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Double success for MyHome.ie at Digital Media Awards

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MyHome.ie and Mediaworks enjoyed a successful night at the Accenture Digital Media Awards in Dublin last Thursday after picking up two awards for their KBC Virtual Viewings campaign. MyHome.ie won Gold in the ‘Best Use of Interactive/Digital Media’ and Bronze in ‘Best Collaboration between Agency &…

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KBC Bank Ireland to make an additional €100 million available for mortgages in 2017

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KBC Bank Ireland are set to make an additional €100 million available for new mortgages this year. The bank’s chief executive Wim Verbraeken confirmed the news to ‘Inside Business’, a podcast from The Irish Times. If the plans go about this would bring KBC Bank…

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Consumer sentiment falls to its lowest level in almost two years

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Consumer sentiment has fallen to its lowest level in almost two years, according to a new survey by KBC Bank Ireland and the ESRI. Sentiment fell slightly in December, adding to declines seen throughout the year. The falls reflected a mood of unease amongst consumers…

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Consumer sentiment fell to lowest level since February 2015 in October

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Consumer sentiment weakened in October on the back of consumers' disappointment that the economic recovery has not delivered more in terms of improving living standards for them. The KBC Bank Ireland/ESRI consumer sentiment index fell to 97.3 in October from 102 in September - its…

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KBC Bank Ireland cuts mortgage interest rates

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KBC Bank Ireland has cut is variable and fixed mortgage interest rates by between 0.1% and 0.6%. The new rates will apply to both new and existing customers and will see some paying as little as 2.9%. Existing customers will be able to get the…

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KBC Bank Ireland to host Mortgage Lounge event in the Mansion House this Thursday

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Nearly two-thirds of first-time buyers are unclear about how the mortgage process works according to new research from KBC Bank Ireland. To deal with this issue, KBC is inviting first-time buyers from around the country to the bank’s first ever national Mortgage Lounge event on…

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KBC to cut variable mortgage interest rates from December

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KBC Bank Ireland are set to cut their variable mortgage interest rates for new and existing customers. When the bank announced a rate cut last month, only customers taking out a mortgage for the first time benefited. Now the bank is to cut its variable…

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KBC Bank set to allow people to switch their mortgages to it

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Mortgage lender KBC Bank is set to become the first bank in five years to allow people to move their mortgage to it. According to today’s Irish Independent, the Belgian-owned bank will pay €1,000 towards the legal costs of homeowners moving their mortgage and pay…

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Lenders given until June to put mortgage debt solution in place for 75% of those in arrears

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The Central Bank has given the country's main lenders until next June to put in place mortgage debt solutions for 75 per cent of customers more than 90 days in arrears. The new targets, agreed in conjunction with the EU-IMF troika, also stipulate the number…

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