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The Mortgage Market – What to Expect in 2025

The Mortgage Market - What to Expect in 2025 2024 saw lots of change in the mortgage market with reduced rates, new lenders and huge demand seeing mortgage approval figures at a record high. What can we expect in 2025? Interest rates – After two years of upward...

Your 2025 Mortgage Guide: What Every Applicant Needs to Know

Applying for a mortgage in 2025 - Here's what you need to know - The Irish mortgage market is constantly changing. Over the past year, we’ve seen mortgage rates climb and then start to fall, alongside the arrival of two new lenders, bringing the total number of...

How to Finance Green Home Improvements

Greening your home: Is it worth it? As part of the Governments Climate Action Policy, the National Residential Retrofit Plan aims to achieve the equivalent of 500,000 homes retrofitted to a Building Energy Rating of B2 by end-2030. To support this plan there are...

What is the Help to Buy Scheme and How do I Apply?

What is the Help to Buy Scheme? The Help to Buy scheme has supported over 50,000 homeowners in buying a new build home or building a home. Budget 2025 extended the scheme to 2029 but the terms of the scheme remain the same - The help to buy scheme is available to...

Mortgage Interest Rates – What to Expect in 2025

It is always really difficult to predict interest rate movements, we have seen how the unexpected (Covid and Wars) can hugely impact interest rates but after two years of rate increases through 2022 and 2023, 2024 brought some welcome rate reductions. So what's next...

How to Finance Home Renovations – Turning your first home into your forever home

Turning Your First Home Into Your Dream Home: Financing Home Renovations  Whether you’ve just purchased your first home or are actively house-hunting, chances are you’ve noticed a trend: finding the perfect, move-in-ready home is no easy feat. 66% of first-time buyers...
Is a fixed rate mortgage a good idea?

Is a fixed rate mortgage a good idea?

80% of new mortgages were drawn down on fixed rates last year. Fixed rates are lower than variable rates which is one of the reasons they are so popular right  now but also mortgage holders value the security of knowing what their repayments will be and having a set monthly repayment.

doddl mortgages featured nationwide

doddl mortgages featured nationwide

The Q1 Irish Independent doddl mortgages switching index featured nationwide highlighting how you could SAVE over €12,000 for only 6 hrs of your time!⁠ ⁠

Employment Wage Subsidy Scheme

Employment Wage Subsidy Scheme

It is not always clear if your employer is availing of the EWSS (Employment Wage Subsidy Scheme) subsidy unlike the TWSS (Temporary Wage Subsidy Scheme) last year that was on your payslip, the EWSS isn’t.

Busy week for mortgage switching at doddl

Busy week for mortgage switching at doddl

Everyone should be looking at their rate and term at regular intervals to see if they can save by reducing interest rates either with their existing lender or by switching mortgage provider.

Ulster Bank Confirms Exit From Irish Market

Ulster Bank Confirms Exit From Irish Market

After 160 years servicing Irish customers Ulster Bank have today announced that they are exiting the Irish market. This is not great news for the consumer as Ulster Bank were a key player in the Irish market.

Costs to take out a mortgage

Costs to take out a mortgage

Martina Hennessy, MD of Doddl.ie discusses deposit requirements for first and second time buyers plus other transaction costs to consider in order to complete out on the purchase.

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