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Mortgage approvals hit new high in July
- Personal Finance
- August 29, 2019, 06:00
Mortgage approvals topped €1 billion in July, according to new figures from the lenders industry group. It is the first time since the Banking and Pa(...)

What’s causing flight of Ireland’s buy-to-let landlords?
- Financial Services
- May 28, 2019, 06:00
Despite rising rents, there has long been talk of landlords deserting the rental sector in their droves. Even the Government’s cap in so-called pres(...)

Merkel and Varadkar brainstorm as May’s Brexit struggles continue
- Business
- January 4, 2019, 17:00
It was straight back down to business for German chancellor Angela Merkel this week as she requested a phone call with Taoiseach Leo Varadkar to try a(...)

Mortgage approvals rose almost 15% in August
- Financial Services
- September 27, 2017, 07:12
The number of mortgages approved in August rose by almost 15 per cent compared with the same month last year, new figures from the Banking and Payment(...)

Mortgage approvals rise by 45% in May in value terms
- Economy
- June 29, 2017, 07:34
The number of mortgages approved rose by over a third in May compared to the same month a year earlier, new figures show Data from Banking and Paymen(...)

Mortgage approvals up by more than 30% in last three months
- Economy
- December 22, 2016, 07:40
Almost 3,400 mortgages were approved in the three months to the end of November, up 30.8 per cent versus the same period a year earlier. New figures (...)
Property market shows slow recovery
- Irish News
- August 12, 2016, 00:02
Since the onset of the financial crisis, the housing market has struggled to overcome weak demand, poor supply and tight lending restrictions on borro(...)

Fall in mortgage approvals and drawdowns for first-time buyers
- Economy
- February 4, 2016, 08:50
Tougher Central Bank lending restrictions continued to impact on the property market during the last three months of 2015 with the number of mortgages(...)

Cantillon: Return of the remortgage – we approve
- Financial Services
- October 10, 2015, 01:00
Remember the remortgage? As the economy noisily boomed all those years ago, so did the notion of switching your home loan to take advantage of lower (...)

Ireland could add 5,000 jobs in FinTech by 2020, says Deloitte
- Financial Services
- March 22, 2015, 21:09
Some 5,000 jobs could be created in Ireland in the “fintech” industry over the next five years, according to an analysis by professional services firm(...)