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Having a large deposit can significantly help your chances of getting a house

Don’t pay a big deposit? Then you’ll just pay more…

People are fixated with property prices, the wide coverage of the CSO property price index is in clear contrast to how little people track bank mortgage rate changes (although we are also fixated on ECB interest rate changes). The cost of something is different than the price of something, sadly we tend to look at [...]

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The ECB this afternoon cut its interest rate by 0.25%

ECB cuts interest rate to 0.75%

As expected, the governing council of the European Central Bank has this afternoon cut their interest rate by a quarter of a percentage point to a new record low of 0.75%. The decision is likely to save tracker mortgage holders with a €300,000 mortgage around €45 a month. Ulster Bank are the first of the [...]

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Deputy Ciaran Lynch TD

Labour TD insists NAMA scheme will give people the confidence to buy again

Labour Party spokesperson on housing Ciaran Lynch has welcomed NAMA’s new 80:20 Deferred Payment Initiative, which insulates first time buyers from the threat of negative equity by up to 20%. Speaking on the new scheme, which was unveiled yesterday, Deputy Lynch said: “For too long too much focus has been on the acquiring of property [...]

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NAMA

NAMA launch their 80:20 Deferred Payment Initiative

The National Asset Management Agency (NAMA) has today launched its residential mortgage 80:20 Deferred Payment Initiative on a pilot basis. The initiative is one of a range of measures planned by the agency to facilitate first time buyers and other owner occupiers who wish to purchase a home and encourage activity in the housing market. The [...]

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Half of all first time buyers hope to buy in the next 12 months

Half of all first time buyers hope to buy in next 12 months

Three out of four first-time buyers say they have enough money to pay a deposit on a home – and half say they plan to buy a property in the next 12 months, according to a new survey from MyHome.ie. It also found that one-third of first-time buyers already have mortgage approval. However, like homeowners quizzed [...]

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