Number of repeat buyer home mortgage loans in Ireland 2018-2022
The number of mortgage loans for second and subsequent borrowers (SSBs) granted in Ireland reached a five-year-high in 2022. In that year, repeat homebuyers took out nearly 16,200 mortgage loans. In 2020, when the Irish mortgage market saw the lowest number of repeat borrower loans, this figure amounted to 12,700. Lending to first time-buyers followed a similar trend.