In a recent blog post we spoke about how there were signs of life in the mortgage market with AIB, BOI and PTSB coming out and promising to increase lending for the year. Both AIB and Bank of Ireland spoke of doubling their figure to approx € 2 billion each for 2013 and even PTSB who… Read More
Mortgage Applications
Getting a mortgage: 5 key issues for bank acceptance
In the wake of news that PermanentTSB have increased their mortgage lending fund to €450m in 2013, recently released figures from Bank of Ireland also provide some grounds for optimism. Bank of Ireland lent over €1bn in mortgages last year with a surging 65% increase on lending in last half of the year compared to… Read More
Do Google property search trends suggest sentiment shift?
It’s no secret that we in Ireland are obsessed with property and the number of Google searches per month on property-related terms bear this out. But can Google tell us which way the market is going? If one had a crystal ball to help us predict the future trends of the property market, one would… Read More
