The proportion of residential mortgages in arrears over 90 days fell to 9.3 percent in the quarter, the seventh successive quarterly fall and down from 9.8 first percent in the previous three months, central bank data showed on Wednesday.

The Central Bank said those in arrears for between one and two years showed the largest quarter-on-quarter decline, of 12.9 percent, while an additional 108 accounts fell into arrears over 720 days, a similar rate of increase to the previous month.

(Reporting by Padraic Halpin; editing by John Stonestreet)

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