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The Hard Shoulder Highlights

The Hard Shoulder Highlights with Kieran Cuddihy on Newstalk. Join Kieran every weekday afternoon from 4-7pm for a round-up of the day’s events, interviews with the people at the centre of the stories – and a bit of craic along the way. Listen and subscribe to The Hard Shoulder on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts and Spotify.      Download, listen and subscribe on the Newstalk App.    You can also listen to Newstalk live on newstalk.com or on Alexa, by adding the Newstalk skill and asking: 'Alexa, play Newstalk'.

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What could a mortgage surge mean for the market?

There has been a surge in mortgage approvals during October - and it’s driven by first time buyers.Banks and other lenders said it was the busiest month for mortgage approvals since they began recording approval activity in 2011. According to figures from the Banking Payments Federation of Ireland, over 5,000 mortgages were approved in October - a sure sign that the mortgage market is recovering from the impact of the pandemic. Eoin McGee, financial planner,Pat Davitt, Chief Executive of IPAV and James Benson, who is Director of the Irish Home Builders Association joined Kieran to discuss what this means for the market.