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• Is it time for the Central Bank to change its rules so house hunters have a shot?

  18th August 2021

  COULD A CHANGE TO RULES PUSH UP HOUSE PRICES? The Central Bank’s lending rules – which prevent first-time buyers from borrowing more than three-and-a-half times […]

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• Michael Dowling: Benefits of fixing your mortgage for the very long term

  18th August 2021

  My advice for first-time buyers is to take out long-term fixed rates for 20 years or more. There is something of a revolution going on […]

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• Mark Keenan: Spare a thought this Father’s Day for the separated dads trapped in a soul-destroying housing limbo

  21st June 2021

  A joke I’ve heard more than once from separated dads goes as follows: If two gay men get divorced in Ireland, who gets the house? […]

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• Spanish bank to shake up mortgage market here with 30-year fixed-rate loans

  21st June 2021

  Spanish-owned mortgage provider Avant Money has upped the ante on its rivals by offering a range of new long-term fixed rates. The provider is the […]

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• The real problem is ministers don’t actually believe there is a housing crisis

  10th May 2021

  If the Government can’t come up with a radical housing solution, the Coalition parties will find themselves redundant. It is telling that what lit a […]

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• Calls for cashback mortgages probe before State uses money to back Ulster Bank loans sale

  28th April 2021

  The Government has placed its State-owned Permanent TSB as well as AIB, which owns the EBS mortgage lender, in the lead positions to buy large […]

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