HOMEOWNERS are unlikely to see any interest rates hikes in the coming months, with figures also showing the cost of living edged lower, as did the price of insurance, entertainment and cars.

IT could be 2014 before the European Central Bank (ECB) raises rates again, according to an Irish Examiner survey.

THE number of mortgage holders falling into arrears is set to increase further, says international credit rating agency, Fitch.

INTERNATIONAL credit ratings agency, Fitch Ratings has warned of “further downside risks” to Irish house prices; adding that prices could ultimately fall by 67% from peak levels in a worst-case scenario.

A new report has shown up to a 90% decrease in development land values in Ireland.

PEOPLE who bought apartments during the property boom have been worst hit by plummeting prices, with the value of their homes now less than half what they were worth four years ago.

Almost 90% fewer houses are being built than at the peak of the housing boom, according to a new report.

HEAVY year-on-year falls in both commercial and residential construction projects dragged the volume of output in the building sector down by 23.3% in the fourth quarter of 2010 compared to the same three-month period in 2009.

HOUSE prices are likely to plunge faster than expected to hit rock-bottom but there are some signs of activity in the market.

THE European Central Bank (ECB) president yesterday said a rise in eurozone interest rates was “possible” at its next policy meeting in April.

HOUSE prices have fallen by over a third since the peak of the boom and are back at 2002 rates, according to latest figures.

HOUSE PRICES have fallen by a record 38% since their peak in 2006, a latest housing survey finds.

ESTATE agents Savills have pointed out that although the many merits of the Government’s changes to the penal stamp duty regime have been widely commended following the budget announcement, a thought must be spared for those potential first-time buyers who have now been brought into the net.

HOMEOWNERS are likely to be hit by increases in mortgage interest rates in the first few months of the new year as lenders aim to claw back some of their massive losses.

TRACKER mortgage customers were again given a reprieve from rising interest rates yesterday with the European Central Bank (ECB) holding rates at the record low 1%.

IRISH property spending is expected to hit its second highest level ever at just over €45 billion this year despite sales plummeting by 17% from last year.

House prices in Ireland have risen by an average of 15% every year for the last decade, according to figures published today by the Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI) and Permanent TSB.