Survival of the weakest, only in Ireland. If the State can't organise a bailout effectively then what hope have they of running a bank? A simple and yet profound question: if th... Continue reading
Bank of Ireland mid year profits decline by 32% Bank of Ireland released its mid-year results to the 30th of September which revealed a pre-tax profit of €650 million, this figure is ... Continue reading
DON’T GIVE UP YOUR TRACKER MORTGAGE! The news has has several stories recently about banks contacting clients and asking them if they would like to come off their tracker m... Continue reading
Irish Mortgage Lenders, who provides mortgages in Ireland This post is a brief account of the residential mortgage providers in the Irish mortgage market, a brief look at who they are and what ... Continue reading
Mortgages in Ireland, a little bit about mortgage brokers. Just a quick note to readers, Irish Mortgage Brokers is an intermediary, we go between you and the bank to arrange finance. You can go ... Continue reading
Euribor, the distant cousin of the ECB base rate We have written in the past about tracker mortgages becoming an endangered species. It seems that now we are witnessing the demise of t... Continue reading
House prices are on the move! Sherry FitzGerald said yesterday that property prices fell 4.5% in the second quarter of the year having fallen 1.9% in the first quart... Continue reading
A tale of two commissions. It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belie... Continue reading
Branch distribution by banks is dead. We have seen headlines heralding the ‘death’ of brokers, however perhaps we need to look at the whole financial distribution market and... Continue reading
The Credibility Crisis I have written before about what can be termed a ‘credibility crisis’ and when I used that terminology it was in reference to the colla... Continue reading