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FIRST-TIME BUYERS look set to face stricter criteria in securing mortgages. The Central Bank said yesterday it is to impose stringent rules on banks that fail to have adequate lending practices in place.

In a report on the first-time buyer mortgage policies of Irish banks and building societies published yesterday, the Central Bank lists five measures that may be undertaken in the event that a bank is found to have inadequate safeguards in place.