Tag Archives: ECB Interest Rates

What have you done with your ECB interest rate windfall of up to €8000 in two years?

At the end of February last, the ECB announced that they were leaving interest rates at their historical low of 1%. I [...]

Should I fix my mortgage rate now?

ECB interest rates have dropped to a historic low of 1% as of this week. Anyone on a tracker or variable rate [...]

Mortgage rate drops again – where’s your extra cash?

This week saw the ECB rate drop again. Falling by 0.25%, it’s now at its lowest level ever at 1% only. If [...]

“People with variable rate mortgages have no right to rate cuts”

I’m a big fan of the writings of Karl Deeter on the Irish Mortgage Brokers Blog. His coverage of the many differing [...]

My bank wants to charge me to leave fixed rate mortgage

This e-mail came through to the ValueIreland.com inbox recently – pretty topical given some of the recent posts. I think it’s a [...]

Weekend Consumer News Short Stack

Just a few short points for the weekend. ECB Bonus Money – Following our comments last week regarding what you could do [...]

What are you doing with your ECB interest rate windfall?

Okay, so it’s only €30 for every €100,000 borrowed on your mortgage. The average mortgage, according to RTE news this evening is [...]