Central Bank continues to mislead on mortgage rates

Brendan Burgess

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It really is unbelievable. 18 months after the Central Bank was found to be including cheap trackers as new business, they continue to do sol.

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"The rate on new floating rate loan agreements[2] for house purchase (which includes renegotiations), was 3.4 per cent at end-November 2015, representing a decrease of 6 basis points over the month. The equivalent euro rate was 2.05 per cent (Chart 2)."

They are actually claiming that the rate for new loans is 3.4%. Here is the up to date chart

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Most new loans are in the 90% category where the rates vary from 3.65% to 4.5%.

Yet the Central Bank says that the average is 3.4%.

If you go beyond the Press Release and look at the Statistical Release, you will find the true figure buried in Page 2

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I assume that this is what the 3.96% rate is. I have no idea why they give the information as of September 2015.



Brendan
 
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