According to the latest data from the Banking and Payments Federation Ireland, more than 40% of first-time buyer mortgages drawn down to buy properties in Kildare, Wicklow, and Meath last year were from Dublin borrowers. Pat spoke with Karl Deeter, Compliance Manager with Irish Mortgage Brokers, to discuss the impact of this trend on Dublin and the surrounding counties and whether it is necessarily a negative development.mortgagebrokers.ie