Missed mortgage payment? bad debt? How a bad debt caused a crisis That’s whats behind the worldwide sub-prime crisis, millions of people missing payments, albeit on loans that may have been mis-advised... Continue reading
Oil Hostages & European oil dependence Oil prices are at record highs, not record highs for the last year or decade, but ever. And what we are starting to see now is a realis... Continue reading
To buy or not to buy, that is the question. I have a problem, and its kind of a big deal to me. You see, I have a vested interest in the property market in the respect that I am a... Continue reading
Stepstone Mortgages, Another Irish Sub Prime lender bites the bullet. When IIB launched their sub-prime lender ‘Stepstone’ the plan was for them to be the inverse of what The Monkeys sang about, they would... Continue reading
Online Mortgage, how to get a mortgage online or over the internet We did an article on the 21st of February about online mortgages, this is just a very brief follow up because we got a few mails about ... Continue reading
100% Mortgages, how to get a 100% mortgage 100% Mortgages became quite popular in Ireland recently and up until the credit crunch they were proving to be the answer for many youn... Continue reading
New Iranian Oil bourse, it might just get them bombed. When it comes to Uncle Sam and oil you simply don’t mess around. I don’t mean that in a frivolous way either, playing about with Oil su... Continue reading
Chinese Property and US Manufacturing, what does it mean for 2008? There are times when you get caught by surprise, there are times when you get dazzled by the headlights but you know something is comin... Continue reading
Vice Funds, because hard markets are thirsty work Vice funds: These are funds that invest in Alcohol, Tobacco, Arms/Military supplies, and Gambling. Basically they go for everything tha... Continue reading
Stagflation 2008, what’s the good thing about recessions? 2008 looks like a year where we will (we being the EU, USA, and likely Asia) will face a recession, in America the fears are even a lit... Continue reading