Why is the bank asking for my marraige licence? The approach of underwriting in banks is an ever changing beast, sometimes they seem to focus only on payslips and p60's, at other time... Continue reading
Precious Metals: Is Silver the Golden opportunity? Gold prices broke the $1,000 mark again and have been hovering around that mark for some time (today's spot price is $991.91), this is ... Continue reading
Moving paper or ‘selling your mortgage’. In the USA and Canada they sometimes refer to a process of 'moving paper' which is where a person sells their mortgage - the actual deb... 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
Negative Equity Explained People have often asked about 'negative equity' and I thought that the easiest way to explain it wasn't in words alone but in pictures ... Continue reading
Fast Track Repossessions, what does it mean? There has been an interesting development in the area of repossessions in recent weeks in which a property can be taken back (repossess... Continue reading
The Criminal Justice (Money Laundering & Terrorist Financing) Bill 2009 The Main Purpose of the Bill is to: •Identify and verify the identity of their customer and of any assets ultimate beneficial owner,... Continue reading