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02/09/2010 - House for sale, offers over €1 considered

For Sale: New four-bed bungalow. Private sale...

30/08/2010 - Pressure mounts on Lenihan to wind down Anglo as Greens waver

Pressure is mounting on the...

13/08/2010 - PRSI could be extended to 'unearned income' in budget

Government officials have been examining the option...

06/08/2010 - Mortgage rate hikes to reduce incomes by €1.5bn

MORTGAGE hikes imposed by lenders....

15/07/2010 - If property tax is off -- other taxes will be on

THE country's top think tank, the Economic...

05/07/2010 - Property prices continue to plunge

HOUSE prices across the country continued....

23/06/2010 - Households facing new property tax in Budget

A SELF-ASSESSED property tax is being seriously....

09/06/2010 - Ireland tops distressed properties market

More Irish estate agents expect more....

03/06/2010 - Houses sell for way above their guide prices

TWO houses in the greater Dublin area sold at auction yesterday...

15/05/2010 - Family evicted despite plea for mercy over unpaid rent

A FAMILY pleaded with housing bosses.....

30/04/2010 - Going, going ... house prices cut by 60pc

GOING, going... but they're not gone yet...

15/04/2010 - Luxury homes for €99,950 as receiver orders fire-sale

DOZENS of luxury homes are going back on the market....

09/04/2010 - Blow for homeowners as BoI to hike mortgage rate

BANK of Ireland will today reveal that it is increasing.....

02/04/2010 - 3,000 mortgages a month now being restructured

CLOSE to 3,000 mortgages a month....

20/03/2010 - NAMA to reduce number of developers it manages itself

NAMA, the toxic loans agency, is planning to slash the number....

09/03/2010 - PRTB Registrations to go on-line

The length of time taken to process..

06/03/2010 - Don't blame us for 170,000 house surplus, say builders

BUILDERS yesterday denied that too many houses went....

16/02/2010 - Mortgage lending at lowest level since records began

MORTGAGE lending plunged last year to the lowest level since...

27/01/2010 - Over 600 ghost estates stand as haunting legacy of crash

THE startling scale of Ireland's property crash is laid bare today.....

13/01/2010 - House prices drop by 30%

THE spectre of negative equity....

22/12/2009 - Report reveals mortgage problems

More than 26,000 mortgages are three months behind in payments...

09/12/2009 - Budget Update

17/11/2009 - Rise in interest rates 'off the radar screen' for now

AN increase in eurozone interest rates is no...

17/11/2009 - Rise in interest rates 'off the radar screen' for now

AN increase in eurozone interest rates is no...

05/11/2009 - Changes to Residential Tenancies Act

Michael Finneran T.D., Minister for Housing and.......

04/11/2009 - Fixed fine proposed over landlord deposits

LANDLORDS WILL face fixed fines of several thousands of euro...

02/11/2009 - NAMA ban on Anglo staff applying for redundancy Banking

Staff at Anglo Irish Bank who take up this week's offer...

27/10/2009 - ECB member says banks are taking same risks as before

European Central Bank Governing Council member...

14/10/2009 - Lenders piling on debt misery with mortgage arrears penalty

MORTGAGE lenders were accused of piling misery on...

02/10/2009 - 'Kid gloves' come off for some developers

ANGLO Irish has been cracking down on some developers...

23/09/2009 - Banks face crackdown by EU over hidden fees

THE European Commission yesterday condemned...

15/09/2009 - EBS says its loan transfers to NAMA could reach €1bn

EBS Building Society signalled yesterday it could...

07/09/2009 - The 'fat cat' landlord's lot is not a happy one

With rents slashed, demand low and a host of taxes...

01/09/2009 - Recession wipes €72,250 off value of the average home

HOUSE prices plunged another 1pc in July, bringing...

30/08/2009 - 'Builders to end up in social housing'

One of the country's most influential political...

26/08/2009 - Property owners warned to pay their €200 second-home tax

OWNERS of investment properties and second homes have...

21/08/2009 - New homes levy proposed but stamp duty will be phased out

THE Commission on Taxation has called for property taxes to be...

17/08/2009 - AIB leak came at a good time for both Government and bank

THE really interesting thing about leaks to media,,,

11/08/2009 - Supreme Court dismisses appeal by property developer Carroll

The Supreme Court has dismissed an appeal by property..

09/08/2009 - Sheehy leaves AIB in a sorry state

AIB chief Eugene Sheehy last week made his final..

05/08/2009 - New taxes on property, carbon and water charges expected

It is now expected that the report of The Commission on Taxation...

29/07/2009 - Property developer fights off High Court judgement

Property developer Liam Carroll, who is being personally...

23/07/2009 - Price cuts at Druids Glen

Druids Glen golf club estate: house prices...

21/07/2009 - Secret investors head off €1bn property crash

TWO white-knight investors have stepped in to avert..

15/07/2009 - Minister John Gormley has refused to cap the €200 levy

Minister John Gormley has refused to cap the €200 levy for owners of properties that are divided into flats or apartments....

13/07/2009 - Building slides again but outlook is positive

THE latest construction industry survey from...

08/07/2009 - Landlords and Agents Facing Double Registration Fees

Landlords now face a potential double registration charge...

07/07/2009 - House prices fall 20pc but owners still battling to sell

THE average asking price of a house in Ireland...

06/07/2009 - Trichet warns world leaders to co-operate or risk new crisis

EUROPEAN Central Bank leaders joined...

02/07/2009 - Interest rates at historic low but markets pricing in hike for 2010

EUROPEAN interest rates are at an historic low but...

01/07/2009 - First-time buyers can get the best value in 13 years

HOUSES for new buyers are the most affordable...

29/06/2009 - Price of homes 'to fall 23pc in two years'

HOUSE prices here will fall by 13pc this year and..

25/06/2009 - €200 tax to be enforced shortly

Yesterday Environment Minister John...

22/06/2009 - NAMA won't be given any 'super powers' to deal with borrowers

The National Asset Management Agency (NAMA), which is...

18/06/2009 - Top bank brings in mortgage rate rise

THE era of historically low interest rates is...

15/06/2009 - Investors now focused on protecting wealth

Irish investors have become more conservative....

10/06/2009 - Senior staff at Anglo struggling to repay loans worth millions

SOME senior staff at Anglo Irish Bank who borrowed,,,

05/06/2009 - Rate standstill prompts advice to fix home loans

BORROWERS were advised yesterday to lock in to...

02/06/2009 - Banks say 'no' to 80pc of requests for loans

BANKS and building societies are rejecting four out of five...

27/05/2009 - Ireland tops house price drop league with Dubai

Dubai recorded the most dramatic drop in house...

25/05/2009 - Let banks recoup some losses, IMF top expert tells NAMA

A top expert from the International Monetary Fund...

20/05/2009 - Bank accused of restricting mortgages with tough rules

THE country's biggest bank was last night accused...

18/05/2009 - Saying sorry is just the beginning for our troubled bankers

LAST week was the week three of the nation's...

14/05/2009 - Taxpayers foot €3.5bn bill for AIB 'mistakes'

TAXPAYERS pumped €3.5bn into Allied Irish Bank last night...

12/05/2009 - Worst of global recession may be over, say experts

THE worst of the global recession may be over...

11/05/2009 - Two-day wait for a new home pays off

IT wasn't like the heyday of the Celtic Tiger but..

07/05/2009 - ECB cuts rates to 1%

As was expected the European Central Bank have today..

07/05/2009 - ECB expected to cut rates again today

The European Central Bank could be set to reduce...

05/05/2009 - US housing sector boosted by sales figures

Pending sales of second-hand US homes rose..

01/05/2009 - Fury as thousands left in limbo by mix-up over mortgage relief

FINANCE Minister Brian Lenihan admitted yesterday...

29/04/2009 - Third of property loans at INBS under question

Almost a third of loss-making Irish Nationwide's €8.1bn...

27/04/2009 - ECB council member says 'moderate' cut in interest rates is likely

European Central Bank governing council member...

23/04/2009 - Lenders 'preying' on struggling homeowners by hiking rates

BANKS and building societies were accused...

20/04/2009 - THRESHOLD CALLS FOR POLITICAL CONSENSUS ON ISSUE OF UNRETURNED DEPOSITS

Threshold, the national housing organisation, has called........

17/04/2009 - New Legal Rights for Apartment Owners

People living in apartments have new rights after a judge made...

17/04/2009 - €243m net loss at Irish Nationwide after loans written off

Irish Nationwide plunged into a net loss of €243m...

16/04/2009 - ECB may limit further rate cuts despite pressure of falling prices

CONSUMER prices in the US posted their first annual..

14/04/2009 - Construction industry job losses soar to highest level

THE pace of construction job cuts soared...

09/04/2009 - Agency gets power to seize developers' land

DEVELOPERS who fail to make loan repayments...

07/04/2009 - Fixed rate borrowers now taking all the pain

FOR people locked into fixed-rate mortgages...

05/04/2009 - Property pick-up on the cards as prices cut

More than 50 apartments on offer at 1999 prices were sold...

02/04/2009 - ECB cuts interest rates by 0.25 percentage points

The European Central Bank has decided..

01/04/2009 - Interest rates to hit 1pc with emergency cut

HOMEOWNERS are in line for significant...

29/03/2009 - Anglo may pay lawsuit bills for FitzPatrick

State-owned Anglo Irish Bank may be liable for its disgraced..

25/03/2009 - Fingleton resists pressure from Government to quit

IRISH Nationwide boss Michael Fingleton...

22/03/2009 - 'Lower-end' house sales up as young buyers lured by price fall

First-time buyers are coming back to the housing market...

19/03/2009 - AIB's Sheehy had pay cut 45% to €1.15m last year

Allied Irish Banks (AIB) cut the pay of chief executive...

16/03/2009 - EBS’s executive pay structure was a factor in excessive lending

There was nothing in Alan Merriman’s CV to suggest...

11/03/2009 - Developers ordered to complete €6.5m land deal within 21 days

FOUR property developers have had judgments...

09/03/2009 - Hammered construction sector dealt another blow

Conditions in the Irish construction sector deteriorated...

05/03/2009 - The European Central Bank has announced another cut in interest rates today.

The bank has reduced its..

05/03/2009 - Watchdog's investigators descend on Nationwide

The Financial Regulator has sent a team of investigators...

03/03/2009 - BoI ups ante in first-time buyer battle with €1,000 cash offer

THE battle waged by banks and building societies...

01/03/2009 - Anglo ten in line for €100m in tax breaks

The members of the Anglo Irish Bank ‘golden circle’...

26/02/2009 - Going...going...gone! No bids, but home is snapped up

The first house to be auctioned in Dublin this year..

24/02/2009 - ECB tipped to cut base rate by 0.5pc next week

IT is "all systems go" for another cut in..

20/02/2009 - AIB says earnings to come in at half the level expected

Allied Irish Banks warned yesterday that...

17/02/2009 - Rents Fall 12% - Rental Supply Doubles

Rents fell by almost 12% in the past year..

16/02/2009 - Farce as just four apply for home loan

A CONTROVERSIAL Government plan to get first....

11/02/2009 - Pilot with link to Lynn got €8m off banks to buy houses

Banks and building societies loaned an Air Corps pilot...

09/02/2009 - Bank chief to take €1.5m drop in pay

BANK of Ireland chief executive Brian Goggin is set...

06/02/2009 - Fresh rate cut eases burden on homeowners

MORTGAGE holders are set to benefit from a welcome...

03/02/2009 - NEW Tax on Second Homes

NEW Tax on Second Homes..

03/02/2009 - ECB draws up guidelines for the use of 'bad banks'

The European Central Bank says it is drawing up "appropriate guidelines"...

30/01/2009 - €1,000 home tax 'needed' along with PAYE hikes

A €1,000 property tax on every home in the country is needed...

29/01/2009 - Banks push for an insurance plan as recapitalisation deal looms

Top executives at Allied Irish Banks and Bank of Ireland....

26/01/2009 - Increase in property levy proposed

Increase in property levy proposed..

26/01/2009 - First Active set to unveil merger with Ulster Bank

Staff at mortgage lender First Active are expected...

22/01/2009 - Property slump leaves 3,000 'affordable' homes unsold

THERE are 3,000 "affordable" homes lying empty...

20/01/2009 - Market's doubts send bank shares crashing

Allied Irish Banks (AIB) and Bank of Ireland (BoI) shares more than halved...

17/01/2009 - Anglo chief took out €122m secret loans

DISGRACED former Anglo Irish Bank chief Sean FitzPatrick borrowed a massive €122m

09/01/2009 - Too much paid for houses thanks to brokers' links to agents

MORTGAGE brokers were warned yesterday...

08/01/2009 - 'We have got to get real ... house prices are as low as they can go'

Developer Owen O'Callaghan believes that Irish house prices...

05/01/2009 - Euro falls on speculation ECB will lower rates

The euro fell for a second day against the dollar on speculation....

31/12/2008 - ECB chief Trichet hints at rate cut in January

EUROPEAN Central Bank president Jean-Claude Trichet..

24/12/2008 - New Year cheer as mortgage rates to fall

HOPES are growing of another half percentage point...

23/12/2008 - IL&P considers tapping €500m of state funds

Irish Life & Permanent yesterday highlighted it enjoys a...

19/12/2008 - Lenders increase mortgage profit margins as market 'rift' widens

MORTGAGE lenders have increased their profit margin....

18/12/2008 - ECB surprise as Weber sees rates going below 2pc

THE head of the German central bank appeared...

16/12/2008 - 'Big three' banks may still survive as separate firms

THE three big Irish banks....

14/12/2008 - Huge jump in claims for help with mortgage

THE number of homeowners turning to the State for help..

11/12/2008 - GE Money to stop offering mortgages in Ireland

GE Money has announced plans to stop offering...

09/12/2008 - ECB in 'wait and see' as Trichet talks tough

European Central Bank council member Ewald Nowotny...

08/12/2008 - Up to 1,300 Poles leaving Ireland every week

Up to 1,300 Polish immigrants are leaving Ireland...

04/12/2008 - ECB and BoE set to cut rates today in new bid to revive economies

BIG rate cuts are expected today from both the European Central Bank...

03/12/2008 - Anglo Irish Bank reports 37% fall in pretax profits

Anglo Irish Bank has reported a 37 per cent fall...

28/11/2008 - ECB cut on cards as household and business bank loans slow

BANK loans to households and companies...

26/11/2008 - OECD calls for further cuts in taxes and interest rates

The world’s largest economies need further interest-rate...

24/11/2008 - Pressure on to finalise Bank of Ireland deal

The US investment groups seeking to invest in Bank of Ireland...

21/11/2008 - IL&P in takeover talks with EBS management

Irish Life & Permanent is in preliminary takeover talks with EBS...

18/11/2008 - Pressure on Cowen to pump in bank cash

The Government is under intense pressure to pump billions...

16/11/2008 - New powers for Revenue to investigate landlords

The Revenue Commissioners are to receive major new powers...

11/11/2008 - Property investors lose out as lenders fail to pass on ECB rate cuts

A NUMBER of lenders have decided not to pass on interest rate...

07/11/2008 - Mortgage bills to fall by €400 a month

HOMEOWNERS will enjoy a reduction of up to €400 a month...