Buying house in Ireland while owning a house abroad

[firsttimebuy]

My friends are looking to buy a house in Ireland to live in but they already own a house in Australia which they rent out.

I was wondering what the implications for buying a house here, would they considered FTB in Ireland? Could they get a 100% mortgage? Would they have to pay stamp duty if they bought a house here? Would they be entitled to TRS at the FTB rate? They bought their house in Australia last year.

 

[eamonn123456]

Definitely not FTB from stamp duty point of view.

 

[ClubMan]

Unless they inherited (or were gifted?) the house abroad then they are not an FTB for SD purposes. Not 100% sure about being an FTB for owner occupier mortgage interest relief purposes.

 

[firsttimebuy]

No they bought the house when they were living there.