03/11/2026
𝘈 𝘵𝘰𝘵𝘢𝘭 𝘰𝘧 14,217 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘨𝘢𝘨𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘷𝘢𝘭𝘶𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘢𝘭𝘮𝘰𝘴𝘵 €4.6 𝘣𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘥𝘳𝘢𝘸𝘯 𝘥𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘣𝘺 𝘣𝘰𝘳𝘳𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘩𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘑𝘶𝘭𝘺, 𝘈𝘶𝘨𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘚𝘦𝘱𝘵𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘳. 𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘴 𝘢 13% 𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘷𝘰𝘭𝘶𝘮𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘰𝘥 𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘵 𝘺𝘦𝘢𝘳.
𝗠𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗴𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝗱𝗿𝗮𝘄𝗱𝗼𝘄𝗻𝘀 𝗯𝘆 𝗙𝗧𝗕 𝗵𝗶𝘁 𝗵𝗶𝗴𝗵𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗹𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗹 𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝟮𝟬𝟬𝟴
Mortgage drawdowns by first-time buyers are at the highest level since 2008, according to the mortgage drawdowns figures released by the Banking and Payment Federation Ireland.