UK and Irish housing markets: a first-time buyer perspective

The financial crisis caused severe problems for first-time buyers in the UK and Ireland. Since then, however, mortgage and housing markets in the two countries have also gone through some contrasting experiences.

The financial crisis caused severe problems for first-time buyers in the UK and Ireland.

Since then, however, mortgage and housing markets in the two countries have also gone through some contrasting experiences.

Joint authors Mohammad Jamei, of UK Finance, and Anthony O'Brien, of the Banking & Payments Federation Ireland, draw on national data sources to compare the two markets.

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