Ireland Financial News – Mortgages & Banking

All about Mortgages & Banking in Ireland

The latest figures from the Central Bank show that weakness in residential mortgage lending persisted in November.The Central Bank says that mortgage lending rose by just €96m in November. This compares with an average monthly increase of over €850m between January and September of this year. It also compares with an average monthly increase of almost €2bn at the height of the housing boom in 2006. The annual rate of increase in residential mortgages slowed to 6.7% last month from... read more »