Doherty welcomes PTSB rate cut
Sinn Féin finance spokesperson Pearse Doherty has welcomed yesterday’s announcement by Permanent TSB that they are to cut their variable mortgage rate by 0.5% from May 14th onwards. The Donegal-based...
View ArticleBank of Ireland increase variable mortgage rate
Bank of Ireland and its subsidiary ICS Building Society have confirmed that they will be increasing their variable mortgage rates for owner occupiers and buy to let customers by 0.5% a year. Customers...
View ArticleAIB increases mortgage rates by 0.5%
AIB will increase its variable mortgages rate by half a percentage point from 3.5% to 4% from Tuesday November 13th. This is the second rate rise by the bank in as many months and will add around €30 a...
View ArticleGilmore refuses to intervene in AIB rate increase
Tánaiste Éamon Gilmore has rejected opposition calls for the Government to intervene in AIB’s decision to raise mortgage interest rates. AIB announced earlier this week that it was adding 0.4...
View ArticleLocal authorities to cut variable mortgage rate by 0.2%
The variable mortgage interest rate for homeowners with loans from local authorities is being cut by 0.2 per cent. The move, which follows a decision by the board of the Housing Finance Agency (HFA) to...
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