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Is keeping families ‘in the home’ merely keeping them in the fire?
You must question the morality of ‘keeping people in the home’ when doing so will push them deeper into debt they already can’t afford....
Sunday Time: OpEd on Mutual Building Societies
The Sunday Times ‘Money’ section ran an opinion piece by Irish Mortgage Brokers on Mutual Building Societies in which we lamented the e...
KBC move to 90% LTV
This is a very healthy sign for the mortgage market, and in our opinion it could mean that 2010 might mark the low point for credit tha...
Banks won’t offer 25% off your mortgage for your tracker
The story today from the Examiner by Stephen Rogers is worth a read, but at one point the IBA chief Ciaran Phelan states “Banks may st...
‘Plan B’ for arrears
There is a strange situation occurring in the Irish property market, arrears are rising rapidly, stock of repossessed homes is on the i...
Mortgage Arrears for the first half of 2010
We expected a 10% increase in mortgage arrears for the first half of this year, moving the total from 32,321 households to 35,531, how...
Concerns surrounding people coming off tracker rates
The Financial Regulator has voiced 'concerns' over the manner in which disclosure and transparency are enacted when people move from a ...
Why bid for EBS?
Along with many others, I was confused at the fascination with EBS as a takeover target. You see, EBS's best year recorded a profit of ...
AIB Rate hike: where is it now and where is it going?
AIB have announced an increase in their Standard Variable Rates (SVR's) as well as in their Loan to Value Standard Variables (LTV-SVR's...