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NAMA launch their 80:20 Deferred Payment Initiative

Industry News, Mortgages & Money, Property News, Property Picks, The First Time Buyer

The National Asset Management Agency (NAMA) has today launched its residential mortgage 80:20 Deferred Payment Initiative on a pilot basis. The initiative is one of a range of measures planned by the agency to facilitate first time buyers and other owner occupiers who wish to purchase…

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Martin calls on Taoiseach to get banks back lending again

Mortgages & Money, Property News

Fianna Fáil leader Micheál Martin has called on the Taoiseach Enda Kenny to bring in the heads of the main banks in a bid to get mortgage lending going again. Mr Martin said statistics from the Central Bank show that banks are not providing credit…

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More people opting to extend their homes, new data finds

Building, Home, Property News

People are opting to extend their homes rather than move house, new data from the first National Housing Construction Index has shown. The figures from link2plans.com, a website that tracks every planning application in the country, were released last night. It analyses planning applications, a…

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Demand for loans slows

Mortgages & Money

A survey on lending from the Central Bank shows that loan demand from both consumers and businesses continued to decline in the last three months of last year. The Central Bank's bank lending survey reveals that for the third quarter in a row, credit standards…

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NI housing market shows signs of improvement

Property News, The Overseas Investor

Northern Ireland's housing market is showing signs of improvement with the number of sales up and the rate of price decline slowing, a new survey suggests. The University of Ulster survey indicated that the number of sales in the third quarter of the year was…

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