Conall Mac Coille

Smart Money: are we seeing a temporary slowing in mortgage borrowing or something more fundamental?

Rising rents set to push more to buy - even as prices continue to rise

Also this week, Davy’s upbeat economic forecasts

Also in this episode: Trump’s tax reforms and the latest exchequer returns

Banks will soon exhaust unrestricted mortgage limit, acting as a drag on prices, Davy says

Sterling hits eight-year low, but most are predicting currency will begin slow recovery

Expert warnings and market dysfunction are fueling concerns about the property market

Conservative victory was best case scenario for most, says State Street

The Central Bank’s chief economist says a ‘Phoenix miracle’ is under way in the the economy, but few seem to be feeling the benefit

Also in the news: housing, jobs, and tracker mortgages

Irish brokers divided over whether change in Government’s finances temporary

New surveys show a sharp pick-up in house prices in the first three months of the year

The more prices accelerate ahead of incomes, the more difficult it is for the average younger buyer to get on the first rung of the property ladder

Sinn Féin’s Pearse Doherty calls for help-to-buy scheme to be scrapped

Davy revises up its GDP forecast as indicators point to stronger-than-expected growth

Renewed weakness of pound in advance of Theresa May speech seen to be short-lived

Davy stockbrokers cites help-to-buy scheme and loosening of lending rules as key drivers

Governor Philip Lane will need to offset inflation caused by Government’s help-to-buy plan

Latest CSO numbers suggest annual rate of growth is now at lowest level for three years

Myhome survey shows buyers want increased supply not short-term measures

Ronan Lyons says tax relief for those struggle to buy property will only increase prices

Government also struggling with housing crisis despite growth in construction

Sharp slowdown in output from Irish factories as statistical distortions unwind

Irish underlying growth was more likely 6% last year than official 26% figure, Davy says

Prices rise 1.1% in capital, but increase 10.2% outside Dublin in year to June, says report

European banking stocks suffer worst two-day fall on record

Davy economist sees exporters eventually pushing through price increases

Irish banks earn second highest margins on new mortgage lending in euro zone, ECB figures show

Fianna Fail’s mortgage bill will ‘stymie competition and ill-serve consumers’ stockbroker says

Ireland has an emergency and the new Minister for Housing is promising a powerful response. What’s at stake?

The stakes are so huge for Ireland’s economy we cannot afford to stand quietly by

Irish Property Price Register shows housing market transactions up 8 per cent since 2014

Figures show significant growth in homeowners switching to avoid high variable rates

A total of 7,292 loans were drawn down by borrowers from July to September

More than 2,700 mortgages approved per month in the three months to the end of July

Stockbroking firm says Ireland ‘probably the fastest growing economy in the Eurozone’

Government may hit deficit target with €1bn budget and not €2bn envisaged

Cantillon: figures suggest Government’s forecasts are overly optimistic

Government called upon to develop Help to Build scheme rather than a Help to Buy one

Long-term unemployment still ‘acute’ with 45.8% signing on for more than a year