Written answers

Tuesday, 20 February 2018

Department of Finance

Mortgage Interest Rates

Photo of Michael McGrathMichael McGrath (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail)
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151. To ask the Minister for Finance the principal dwelling house average mortgage interest rate, fixed and variable, for each euro area country, in tabular form (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8552/18]

Photo of Paschal DonohoePaschal Donohoe (Dublin Central, Fine Gael)
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The most recently available statistics on interest rates charged on new mortgage business in the euro area are detailed in the table. These statistics are harmonised across the euro area, and relate to euro-denominated lending to euro area residents, broken by broad interest rate type; variable and fixed. There is no breakdown available for property type. Therefore, the table relates to rates for PDH, BTL and holiday homes.

Table for PQ Ref No: 8552/18 for Written answer on 20/02/2018

New business1 (%)Total2Variable3Fixed
Country2017-122017-122017-12
Austria1.831.652.03
Belgium2.021.952.02
Cyprus2.522.53n/a
Germany1.792.041.76
Estonia2.332.173.96
Spain1.831.592.03
Finland0.950.931.65
France1.61.61.6
Greece3.32.994.88
Ireland3.063.023.10
Ireland*3.183.263.13
Italy1.91.532.12
Lithuania2.071.964.95
Luxembourg1.711.561.81
Latvia2.572.367.11
Malta2.832.942.56
Netherlands2.41.962.48
Portugal1.571.521.63
Slovenia2.461.992.86
Slovakia1.761.861.76
Euro area1.841.681.88

Notes:

* These rates for IE excludeloan renegotiations. There is limited data availability of these rates for other euro area countries. Rates available on a comparable basis include renegotiations.

1. New businesscomprises all financial contracts which specify for the first time the interest rate, including all new (re)negotiations of existing loans. Detailed definition can be found here.

2. Euro-denominated loans for house purchase; total floating rate or initial rate fixation to euro area households (percentages per annum, rates on new business)

3. Euro-denominated loans for house purchase; floating rate or initial rate fixation of up to one yearto euro area households (percentages per annum, rates on new business)

Source:

- ‘Total’ and ‘variable’ rates can be downloaded from the ECB’s user-friendly ‘Euro area statistics’ page here. Select ‘loan for house purchase, total’ and ‘loan for house purchase, x < 1Y’. Select ‘Euro area’ and ‘Ireland’ and click ‘Download’. A link will appear under the series selected, and when clicked will open an excel file with all individual euro area countries rates from current month back to 2003. The caveat on the IE rate is that it impacted by renegotiations. A more relevant comparative source for IE is found in columns D and F in Table B.2.1, found here.

- ‘Fixed’ rates by euro area country can be downloaded from here. A more relevant comparative source for IE is found in columns D and F in Table B.2.1, found here.

-Specific rates for Ireland by property type are available in Table B.3.1 of the Central Bank of Ireland Retail Interest tables here, for which there are no comparative euro area rates.

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