New home loans increase for first time in six years

Good news written by Donal O'Donovan from Independent Property Mortgages reporting an increase on issued home loans which has never happened for six years. 

This is great news for first time home loan applicants and other people who are thinking of getting their home through a loan.

To see the rest of the article, click here.

Beetle Certificates - The Good, The Bad and the Infested

Beetle certificates are required by law to be submitted to the attorneys and filed by the banks before a house is registered on the buyer's name.

This protects not only the buyer and the seller against future damage claims, but also the property insurer.

However, there are a lot of ill-informed estate agents and attorneys that have been accepting "non-certifiable" beetle certificates which have later proven false when a claim is made.