Out of office: Funding approved to build 2,477 new homes and IMF predicts 6% global growth

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Home Building Finance Ireland (HBFI), the government initiative set up to fund the delivery of new homes in Ireland, published its latest performance update and noted that loan approvals amounted to €539 million by the end of the first half of this year, representing a 36 per cent increase on the €395 million total approvals at the end of last year. HBFI said that by the end of June 2021, it had approved funding for ...