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Interest rate cuts welcomed but more is needed

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The New Year brought about some welcome news for those looking to buy a home this year when both Bank of Ireland and Permanent TSB announced they would be lowering some of their mortgage interest rates. In PTSB’s case, cuts of up to 0.42% in…

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Banks cut their mortgage interest rates

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Earlier this week two of the country’s biggest lenders announced plans to cut its mortgage rates. Permanent TSB led the way when it said it will reduce its interest on variable interest-rate mortgages for new customers by between 0.36pc and 0.42pc. Bank of Ireland later…

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Another ECB rate cut on the cards

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The European Central Bank is preparing a package of policy options for its June meeting, including cuts in all its interest rates and targeted measures aimed at boosting lending to small and mid-sized firms (SMEs). According to Reuters news agency, five people familiar with the measures being…

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ECB leaves interest rates unchanged

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The European Central Bank yesterday agreed to leave interest rates unchanged. There had been some speculation that another rate cut could be on the cards but they have opted against this for at least another month. The current interest rate stands at a record low…

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ECB leave interest rates unchanged

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The European Central Bank left rates unchanged at their first meeting of the year yesterday with president Mario Draghi saying he expects interest rates to stay low for an extended period. The ECB’s governing council, convening in Frankfurt for the first policy-setting meeting of 2014,…

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Another ECB rate cut could be on the way

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Another ECB rate cut could be on the cards after a set of figures showed inflation falling to a record low. The governors of the Central Banks of the 18 member countries will meet tomorrow, with another interest rate cut likely to dominate the agenda.…

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Interest rates expected to remain low as big returns are predicted for Irish property this year

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Financial analysts expect the Irish economy to continue to outperform the rest of the euro zone with property expected to deliver the best returns this year, according to a study. The Market Sentiment survey of members of Chartered Financial Analysts (CFA) Ireland showed that 80…

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Latest ECB rate cut is good news… but not for everyone

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Yesterday the European Central Bank announced that it was cutting its main interest rate to a new low of 0.25%, leaving around 400,000 tracker mortgage holders celebrating an early Christmas present. The ECB’s decision to cut their rate for the fifth time in the last…

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ECB leaves interest rate unchanged

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There was good news for tracker mortgage holders today as the ECB announced it was leaving its interest rate unchanged. The current rate of 0.5% is at an historic low and automatically affects those on tracker mortgages whenever it rises or falls. Every time the…

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ECB leave interest rates unchanged

General, Home, Mortgages & Money, Property News

The European Central Bank has left its interest rate unchanged today, as had been expected. In July the ECB said it would keep rates at current or lower levels for an “extended period”. Their move today means that rates remain at a record low of…

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