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Housing

Slowdown in mortgage lending for first time in seven years as level of switching drops sharply

Many people recently locked in fixed interest rates in response to a recent surge in borrowing costs
  • Paul O'Donoghue
  • March 24, 2023
Housing

Housing completions expected to drop to 27,000 this year

Last week Leo Varadkar said 40,000 properties need to be delivered annually to meet demand
  • Paul O'Donoghue
  • March 14, 2023
Consumer

Irish bank customers warned of scams with ‘minimum investments’ of €20,000

The Banking & Payments Federation Ireland said many fraudsters use the names and branding of well-recognised firms
  • Emmet Ryan
  • March 10, 2023
Mortgages

Rate of mortgage approvals jumps to record high

The value of mortgages for property purchases increased by 10 per cent year-on-year
  • Emmet Ryan
  • February 28, 2023
Housing

Jump in home improvement loans given out to property owners

The value of loans to upgrade properties surpassed finance for cars for the first time
  • Paul O'Donoghue
  • February 9, 2023
Banking

Mortgage drawdowns increased to €14bn last year, the highest level since 2008

Mortgage market grew to its highest level in over a decade, according to new figures from the Banking & Payments Federation of Ireland (BPFI)
  • Lorcan Allen
  • February 1, 2023
Banking

Jim O’Keeffe appointed president of Banking & Payments Federation

O’Keeffe has held key roles in AIB’s retail customer relationships, overseeing the bank’s digital services, branch banking and group mortgages
  • Ellie Donnelly
  • January 23, 2023
Banking

New mortgage approvals rise to €15bn as customers seek new deals amid rising interest rates

Figures from the Banking and Payments Federation Ireland showed a 17% increase in new mortgage approvals in 2022 versus the year before
  • Donal MacNamee
  • January 13, 2023
Housing

Banking group says house prices will continue to rise despite overvaluation warnings

BPFI says structural issues will keep demand for property high
  • Paul O'Donoghue
  • December 6, 2022

Strong growth in mortgage approvals in February

The number of mortgages approved rose by 7.5 per cent month-on-month
  • Cónal Thomas
  • March 29, 2022

First-time buyers needed average deposit of €52,000 in first half of 2021

Rising house prices are driving deposit amounts, according to the Banking and Payments Federation Ireland
  • Cónal Thomas
  • December 7, 2021

‘Change to corporate tax rate will not impact vast majority of firms in Ireland’

Country should sign up to OECD tax deal rather than be seen as an ‘outlier,’ according to PwC tax partner
  • Sarah Taaffe-Maguire
  • September 28, 2021

BPFI paper reveals Irish banks’ hostility to new global trading regulations

A new position paper from the Banking and Payments Federation of Ireland shows that the banks argued the rules would require them to hold far more capital than their global peers, limiting their ability to lend
  • Peter O'Dwyer
  • September 12, 2021

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