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Irish variable mortgage holders facing higher repayments after highest ever rate increase

The European Central Bank has raised its key interest rates by a record 75 basis points this afternoon and has signaled that further hikes are on the way. The interest rate hikes will increase repayments for over 400,000 tracker and variable ...

08 Sept 2022 at 15:35

National News

Varadkar urges Irish banks to raise savings rates after ECB interest rate hike

The Taoiseach has called on Irish banks to increase savings rates in response to the latest interest rate hike across the eurozone. Leo Varadkar said the 0.5% rise announced by the European Central Bank (ECB) on Thursday was not unexpected, ...

16 Mar 2023 at 21:29

National News

Mortgage interest rate cap should be introduced to curb rising rates - Labour

A cap on mortgage interest rates is needed to help homeowners facing an expected interest rate hike on Thursday on top of a deepening cost of living crisis, according to the Labour party. Any potential rise in European Central Bank (ECB) ...

20 Jul 2022 at 15:39

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Revealed: Over €2.7 billion to be saved nationwide by switching mortgage

Over 180,000 households nationwide stand to save over €15,000 each by switching their mortgage. New analysis by moneysherpa.ie, the Irish personal finance website, has broken down how much could be saved county by county. Savings have ...

02 Jun 2022 at 11:23

National News

Falling interest rates and new builds may bring rising house prices to an end

Falling interest rates coupled with high rates of construction may bring a decade-long trend of rapidly rising housing prices to an end, it has been claimed. Ronan Lyons, an associate professor in Economics at Trinity College Dublin, ...

26 Mar 2024 at 00:01

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Almost half of mortgage holders did not compare offers – survey

Almost half of mortgage holders did not not compare offers despite differences in interest payments, according to research by the Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI). The think tank’s Behavioural Research Unit (BRU) found ...

04 Apr 2023 at 00:01

National News

Homeowners urged to act now to avoid mortgage repayment hikes

Mortgage holders on either variable or fixed rates with less than two years to run need to act now to avoid challenging repayment hikes, experts have warned. They say people rolling out of historic low fixed-term contracts in the ...

05 Sept 2022 at 10:00

National News

ECB interest rate increase set to hit Irish mortgage holders

Mortgage holders will be bracing themselves for higher costs after the European Central Bank announced a change in policy that is set to see higher repayments for those with variable and tracker rates. The European Central Bank ...

09 Jun 2022 at 17:58

National News

Soaring house prices could see thousands get lower mortgage rates

Soaring house prices in the past two years mean thousands of recent homebuyers are unexpectedly eligible for lower mortgage rates, it has been claimed. More than 90,000 homeowners drew down mortgages in the three years from ...

07 Feb 2022 at 12:02

National News

Ireland has second highest mortgage interest rate in Europe

Ireland has the second highest mortgage interest rates in Europe, second only to Greece. New figures from the Central Bank show that rates here were double those in the rest of the currency zone in August. In August the ...

13 Oct 2021 at 17:47

National News

Shock for mortgage holders as ECB interest rates rise is double what was expected

Hundreds of thousands of mortgage holders will pay a higher monthly rate after the European Central Bank raised its key lending rate today by double what was expected. It had been anticipated that rates would increase ...

21 Jul 2022 at 15:39

National News

Ireland has highest mortgage interest rates in EU

Ireland has the highest mortgage interest rates in the euro zone, new figures from the Central Bank show. The average interest rate on new Irish mortgage agreements stood at 2.69% in December, compared to euro area ...

09 Feb 2022 at 17:57

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