Should mortgage interest rates be capped?

20/06/2024 9 min
Should mortgage interest rates be capped?

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Episode Synopsis

People Before Profit are proposing the government should introduce a cap of 3% on mortgage interest rates. Would this work to prevent banks price gouging from lenders?   To discuss further was Richard Boyd Barrett, People Before Profit TD for Dun Laoghaire and spokesperson for Finance and Brendan Burgess, Founder of Ask about Money.com & Campaigner for Mortgage Rates.

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