Irish mortgage market starts the year strongly

TheIrish mortgage market started the year strongly, new figures released today show, with the number of mortgages approved rising by nearly 41 per cent on the previous year as an easing of Central Bank lending rules and the Help-to-Buy scheme for first-time buyers took effect.

The data, released by Banking & Payments Federation Ireland, showed that 3,055 mortgages were approved per month, on average, in the quarter to the end of January, a ...