WORTH SWITCHING ? Q. Ulster Bank have just announced new low 4 year fixed mortgage rates – 3.29% IF your loan to value is 60% or less. Our 25 year current loan ( € 297K ) is about 59% of the current value ( fortunately bought it only 3 years ago ) but the current...
As expected, VHI is set to enter the life insurance market. This move has been widely anticipated since VHI received its authorisation from the Central Bank last July. The new product will be underwritten by Zurich Insurance and VHI which has a database of upwards of...
Dublin City Council plans to offer some of its tenants the opportunity to buy out their homes. As many as 10,000 tenants could be able to buy their homes at substantial discounts to the market values. Previous schemes offered discounts based on the tenant’s incomes...
The Irish mortgage market could be in for a severe shaking up if a prospective new lender receives Central Bank approval. It is being rumoured that Frank Money, founded by former Danske Bank executive Colin Cunningham, is aiming to have mortgage rates of 2.8pc –...
TRANSFERRING A UK PENSION TO IRELAND Q. I have a UK pension worth over £200,000 from my 24 years employment there. Since coming back to Ireland 15 years ago, I never thought about it until I received a letter telling me that I can now draw this down. I shall be 66...
DO I QUALIFY FOR FULL STATE PENSION ? Q. I am trying to find out if I will qualify for a full State pension. I started working at the age of 17 in July 1977 paying full contributions until April 1993. I then moved to the US – but moved back to Ireland in April...
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