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While the median price paid by a purchaser with a mortgage was €309,000 in 2021, the median loan amount was €220,000 for the same period. In 2010 the median price paid by a purchaser with a mortgage was €247,000 and the median loan amount was €191,000.
Table 3.1 compares dwellings purchased with mortgages with median mortgage loan amounts. It shows that overall the loan to value share was 71.2% in 2021.
At a local authority level, Dún Laoghaire Rathdown has the lowest loan to value share at 62%. This was followed by Kerry at 67.9%.
In contrast, Laois was the region with highest share at 81.2%.
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