Budget: Wins for first time buyers, landlords and homeowners

Finance Minister Michael Noonan has announced details of the new package to help first time buyers who purchase new homes up to the value of €600,000 Writes Irish Examiner Political reporter Elaine Loughlin.

However second-hand homes are not included in the new measures. Instead the government has extended the Home Renovation Incentive Scheme by two years to the end of 2018.