Mortgages

Borrowing power can be boosted in various ways, including pitching for an exception and using Child Benefit

Account offers initial annual interest rate of 2 per cent

Mortgages in default and debt from Covid pandemic among borrowings set to be sold at steep discount

About 3.5 per cent of private-dwelling home mortgage accounts were in arrears over 90 days

Total of 4,536 mortgages were approved in August, with first-time buyers approved for almost two thirds

Property professionals give their views on demand, Government schemes and housing completions

New Central Bank lending limits will treble what credit unions can offer in home loans with €5bn funding available

Many rush to take out policy with their lender, unaware they are free to seek better-value cover elsewhere

New Central Bank rules will see many credit union stalwarts forced to stand down next year, and volunteers will be needed to replace them

Options are very limited for homeowners looking to roll over home loans in retirement

Markets downgrade chance of another interest rate cut in wake of comments from ECB president Christine Lagarde

Milestone surpassed even as number of loans issued in the 12 months to June drops 4.7% compared with previous year

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FTBs accounted for a record €1.1 billion of mortgage approvals in July

Sinn Fein spokesman assails AIB over tracker mortgages

The value of car loans has reached a record €259 million in the first quarter of the year amid ‘strong demand’

Long-awaited reforms increase sector’s lending capacity by more than 340% to €9.9bn

Over 85% of Irish household savings still sitting in demand deposit accounts offering an average 0.13% interest per year, Central Bank says

The median Irish home price rose €32,000 or 9.5 per cent in the past year

Getting the wrong mortgage can be costly for first-time buyers. Here’s how to avoid the common pitfalls

Mortgage market players need to offer more ways to allow once distressed borrowers to clear their mortgage debt

Programme for Government aims to require mortgage protection companies to disregard cancer diagnoses seven years after treatment, although doctors give ‘all-clear’ after five years

Under new Bill, assets seized by Criminal Assets Bureau can be disposed of after two years instead of five

Amid changes in ECB interest rates, homeowners have continued to move away from tracker mortgages

Value of approvals rose 17.8 per cent in May compared with year earlier

Mortgage drawdowns by this cohort exceeded €7.8bn last year, the highest since 2006

Total credit union loan book now stands at €6.08 billion, which is its highest point since 2008

Substantial decline in numbers officially working across the Border from where they live since Brexit, conference is told

Irish mortgage interest rates are, on average, the fifth highest across the 19 states in the euro zone

The temptation is to think that delaying the closing of the sale suits all sides but that might not be how it works out

From mortgage rates to negotiating, homebuyers' agent Miriam Finn on the A to Z of buying your first home

The eighth ECB rate reduction had been widely expected

ECB cuts deposit rate to 2% to leave it at half of level a year ago

Household deposits recorded a net flow of more than €1.7 billion in the month

Equity release: who is offering such loans, how do they work and what are the factors you need to consider?

Quicker decisions and competitive rates for those not in market for green loans among the features now available

From moving back home for 2½ years to saving for seven years for a deposit, two women had to show huge perseverance before buying their first homes. Now they’re putting their own decorative stamp on the places they call their own

Ireland’s newest mortgage lender reduces some rates by nearly 1 per cent

Lender lowers forecasts for Irish economy

While AIB’s rate cuts are welcome, they don’t move the dial when compared with existing variable equivalents at the same lender