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…
The Land Development Agency, the State body charged with delivering affordable homes and social housing on public land, is to begin a programme of purchasing privately owned sites that can…
Cairn Homes said on Tuesday it expects its full-year operating profit to rise to between €105 million and €110 million, as increased home sales offset the effect of inflation on…
Approved housing bodies (AHBs) have drawn down €304m from the State’s Housing Finance Agency (HFA) since the start of the year. The HFA provides loan finance to local authorities, approved…
Top executives at AIB had good reason to hope that Minister for Finance Michael McGrath would lift the €500,000 pay cap at the bank once the State’s stake fell below…
Ireland and Luxembourg have intensified calls for tougher global rules on shadow banks in a bid to curb the risk of further financial turmoil erupting from a sector that spans…
Positive projections for the construction industry in this recent Irish Times article – “STEADY” seems to be the consensus amongst most people I speak to but steady for the next…
More than half of workers believe their senior managers are out of touch with the views of their staff, a survey has found. The latest Global Work Trend Index from…
