Leitrim-based financial services company Avantcard has announced it will begin the sale of mortgages later this year.
The company, which employees over 200 people at its office in Carrick-on-Shannon, will enter the Irish mortgage market in the Autumn of this year.
The company is owned by Spanish banking group Bankinter, which also has operations in Portugal and Luxembourg and has already substantial mortgage business in both Spain and Portugal.
It's not yet clear if the move to mortgages will lead to an increase in the Leitrim-based workforce or its satellite office in Dublin.