# first-time-buyers - Wednesday 12 January, 2022
# Mortgage Approvals
# Mortgage Approvals
First Time Buyers accounted for more than half of the €1.28 billion of mortgages which were approved last November.
# first-time-buyers - Tuesday 7 December, 2021
# Bpfi
# Bpfi
Mover-purchases had to pay €135,000 for a deposit in the same period.
# first-time-buyers - Thursday 25 November, 2021
# First Time Buyers
# First Time Buyers
The Central Bank has left its mortgage rules unchanged.
# first-time-buyers - Wednesday 5 May, 2021
Labour housing spokesperson Rebecca Moynihan said in a video this afternoon that she will re-introduce his Bill “word for word”.
# Cuckoo Funds
# Cuckoo Funds
Housing Minister Darragh O’Brien says a Bill he introduced in 2019 on the issue is “still valid”.
# first-time-buyers - Sunday 28 March, 2021
# Property Ladder
As difficult as buying a home can be for couples, single people face an even bigger challenge Some people are 'priced out of 95% of houses in Dublin' 'The rampant greed of the Celtic Tiger cast a long and depressing shadow,' one buyer said
# first-time-buyers - Tuesday 15 December, 2020
# Ftb
# Ftb
This year was anything but normal – so how did first-time buyers get on?
# first-time-buyers - Tuesday 8 December, 2020
# Finances
# Finances
Vasileios Madouros of the Central Bank says the 2015 lending regulations have helped us brace against the Covid-19 shock.
# first-time-buyers - Monday 7 December, 2020
New homes specialist Riona McCaughey gives her take on what will be popular in the market in 2021.
# first-time-buyers - Monday 30 November, 2020
# Location Location Location
# Location Location Location
Buyers are increasingly looking in new areas, says Ivan Gaine of Sherry Fitzgerald.
# first-time-buyers - Thursday 19 November, 2020
# Ftb
# Ftb
Expert advice on narrowing your hunt to the area that’s right for you.
# first-time-buyers - Wednesday 29 January, 2020
# Property Ladder
# Property Ladder
The 12,259 mortgages are valued at €2.7 billion.
# first-time-buyers - Thursday 5 December, 2019
# Priced Out
# Priced Out
One economist warned that this increased activity will put pressure on the infrastructural needs in these areas.
# first-time-buyers - Wednesday 4 December, 2019
# First Time Buyers
# First Time Buyers
The Central Bank’s governor Gabriel Makhlouf said that the current rules are working.
# first-time-buyers - Wednesday 13 November, 2019
# Property Ladder
# Property Ladder
Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown in Dublin had the highest average house price for first-time buyers, costing €520,000.
# first-time-buyers - Tuesday 16 July, 2019
Minister for Finance Paschal Donohoe said the scheme has played a ‘valuable role’.
# first-time-buyers - Saturday 15 June, 2019
# First Time Buyers
# First Time Buyers
New figures show that almost €50 million was paid out as part of the Rebuilding Ireland Home Loan scheme in the first three months of this year.
# first-time-buyers - Tuesday 9 April, 2019
# Housing
# Housing
Corporate investors known as so-called ‘cuckoo funds’ have spent over €1.1 billion on nearly 3,000 residential properties in Ireland last year
# first-time-buyers - Wednesday 6 March, 2019
# First Time Buyers
# First Time Buyers
Concerns had been that funds for the government’s Rebuilding Ireland Home Loan Scheme have run out.
# first-time-buyers - Monday 4 March, 2019
# Housing
# Housing
A first-time-buyer can apply for a home loan to purchase a new or second-hand property, or to build their own home under the scheme.
# first-time-buyers - Friday 29 December, 2017
Originally the scheme was estimated to cost the Exchequer €50m.
# first-time-buyers - Saturday 23 December, 2017
# First Time Buyers
# First Time Buyers
Around €62 million has been paid to developers under the scheme.
# first-time-buyers - Wednesday 4 October, 2017
# Buyer Beware
# Buyer Beware
Finding your dream home is only the beginning, says financial advisor Karl Deeter.
# first-time-buyers - Monday 2 October, 2017
# Housing Crisis
# Housing Crisis
According to the MyHome.ie Q3 Property Report, increases will continue into 2018.
# first-time-buyers - Friday 14 July, 2017
# Opinion
# Opinion
The scheme is under review before the benefits of the scheme have had the time to come to fruition, writes Tom Parlon.
# first-time-buyers - Tuesday 3 January, 2017
# First-Timers
# First-Timers
First-time buyers can apply for a tax rebate of up to €20,000 from today
# first-time-buyers - Saturday 31 December, 2016
# Preview 2017
# Preview 2017
Economist Ronan Lyons gives us his take on what to expect.
# first-time-buyers - Thursday 24 November, 2016
# Bernard Byrne
# Bernard Byrne
The first-time buyers grant and communication with customers in rural Ireland was also discussed in committee.
# House Prices
# House Prices
The Central Bank says that the market ‘isn’t at risk of overheating’.
# first-time-buyers - Friday 18 November, 2016
# First Time Buyers
# First Time Buyers
The least affordable area for first-time buyers is Dun Laoghaire Rathdown in Dublin, while the most affordable county is Roscommon.
# first-time-buyers - Thursday 20 October, 2016
# Property Ladder
# Property Ladder
The government has been forced to change one of its key budget proposals on foot of concerns raised by the Central Bank.
# first-time-buyers - Wednesday 19 October, 2016
# First Time Buyers
# First Time Buyers
Under new rules,first-time buyers will receive a grant if their mortgage is 70% of the value of their home.
# first-time-buyers - Monday 17 October, 2016
# Going Going Gone
# Going Going Gone
The first phase of a 177 new home development in Adamstown was launched this weekend.
# first-time-buyers - Thursday 13 October, 2016
# Budget 2017
# Budget 2017
The housing minister says first-time buyers are ‘locked out’ of the market.
# first-time-buyers - Wednesday 14 September, 2016
# Helping Hand
# Helping Hand
Housing Minister Simon Coveney says it will come in the form of a tax rebate.
# first-time-buyers - Sunday 11 September, 2016
# Your Say
# Your Say
The Department of Finance thinks it’s a good idea.
# first-time-buyers - Thursday 1 September, 2016
# Penny Pinching
# Penny Pinching
New research shows first-time buyers will rely on a family contribution for a deposit.
# first-time-buyers - Wednesday 20 July, 2016
# Your Say
# Your Say
Plans to tackle the housing crisis include a scheme to help first-time buyers.
# first-time-buyers - Tuesday 19 July, 2016
# October's News Today
# October's News Today
A new help-to-buy scheme due to be announced on Budget Day will be backdated to today.
# first-time-buyers - Tuesday 7 June, 2016
# Your Say
# Your Say
The average age of first-time home buyers is now 34.
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