Giving the Central Bank the power to cut mortgage interest rates could only make them more expensive for customers.
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That's the warning from Michael Noonan as TDs debate plans to let the Central Bank cut the variable rates offered to borrowers.
He says he's worried that clamping down on mortgage rates could make it harder for new firms to enter the market.
And he says that's the only way to create competition and drive down interest rates.
