06 May Rules, they apply to at least some of us… Something that is sadly missing from the Patrick Neary involvement with Anglo is how the rules set up by a Regulator often apply to eve... Continue reading
03 Apr Today with Sean O’Rourke: Some of the problems with the Property Market We were asked to discuss some of the problems in the property market with Sean O'Rourke and Philip Farrell of Real Estate Alliance. ... Continue reading
24 Mar Devil in the detail in debt write downs (this article appeared in the Sunday Business Post on the 23rd of March) The banks are starting to write down debt. Should we be sur... Continue reading
19 Feb We don’t have recourse to the FSO, wholesale repossessions & other IBRC myths The hype-machine is in full throttle on the sale of the former INBS loans. The fear being that some large evil hedge-fund is out there ... Continue reading
14 Feb Protection of Residential Mortgage Account Holders Bill 2014 Normally I expect a better outing from Fianna Fail - in particular where Michael McGrath is concerned. Their new bill for protecting mo... Continue reading
11 Feb NAMA can’t ‘opt in’ to regulation Something that has been circulating of late is that if NAMA buy the Irish Nationwide (subsumed into IBRC) loan book that they will foll... Continue reading
11 Feb Could the new AIB split mortgage be illegal? In the Sunday Business Post yesterday an article appeared which explained the new AIB split mortgage deal. We sought details of this fr... Continue reading
04 Feb The 2,000 Irish evictions you dont’ hear about There may be close to 2,000 evictions that won't be in the papers. There will be no pictures of people being forced from the home their... Continue reading
16 Jan The Expert Group on Repossessions: condensed themes We tried to put the main themes behind the 60 pages of the report (minus appendices) into a 1,000 word condensed version. To begin wit... Continue reading
15 Jan Repossession statistics in Ireland, consider the numbers With the new report on repossessions out it is probably a good idea to look at some of the actual statistics. Many commentators mistake... Continue reading