Brendan Burgess joins the podcast to explain his critique of Central Bank policy on mortgage interest rates. It comes after Central Bank governor Gabriel Makhlouf told an Oireachtas committee that Irish banks should increase interest rates to reflect increases applied by the European Central Bank. Plus: Cliff Taylor and Eoin Burke-Kennedy look at the latest economic trends.
“The preliminary statistics show that the vast majority of claimants to date, some 90 per cent, have indicated that they are in a tenancy that is registered with the Residential Tenancy Board. The remaining 10 per cent report being in a ‘rent a room’ or ‘digs’ situation,” Ms Ní Mhaoileoin said.
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