asked the Minister for the Environment the number of applications for SDA and LRMS loans during the year 1978, the number of such applications approved and paid out, the number of applications for these loans made from January to the end of September 1979, the number of loans approved and paid.
Written Answers. - House Loans.
354.
As the reply is in the form of a tabular statement, I propose, with the permission of the Ceann Comhairle, to have it circulated with the Official Report.
Following is the statement:
Local Authority house purchase loan schemes.
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1978 |
1st January to 30th June 1979 |
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Normal mortgages |
Low-rise mortgages |
Normal mortgages |
Low-rise mortgages |
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Number of applications received |
9,421 |
1,213 |
5,326 |
505 |
|
Number approved |
7,515 |
855 |
4,482 |
384 |
|
Number paid |
4,979 |
718 |
2,619 |
395 |
Notes:
(1) Information is not yet available for the quarter ended 30 September 1979.
(2) The above figures relate to the purchase of non-local authority houses. Separate figures are not available in respect of new local authority houses purchased by persons who qualify under the low-rise mortgage scheme. It is estimated that about 50 new local authority houses are purchased each year under the scheme.