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Mortgage Switch Savings Could Reach €3,400 A Year

September 16, 2019 By Lee

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Thousands of homeowners are needlessly overpaying their banks because of their failure to switch mortgage lender.

Consumers ‘becoming more aware’: Mortgage switching expert Martina Hennessy, managing director of Doddl.ie. Charlie Weston  Irish Times

Thousands of homeowners are needlessly overpaying their banks because of their failure to switch mortgage lender. The cost to the average mortgage holder has now reached €3,400 a year – a rise of almost €900 since a year ago.

The Irish Independent Mortgage Switcher Index calculated the potential savings, based on the spread between the highest and lowest interest rate on the market. It found that the gap between the current available rates has grown to 2.2pc.
Over a month, this amounts to a saving of €281 for the average home mortgage, according to the index produced by switching platform Doddl.ie.

There is a golden opportunity to switch as homeowners have risen out of negative equity, so common during the recession, while Central Bank rules have made switching easier. Some banks are even offering cash lump sums to switchers.

Switching rates has increased lately but many homeowners are still reluctant to move their mortgage to a different lender.
Some are unaware they can switch, with others fearful something will go wrong.
But experts said the reluctance to switch was costing homeowners dearly.

The Mortgage Switcher Index highlights the huge difference between the lowest and highest interest rates on the market.
Variable rates as high as 4.5pc are being charged to homeowners, but rates as low as 2.3pc are available.
Discounted mortgage rates have been ignored by the experts who compiled the index.
The managing director of Doddl.ie, Martina Hennessy, said a typical homeowner on a 25-year mortgage is paying €1,335 a month.
This same homeowner could cut their monthly repayments to €1,054 by switching. This would give an annual saving of €3,372 a year – which is about the same as the average monthly salary for an Irish worker.
For a family with a larger mortgage of €300,000, annual savings of €4,200 can be made.

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The rate of mortgage switching has more than trebled in the past four years, Ms Hennessy said. But she added that thousands more homeowners could benefit from making the move.
She said just 5pc of mortgage loans at the end of 2015 were switched. This had jumped to 14pc at the end of last year.
“Consumers are becoming more aware that switching can save them money, mainly thanks to Central Bank requirements on lenders to make mortgage switching easier,” said Ms Hennessy.
She added that property values have increased. This means loan-to-value ratios have gone down, also making it easier to switch.

Many lenders have tiered rates, with lower interest charged for those with lower loan to values. And many banks provide a lump sum amount to help defray the cost of the switching, such as conveyancing fees. The banks call these switcher packs.
“These switcher packages range from value €1,650 to up to 3pc of the mortgage amount outstanding back in cash. “The easier it becomes to switch, the more people will realise that they are not tied to one financial institution if there are better rates on the market,” Ms Hennessy said.

The launch of the new switching index comes at a time when banks are continuing to cut their mortgage rates. Permanent TSB became the latest to give borrowers a break. It has reduced its fixed rates for new customers and those switching to it.
Ulster Bank this month reduced some of its mortgage rates, ICS Mortgages launched into the residential market, with some of the lowest rates, and KBC last month cut its rates.
It comes as the European Central Bank piled pressure on banks in the eurozone to lend more to homebuyers after it reduced the interest rate it pays banks that deposit money with it.
This is a way to force banks to lend more, instead of depositing money with the ECB.

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Dublin Property Price Increase Slowing Mid 2018

June 28, 2018 By Lee

Over the past 6 months or so we have noticed a weakening in house price growth especially second hand homes. The number of new house builds coming on stream has finally begun to kick in, giving home buyers more options and, as we all know, supply effects pricing.

Dublin property prices rose by just 1% in the second quarter this year and while they are still rising, it is still a healthy sign that the overheating is going out of the market.

Economist Marian Finnegan’s research (Irish Times, 28th June 2018) showed that new home sales went up a strong 41% in the first quarter of 2018 over the same period 2017.

The Letting market unfortunately has not seen increased supply as yet and rents are still exorbitantly high.

Caden Grimes Estates is licensed with the PSRA (001883) for the Selling and Letting of property.  info@CGestates.ie 

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