Stoozing? … It’s Money for nothing and the bips for free. I kind of paraphrased a line from the Dire Straits song ‘money for nothing’ and replaced ‘chicks’ with ‘bips’. Bips are ‘Basis Points’ ... Continue reading
Intersted in going broke? Should banks raise interest rates? I had the pleasure of being on Newstalk last week with Eamon Keane and during our brief chat I had mentioned that banks are lending out... Continue reading
Some quick Tips about Irish Mortgages and getting a Mortgage in Ireland. If you have never bought a house then all the talk you will hear about mortgages might be fairly confusing and even frightening. Back i... Continue reading
The upside to Negative Equity? Sometimes I write articles that are inflammatory, today’s is of that ilk, I want to point out some of the upsides to Negative Equity. T... Continue reading
UBS write down €37 Billion, wait…How much is a billion? When you hear people talking about ‘A Billion’ be it a Bank talking about a billion in write-downs, or a politician talking about a bil... Continue reading
The best mortgage brokers in Ireland. On Friday the 28th of March there was a massive turn out for the MoneyMate and Investor Magazine Awards for 2008. We were pleased to se... Continue reading
What is a mortgage broker? Why use a mortgage broker? Today’s blog entry will be shorter than usual, because I have to leave soon to go to the annual MoneyMate awards for 2008, Irish Mortga... Continue reading
The Fallout and the Bailout. I feel like I keep repeating myself, the crisis is related to property and leverage. Unlike the tech bubble the issues caused by proper... Continue reading
Finance returns to the year 1400 I didn’t think in the year 2000 that towards the end of the first decade we would see the financial world turning to the things that we... Continue reading
Do you need a ‘Reality Check’? Property prices rationalise. According to Britain’s largest property portal Rightmove.co.uk sellers need a ‘reality check’ when selling their according to a story p... Continue reading