The banks do manage to get some positive PR even in the current anti-banking environment. Yesterday's Independent carried a story by Ch...

I thought it would be worth giving a snap shot of the different term profiles of European debt, Ireland doesn't look as bad as many peo...

We hear a lot about 'risk' and generally have an internalised idea of what it means, but in finance risk can be specific, it isn't just...

Patrick King of Dublin City Chamber and I presented a paper to the Dublin Economics Workshop this year about how we could match a prope...

I often talk about the idea of discounted cashflows in property and how to use it as a valuation tool, Frank Quinn and I have done repo...

I think Ciaran Lynch hit the nail on the head when he said the 'mortgage to rent' scheme risks 'becoming a flop'. The issue here comes ...

Banks have three tools (and no, it isn't the CEO, Chairperson and Secretary!) in their box for getting into good health: 1. Operationa...

We are constantly asked 'is now a good time to buy' and the answer as always is 'that depends'. It depends on what you are hoping for, ...

Something that is interesting is how people are amazed that banks are jacking up interest rates at a time like this... In fact, it is p...

Yesterday good news was spreading about a year on year increase in new mortgages for home-owners, I debated the topic on TodayFM with P...

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