Cars and home improvements drive personal lending to record €2.9bn
Consumers shrug off cost-of-living and trade concerns
Brian Hayes
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Big men are back in fashion on the edge of the square, but they are different specimens now
First-time buyer mortgage drawdowns back to Celtic Tiger levels
A total of 9,437 new mortgages to the value of just over €3bn were drawn down during the period
Irish banks call on Europe to relax financial crash-era rules so they can lend more
Regulations have ‘significantly increased amount and quality of capital banks must hold’
Banks urge Government to set up household saving accounts to help firms needing capital
Savers should be offered ‘straightforward and tax-efficient’ way to invest over long term
BPFI report paints bleak picture of housing starts in Irish market
Little prospect of increasing number of homes built unless wave of construction starts next year
Mortgages approvals hit highest level in three years
First-time buyers account for 60 per cent of all approvals in October while loans for movers tumble again
Sole borrowers make up nearly two-thirds of apartment mortgages
More than a third of first-time buyer home loans in Dublin were taken out by those borrowing on their own
Finance sector urges Central Bank to stop ‘gold-plating’ EU rules and be given competition mandate
This is likely to be strongly resisted by the regulator
One in five Irish consumers seeking a house to rent or buy
Banking and Payments Federation Ireland says figures illustrate high level of demand in Irish housing market
Average mortgage approval value hit new record of €319k in April
Home loans valued at €1.5bn approved in April, says BPFI
Personal loan activity jumps to new record in 2024
Consumers borrowed to fund car purchases, home improvements and holidays as inflation and interest rates fell
Average cost of second-hand Dublin homes approaches €600,000
Estate agent DNG’s price gauge points to annual inflation rate of 9.6%
Banks join regulator estimating Government will miss housing targets
Banking and Payments Federation Ireland cites inefficiencies in critical infrastructure
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