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# first time buyers

Last year
2023
The average age for first-time buyer mortgages reaches 35
17 Nov 2023
14.8k
Housing Minister to seek Cabinet approval to extend Local Authority loans to derelict properties
14 Nov 2023
14.8k
22
Almost 700 homes delivered under the government's First Home Scheme this year
13 Oct 2023
9.4k
25
Government says price potential increases always considered as First Home scheme is extended
19 Sep 2023
18.3k
25
Just under 500 homes delivered in year one of the government's First Home Scheme
19 Jul 2023
15.5k
46
All time
Taoiseach on who pays for the concrete levy: 'It's industry or the taxpayer. Make up your mind'
Updated 4 Oct 2022
39.8k
79
Government's €400 million shared equity scheme for first-time buyers now open for applications
7 Jul 2022
23.9k
16
Almost €1.3 billion in mortgage approvals made last November, new figures show
12 Jan 2022
6.8k
9
Average deposit for first-time buyers exceeded €52,000 in first half of 2021
7 Dec 2021
27.9k
60
Central Bank gives green light to shared equity scheme but warns it could increase house prices
Updated 25 Nov 2021
23.5k
31
Labour lights a fire under housing minister: 'Reintroduce your own Bill on cuckoo funds or we will'
Updated 5 May 2021
35.6k
64
Investment funds buying whole estates is 'undesirable' and the government needs to act, says Leo Varadkar
5 May 2021
26.3k
67
'Relationship status should not define your ability to own a home, but it does'
28 Mar 2021
91.0k
103
'We couldn't wait another year': Three couples who bought first homes in 2020 share their journeys
15 Dec 2020
5.3k
1
Opinion: Our Central Bank mortgage lending rules are vital guards against booms and busts
Vasileios Madouros
8 Dec 2020
12.1k
66
Which house types will be popular with first-time buyers in the coming year?
7 Dec 2020
4.3k
0
Which areas are popular with first-time buyers right now?
30 Nov 2020
4.8k
0
Location, location, location: How to jump-start your home search by finding a place you love
19 Nov 2020
2.4k
2
First-time buyers made up most of the 12,000 mortgages drawn down in last quarter of 2019
29 Jan 2020
9.5k
7
Increase in first-time buyers moving to Dublin commuter belt
5 Dec 2019
23.2k
28
Central Bank keeps 10% minimum deposit rule for first time buyers for 2020
4 Dec 2019
19.8k
56
First-time buyers in Dublin are now spending an average of €375,000 for a home
13 Nov 2019
16.3k
20
Will the help-to-buy scheme be extended or scrapped? Minister won't rule it in or out until Budget 2020
16 Jul 2019
17.0k
20
Government planned to spend €200m on mortgage scheme in 3 years. It paid out €50m in just 3 months
15 Jun 2019
26.0k
58
'Cuckoo funds' shutting out first-time buyers and operating tax-free need urgent review, says FF
9 Apr 2019
20.3k
39
Murphy insists funding for first-time-buyer loan scheme 'has not run out'
6 Mar 2019
15.6k
39
First-time-buyer loan scheme requires 'further tranche of funding' to continue
4 Mar 2019
30.8k
23
Help-to-buy scheme has cost more than originally anticipated
29 Dec 2017
13.4k
28
Over 500 home-buyers have got the maximum €20,000 Help-to-Buy relief
23 Dec 2017
9.4k
3
7 costly mortgage mistakes to avoid as a first-time buyer
4 Oct 2017
3.5k
0
Cost of new Dublin properties up €39,000 compared to last year
2 Oct 2017
18.2k
16
'We need the Help to Buy scheme. It boosts supply and helps first-time buyers purchase new homes'
Tom Parlon
14 Jul 2017
3.3k
58
More than 120 people have already applied for the first-time buyer scheme which kicked in today
3 Jan 2017
43.9k
55
5 trends coming down the tracks in the 2017 property market
31 Dec 2016
58.4k
48
AIB says 14 people lost their homes because of high tracker mortgage rates
24 Nov 2016
17.7k
53
Smaller deposits and help-to-buy scheme won't 'over-egg' property market - Governor
24 Nov 2016
11.3k
31
It's taking up to a third of a working couple’s income to pay the mortgage on their first home
18 Nov 2016
12.9k
28
Coveney: Change to first-time-buyer scheme is 'sensible' but €600k threshold remains
20 Oct 2016
15.4k
36
'It's fundamentally flawed': Sinn Féin hits out at revised first-time buyers scheme
19 Oct 2016
13.0k
36
Buyers are snapping up new homes in the town once dubbed Ireland's first ghost town
17 Oct 2016
78.8k
59
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