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Mortgage Lending has Started again!!! KBC Mortgages have recently confirmed that they have confirmed that they are actively seeking opportunities to lend to first time buyers and people looking to switch lenders in the Irish mortgage market. In exciting news to the Irish mortgage market, KBC see that there will be an increase in lending in the near future and want to establish a lead in the market. Kevin Keane of Keane Finance Brokers see this as a timely boost to the crippled mortgage market. “This is a boost to the first time buyer in Ireland as it is very difficult to obtain any level of funding in Ireland today. It has come to a stage where people are put off applying for mortgages as there seems to be nobody lending”. However, KBC see … Read entire article »

Bank of Scotland 750 jobs are to go at Bank of Scotland (Ireland) Limited after an announcement today. The majority of the jobs are to go in the retail branches of Halifax. This follows on from the acquisition of the ESB retail offices in 2005 which was always a strange decision. As a former employee of BOSI this is not good news to hear as I know some people affected, who were colleagues of mine in the past. Halifax People with current accounts/ credit cards and deposits with Halifax will have allegedly until May to move accounts. Details will follow by means of letter to Halifax customers in coming weeks. If you are a Bank of Scotland customer and have commercial loans that you would like to discuss with somebody contact us directly. Kevin Keane … Read entire article »

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permanent tsb/ ESRI House Price Index – end of year figures   *           Average national house prices down 18.5% in 2009 *           Average national prices now at April 2003 levels *           31.5% decrease since peak in February 2007 Dublin V Rest of Country   Dublin house prices fell by 4.3% in December while there was a reduction of 2.5% for houses outside Dublin.  In November the relative price changes were -0.4% and -2.6%.  In 2009 House prices were reduced by 20.6% and 15.3% in Dublin and Outside Dublin respectively.  The equivalent rates in 2008 were reductions of 11.7% and 10.2% respectively. The average price for a house in Dublin and outside Dublin in December 2009 was EUR 278,767 and EUR 189,643 respectively. The equivalent prices in December 2008 were EUR 351,096 and EUR 223,984. Editors Notes The permanent tsb … Read entire article »