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Mortgages can be extremely overwhelming to any buyer, but especially those new to the market. Competition in the market is at extremely high levels, especially within the major Irish cities. This is due to rising house prices, little availability, and the intensity that comes with making an offer against other prepared competitors. In order to make an offer on any property, there are many hurdles that you must be able to jump through to even begin being an eligible purchaser. 

Loans have become much harder to get approval for as a first time buyer, especially if your credit history is not as detailed or robust as another person applying for the same type of loan. With high intensity competition beginning at stage one of getting a loan, many possible home buyers feel distressed from the get go. 

With Brexit on the horizon, banks have an iron hold on most of their funding; they are being extra selective about loan recipients in the hopes that they will have no issues in the repayment process.

Under the Central Bank rules, first time …

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The Solution to the U.S Down Payment Dilemma

Those looking to buy a home in the States are all currently saying the same thing is holding them back….They can’t seem to afford the down payment.

Down payments on houses can be burdensome and oftentimes weigh on the ability to buy a home. In some cases, it calls for years of disciplined saving. Something that can be difficult for someone who wants a home and wants it now.

That’s where the start-up company Loftium comes in with a solution. This is a business started by 29-year-old Yifan Zhang of Seattle.

As someone who has personally heard her friends talk for years about the down payment dilemma, she finally decided to do something about it.

Zhang started as any other Airbnb business owner. Renting out one room in her townhouse to generate extra cash. Little did she know just how much cash she could actually generate.

Quickly into her business, she was earning enough to completely pay for her mortgage and then have some left over!

That’s when the idea dawned.

Zhang decided to eliminate …

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Can car owners make money off of their car by not even driving it?

A new emerging Wicklow-based company might make that possible. Fleet, frequently referred to the Airbnb for cars, just secured AXA car insurance company to offer drivers coverage for only £7-£10 a day. The insurance deal is separate and does not affect the car owner’s own coverage.With this new deal, the business is going to hit the ground running. The brains of it all, Maurice Sheehy, is offering car owners a chance to make a profit off their car while they are not using it. This gives opportunity to car owners who don’t use their cars on their daily commute to make money by renting them out. If used two days a week, one can make £3,500 a year, according to Sheehy.

This new business may change the game for the car rental services, hopefully comparable to Airbnb in accommodations and Uber in taxis. With the reviewing process similar to Airbnb, the online reviews can be used by renters and users to ensure a good experience.

The new company was created because how frustrated they were with the large amounts of …

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