Banks are not competitive? Roger Bootle notes that markets do quite well at the end of a recession and at the start of a recovery by drawing the benefits of the f... Continue reading
Property recovery: Stratified and Pockmarked I can't believe I'm about to say it.... But today I'm writing about niche recoveries in the property market, not the 'whole' market but... Continue reading
NAMA uncovered Yesterday the National Asset Management Agency (NAMA) legislation was brought out in the Dail (that's the Irish Government buildings fo... Continue reading
Bank margins after NAMA The current debate is raging over NAMA and the pricing of loans, much of it centres on the value of the properties in question and abou... Continue reading
A phonecall with Dan Mitchell of the Cato Institute Sometimes when I'm having a rough day I decide to reach out to some of the people that I see on TV or read about in the press and talk ... Continue reading
The Junkie Diaries While things like the economy, the Irish mortgage market and NAMA take up much of our head-space of late, we thought it would be a good... Continue reading
Fixed rate price increases likely We are going to look at the Euribor yield curve today considering its moves from 20th of June against two dates in August with a view t... Continue reading