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…
Gavin & Doherty Geosolutions (GDG), has announced plans to create up to 500 jobs. I expect hiring in this sector to gather pace as Ireland aims to be carbon neutral…
The widespread adoption of modern methods of construction will be key to solving the housing crisis as well as meeting many of the other challenges facing the industry. The Irish…
The planning process is now the greatest barrier to increasing housing output in 2023, topping cost concerns which were identified as the main obstacle to delivery in 2022. These are…
Construction companies registered strong employment growth during February even as the sector continued to contract, albeit at a slower rate, according to a report by BNP Paribas Real Estate Ireland.…
An Irish subsidiary of US crypto asset exchange Kraken has become the latest company to receive virtual asset service provider (VASP) authorisation from the Central Bank of Ireland, bringing it…
Ireland has introduced extra accountability rules for senior staff that are similar but not identical to those under the UK Senior Managers and Certification Regime, says Ian Duffy of Societe…
AIB on Thursday was the last of the remaining three Irish banks to take stock in trading updates of the huge benefits flowing their way from the exits of formidable…
