servicing business
Reduction in legacy BoS(I) business will see offices in Galway, Waterford and Sligo close
Icon acquires US clinical trial designer for $143.5 million
Aptiv Solutions executes adaptive clinical trials for pharmaceutical and biotech customers
UK house prices see ‘fastest growth in five years’
But Halifax surveys conflicts with data last week that indicated house prices were slowing
UK house prices now rising at fastest rate in three months
Halifax also reports that one measure of affordability has deteriorated to its weakest since crash
Lloyds runs up £10 billion bill for mis-selling insurance
Despite spiralling costs, British bank forecast small profit in full-year results due out later this month
UK property market could go “scalding hot”
Bank of England economist says recovery in housing market is down to improved availability of credit
Lloyds bank fined record £28 million
UK financial regulator uncovered serious failings in bank’s bonus schemes
AIB and Bank of Ireland will have 70 per cent of market, says Fianna Fáil
Minister for Finance confident of new market entrants after withdrawal of ACC and Danske Bank
Opposition demands action to protect bank customers
Concerns that AIB and Bank of Ireland will use dominant position to drive up costs
Concerns that UK is fueling property market
New programme allows people to buy home with deposit of just 5%
Five years on, sale of shares in Lloyds marks key step in UK banking recovery
Osborne hails sale of 6% stake as a sign that UK economy has turned a corner
As the world’s financial system swooned, the Irish taoiseach crooned
As panic rippled across the Atlantic in September 2008, Irish politicians and officials scrambled to contain the domestic crisis
Lloyds take £330m hit on cut-price sale of insurance arm
Lender agree to sell Heidelberger Leben to buyout group Cinven and German insurer Hannover Re
Northern Ireland’s house prices languish in the doldrums
Belfast Briefing: A housing charity is struggling to cope with a record demand from local people for mortgage debt advice
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