The proportion of Irish home buyers opting for fixed-rate mortgage contracts has fallen, possibly in anticipation of further interest rate cuts. The Central Bank’s latest retail...
:quality(70)/cloudfront-eu-central-1.images.arcpublishing.com/irishtimes/HDCJKVIOWVCJZEU6LCK4TS6T34.jpg "From stay and spend to the domicile levy, some budget blunders for Jack Chambers to avoid")
He’s barely been in the job a wet week but, already, newly appointed Minister for Finance Jack Chambers has to start thinking about October’s budget. And...
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Is it better to own your own home or rent? Those reliant on the vagaries of today’s rental market, where tenure can be unsecured, landlords can...
:quality(70)/cloudfront-eu-central-1.images.arcpublishing.com/irishtimes/C4B4YAIKQFHQZOAVYFE36O6HFA.jpg "Pay off your credit card, invest in your pension – here’s what you can do with your monthly mortage savings")
Pummeled by 10 rate hikes over the past two years, tracker mortgage holders deserve to splash out on a takeaway following the European Central Bank’s (ECB)...
WANNABE homeowners may find that their job affects their chances of getting a super-long mortgage. Brokers have said that professions such as firefighters, police officers, and...
WANNABE homeowners may find that their job affects their chances of getting a super-long mortgage. Brokers have said that professions such as firefighters, police officers, and...
Among junior officers, 14.5pc of those aged 50-54 stopped work in 2021, the second-highest share of any job cohort in the country. Firefighters have a normal...
:quality(70)/cloudfront-eu-central-1.images.arcpublishing.com/irishtimes/UW6LCDYT4VEEVGPA5TWERTYRT4.jpg "Mortgage rules spark war of words between Central Bank and ESRI")
A war of words has broken out between the Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI) and Central Bank governor Gabriel Makhlouf over the bank’s move to...
:quality(70)/cloudfront-eu-central-1.images.arcpublishing.com/irishtimes/K4RB2KC2F5BI5OPGY2YCXVCGRE.jpg "ECB rate move welcomed but across the board rate cuts are unlikely")
Tracker mortgage holders will immediately benefit from the 0.25 per cent cut in interest rates announced by the European Central Bank (ECB) this afternoon. However borrowers...
:quality(70)/cloudfront-eu-central-1.images.arcpublishing.com/irishtimes/GUGVXBO32Q6C25J3QMEM5EMMBI.jpg "Interest rates will remain high, even as the ECB starts cutting")
Interest rates are – finally – coming down, with the European Central Bank (ECB) set to start out today on the long road to reductions after...
The average contract interest rate for 30-year fixed-rate mortgages with conforming loan balances ($766,550 or less) increased to 7.07% from 7.05%, with points rising to 0.65...
:quality(70)/cloudfront-eu-central-1.images.arcpublishing.com/irishtimes/4OPDHISS2JGVZCZYCJCVYNGJ3Q.jpg "Irish mortgages start-up Nua to go live with initial brokers within weeks")
Nua Money, a mortgages start-up backed by the Allen beef barons of Wexford, has secured a licence from the Central Bank and plans to start offering...