Mortgage drawdowns continued to grow in the third quarter, but at the slower year-on-year rate of 1.4 per cent, according to the latest update from Banking & Payments Federation Ireland (BPFI). More…
The real estate lending market has been fluid for some years now, impacted by interest rate increases, post-pandemic behaviour changes, and an increase in non-bank lenders entering the market.…
Sixteen years after Ireland’s banks required bailouts that plunged the State into a financial crisis, lenders are finally getting around to dealing with one of the final loose ends from…
An interesting development opportunity at Herberton Road, Dublin 12, is coming to the market with full planning permission for the construction of 113 apartments, as well as commercial space. Savills…
Start Mortgages, the loan-servicing company owned by US private-equity giant Lone Star, has completed the transfer of €2 billion of mortgages that had been on its books to rival Mars…
Gareth Graham’s experience of the fallout from the last financial crisis sowed the seeds for the former property player’s new venture, Belfast Commercial Funding (BCF), which has stepped into a…
UK fintech Revolut is targeting a valuation exceeding $40 billion (€37 billion) in a share sale that would cement its status as Europe’s most valuable start-up, according to three people with knowledge…
Irish-founded fintech Stripe is understood to be weighing up the possibility of locating its new Dublin headquarter office at Wilton Park, the 53,885sq m (580,000sq ft) office campus being developed…
Construction activity expanded in March for the first time in nine months, the latest index for the sector from BNP Paribas Real Estate Ireland indicates. The index reading of 51.6…
Irish-linked renewables developer Source Galileo plans to develop commercial green hydrogen production here and in Britain with French group Lhyfe. Source Galileo and Lhyfe confirmed on Monday that they had signed a…
A new fund set up by the Government this year is hoped to ensure the same “stop-start” mistake made with the metro rail project for the Dublin area will not…
2023 Construction Industry Recap 🤔 🏗️ Key Trends Shaping the Construction Industry in Ireland for 2023. As we step into a new year, let’s delve into the shaping the construction…
Building materials company Kingspan has established a new accelerator backed by a €20 million venture fund to drive digital innovation in the construction industry. Covolve, which will be based at Kingspan’s global…
Some encouraging news as housing body expands construction programme to €2 billion over the coming year – it has secured fixed-price contracts with a number of leading developers and building…
