Easing of mortgage borrowing rules for first-time buyers and ongoing Government supports are underpinning prices, says report Mon Jul 10 2023 – 05:00 Asking prices for Irish homes picked up in the three months to the end of June following three quarter-on-quarter declines in a row, as the market showed signs of stabilising even as interest rates continued to climb, according to MyHome.ie. The average asking price for a home increased by 4.3 per cent in […]
If you are struggling to understand any of the current Government schemes, or you are not sure which of these you can avail of, the link below is an excellent way of getting your head around the information. https://www.gov.ie/en/publication/5568b-housing-for-all-available-supports/ Housing for All – Available Supports, explains in detail how you can benefit from using these schemes to purchase your home. If you would like to have a chat about any of the schemes available, please […]
Two State schemes are proving to be a massive boon for home buyers. The Help-To-Buy refund and the shared-equity First Home Scheme are helping the squeezed middle who are caught paying sky-high rents to get their own homes. How first-time buyers are using a combination of two schemes to reduce what they have to borrow by up to €100,000 Share this video But there is criticism that the schemes are boosting the prices of new […]
Property industry says prices will continue to grow as higher interest rates send global markets into reverse The property industry here insists on Irish exceptionalism. Because of the mismatch between supply and demand, they insist the drag from higher interest rates won’t be enough to trigger a reversal in prices, like the ones we’re seeing in the UK, the United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand (the list goes on). In other words, the pressure on […]
The level of mortgage drawdowns is now at its highest since the boomtime of the Celtic Tiger era. Close to 53,000 mortgages were drawn down last year, with a value of more than €14bn, according to the Banking and Payments Federation Ireland (BPFI). This is the highest number and value of mortgage drawdowns since 2008, the peak of the boom that ended in a property price crash. The number of new mortgages is up 21pc […]
Bank of Ireland said today it will increase interest rates for a number of mortgage and deposit products. It said this follows increases of 2.5% in European Central Bank rates since July of last year. The bank has announced a 0.75% increase for fixed rates on new mortgages – effective from today. It also announced a 0.5% increase for the fixed rates available to existing mortgage customers. This includes customers who are coming to the […]
The main banks here say they will all be passing today’s ECB interest rate hike on to tracker mortgage customers, but variable and fixed rate borrowers will be spared for now. There are around 200,000 tracker mortgages remaining in the country, while there are 130,000 people whose loans are on variable rates. In a statement, Bank of Ireland said its tracker rates will increase by the 0.5% announced by the ECB at lunchtime. “For most customers, this […]
THE European Central Bank announced another hike in its key interest rates in a move that will pile more pain on those with trackers and variable rates. The move is expected to hit those whose mortgages have been sold to vulture funds hardest as they are stuck on variable rates that are the highest in the country. The main refinancing rate of the European Central Bank (ECB), which is directly linked to the interest rate […]
