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
The Banks want to issue a slap on the wrist to those pesky HedgeFunds! Irish Banks are considering legal action against several hedge funds in the belief that they gave false information about them in order... Continue reading
What are the best mortgage rates? Mortgage Interest Rates explained. What are the best Irish mortgage rates? What are interest rates and where do they come from? These are all good questions and in today’... Continue reading
I (almost) feel sorry for the banks. Making sense of the credit crunch If we are to look at where the subprime crisis came from and where it seems to be going (which is bulls-eye straight into a recession) ... Continue reading
The ECB won’t cut rates? A central bank doing exactly what it should. The Fed is still trying to bail out the US economy, there must be a fundamental belief there that a recession is the worst thing in the... Continue reading
With stocks going down and gold rising fast is it a ‘golden’ opportunity to buy gold? Gold recently surpassed the $1,000 per ounce mark which was (in the past) a kind of financial landmark that would be mentioned along wi... Continue reading