04 Oct

There are two main types of mortgage rates in the Irish market, a fixed mortgage rate and a variable mortgage rate. Lenders have focuse...

20 Sep

Last year of the people approved for a mortgage about half of those are first-time buyers. The slowing in the numbers approved for a ho...

17 Apr

Belgian-based KBC has become the latest lender to announce its intent to leave the Irish market. The announcement came on the morning o...

21 Apr

There are ten mortgage lenders in Ireland. AIB, Bank of Ireland, EBS, Finance Ireland, Haven, ICS/Dilosk, KBC, PTsb, Ulster Bank and Cr...

26 Mar

Below is a list of numbers for the banks where you can speak to representatives who will be able to assist you with any concerns you ha...

19 Aug

The Central Bank rules on curtailing mortgage lending have had an interesting effect, first is that we are seeing more loans draw down ...

17 Jul

This week on 'Talking Money' Karl Deeter and Jill Kerby were discussing 'switching' with Cormac on RTE's Drivetime. It was coincidental...

12 Jan

We have commented several times since last year that the trend for mortgage rates in 2015 will be to see them drop. With spreads of c. ...

09 Sep

For a while we have seen competition starting to heat up a little in the mortgage market. Several moves recently have started to demons...

15 Jan

There has been an absence of competition in the switching market for some time. AIB don't even do them while others try to avoid switch...

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