# mortgages - Tuesday 26 July, 2022
# Mortgage Drawdowns
# Mortgage Drawdowns
House hunters now have an average of €27,000 less to spend on a home compared to this time last year.
# mortgages - Thursday 9 June, 2022
# Catriona Carey
# Catriona Carey
Carey is listed as the sole director of Careysfort Asset Estates Ltd.
# mortgages - Tuesday 24 May, 2022
# Mortgages
# Mortgages
Median household income of first-time buyers increased from €71,000 to €77,000.
# mortgages - Wednesday 18 May, 2022
# Housing Crisis
# Housing Crisis
The Social Democrats are asking the government to scrap the subsidy for developers – Cian O’Callaghan explains why.
# mortgages - Sunday 10 April, 2022
# Generation Rent
# Generation Rent
Conor Brummell says young people in Ireland feel they’ve been forgotten by all on the political spectrum.
# mortgages - Wednesday 26 January, 2022
# Housing
# Housing
Mortgages drawn down in 2021 were worth a total of €10.5 billion, the highest value since 2008.
# mortgages - Thursday 16 December, 2021
# Housing
Grant schemes are under consideration for the buying and refurbishment of above shop units as well as vacant properties around the country, the housing minister tells Christina Finn. New regulations have been signed that will increase first-time buyers income ceiling for the local authority home-loans to €65,000 for single people. Minister says he's "frustrated with the pace" with the pace of progress in regulating short-term let platforms.
# mortgages - Tuesday 29 June, 2021
# Housing
# Housing
This represents a significant increase on the 1,879 mortgage approvals issued in May 2020, the BPFI said.
# mortgages - Monday 28 June, 2021
# Bank Of Mum And Dad
# Bank Of Mum And Dad
An overwhelming majority do not favour limits on the money people can receive from parents.
# mortgages - Thursday 24 June, 2021
# Housing Crisis
# Housing Crisis
The rules restrict the amount someone can borrow to 3.5 times their income, though there are exemptions.
# mortgages - Tuesday 1 June, 2021
# Mortgages
# Mortgages
4,362 mortgages were approved in April this year.
# mortgages - Thursday 29 April, 2021
# Housing Market
# Housing Market
Figures show overall mortgage drawdowns in Q1 were at their highest since 2009.
# mortgages - Sunday 28 March, 2021
# Property Ladder
As difficult as buying a home can be for couples, single people face an even bigger challenge Some people are 'priced out of 95% of houses in Dublin' 'The rampant greed of the Celtic Tiger cast a long and depressing shadow,' one buyer said
# mortgages - Tuesday 9 March, 2021
# Mortgages
# Mortgages
Buy-to-let investors now account for less than 1% of mortgages, compared to 20% in 2006, according to new figures.
# mortgages - Friday 26 February, 2021
# Property Ladder
# Property Ladder
That’s according to figures released by the Banking & Payments Federation Ireland today.
# mortgages - Friday 19 February, 2021
# Banking
# Banking
The bank will be wound down gradually over the next few years.
# mortgages - Thursday 18 February, 2021
# The Banks
# The Banks
A formal announcement is expected on Ulster Bank’s operations in the Republic of Ireland tomorrow.
# mortgages - Monday 1 February, 2021
# Mortgages
# Mortgages
Expert tips on putting yourself in pole position for mortgage approval, without a worry overload.
# mortgages - Tuesday 1 December, 2020
# Property Ladder
# Property Ladder
October was the busiest month for mortgage approvals since BPFI began collecting this data in 2011.
# mortgages - Tuesday 1 September, 2020
# In Trouble
# In Trouble
Pubs were given a six-month moratorium on their mortgages.
# mortgages - Saturday 8 August, 2020
# Mortgages
# Mortgages
Many on the wage subsidy scheme with mortgage approval have struggled to reach the drawdown stage.
# mortgages - Wednesday 8 July, 2020
# Mortgages
# Mortgages
Since March, nearly 80,000 mortgage-holders impacted by the pandemic have taken payment breaks.
# mortgages - Wednesday 1 July, 2020
# Awaiting Approval
# Awaiting Approval
The bank said that it may still refuse to allow a mortgage to be drawn down if it finds a customer is unable to meet repayments.
# mortgages - Tuesday 16 June, 2020
# Demand And Supply
# Demand And Supply
The study from the Banking & Payments Federation Ireland shows that new builds have been badly impacted.
# mortgages - Monday 15 June, 2020
# Wage Subsidy Scheme
# Wage Subsidy Scheme
Some applicants have been told by their bank they can’t draw down their mortgage if they’re in receipt of the wage subsidy scheme.
# mortgages - Thursday 4 June, 2020
# New Home
# New Home
In total, 2,200 mortgages were approved in April.
# mortgages - Monday 11 May, 2020
# Mortgages
# Mortgages
The government says that the banks have agreed that anyone availing of a mortgage break can now extend the loan term.
# mortgages - Wednesday 6 May, 2020
# Lending
# Lending
The figures offer an early indication of the impact of Covid-19 on lending.
# mortgages - Thursday 30 April, 2020
# Coronavirus
# Coronavirus
All of the country’s main banks are participating in the break.
# mortgages - Monday 20 April, 2020
# Bpfi
# Bpfi
Customers can be granted an extension in situations where their “circumstances have not materially changed”.
# mortgages - Tuesday 24 March, 2020
# Payment Breaks
# Payment Breaks
Banks are far busier but visits to branches have dropped significantly.
# mortgages - Wednesday 29 January, 2020
# Property Ladder
# Property Ladder
The 12,259 mortgages are valued at €2.7 billion.
# mortgages - Wednesday 24 July, 2019
# Approvals
# Approvals
New figures show there were 10,157 mortgages drawn down in the second quarter of the year.
# mortgages - Tuesday 9 July, 2019
# Homeoptions
# Homeoptions
Homeoptions is offering itself as an alternative to vulture funds and said it is already engaging with one bank in relation to a home loan portfolio.
# mortgages - Tuesday 2 July, 2019
# Mortgage Sale
# Mortgage Sale
90% of the loans due to be sold are family homes – about 3,200 accounts.
# mortgages - Tuesday 2 April, 2019
# Homeowners' Rights
# Homeowners' Rights
Sinn Féin’s No Consent, No Sale Bill aims to puts the code on a statutory footing.
# mortgages - Monday 25 March, 2019
# Mortgages
# Mortgages
People struggling to get mortgages and concerns about Brexit are affecting the market.
# mortgages - Tuesday 29 January, 2019
# Bpfi
# Bpfi
12,112 mortgages worth €2.6 billion were drawn down during the fourth quarter of 2018.
# mortgages - Tuesday 1 January, 2019
# Save Money
# Save Money
Lenders will now have to tell customers 60 days before their fixed term ends and let them know about new rates and other options.
# mortgages - Friday 28 December, 2018
# Sell Off
# Sell Off
Varadkar says he tried to remove split mortgage-holders from recent loan book sales but failed to do so.
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