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The banking ‘Whitewash’
Meredith Whitney talks about the 'banking whitewash', saying that the recent gains in many banks (they have been beating expectations b...
property prices
Yale economists discuss the financial crisis
Yale hosted a panel discussion with Yale Faculty on the National
Financial Crisis, to discuss developments since the February 25, 2009...
A tale of two developers.
The builders, developers, and even architects I know are all having a really tough time at the moment, with some they are talking to th...
Are we in a cyclical bull market?
Steve Leuthold talks on Bloomberg about the reasons he feels we are going to see a cyclical bull market (as opposed to the secular bear...
Text of Budget announcement 2009
Here is the text of the Budget 2009 speech given by Brian Lenihan today. STATEMENT OF THE MINISTER FOR FINANCE MR BRIAN LENIH...
The pincer of fixed rates while in negative equity
A recent article in the Independent stated that 'fixed rate borrowers are taking all the pain'. The base rate has fallen from 4.25% to ...
Rent or Buy the 5 year outlook
Today we are going to look at a comparison of renting vs buying with a five year outlook given the current interest rates, the yield ou...
New build a loser?
Banks are now reducing the LTV they will offer for new build properties but not in the second hand market and today we will look at why...
The numbness of the bottom
When bad news stops having an effect then it is a sign that we may be approaching the bottom, if that bottom is an L shape or a U shape...
Rent to Buy, why?
I had dinner in early 2008 with a man who was a retired builder, he told me about the way he used to do business back in the 70's, and ...