Fancy a bit of inflation? What does a $700bn bailout and the 6% national wage agreements have in common? There are two types of inflation, ‘headline’ and ‘core’. Put simply headline inflation takes into account everything, petrol prices, th... Continue reading
Deposit Guarantee Scheme revamped to cover €100,000 The Deposit Guarantee Scheme has been revamped as of yesterday to cover any depositer in an Irish institution for up to €100,000 per pe... Continue reading
Resisting that which is easy: Why economic health must outweigh lobbyists for first time buyers in the budget There is something awful that might be about to happen, namely the current Government are considering a special type of loan for first ... Continue reading
It’s Official, we are in a recession: Irish recession 2008 I had said back in January that we were on the cusp of a recession, that this would have started out in Q1 and only be realised further... Continue reading
No to Government Bail Outs WHAT: Peaceful demonstration to protest against Government bail outs of property developers. WHERE: Outside the Dail at the junction of... Continue reading
So with lower house prices you make big savings right?….erm…kind of… There has been much talk in the papers from many respected sources giving people the message that ‘now that prices have dropped its a g... Continue reading
A different idea for bailing out the property sector. There is a bailout coming, we saw the makings of it for a long time, first there was the talk of the central bank about the underlying ... Continue reading
New mortgage trends – Will Irish lending turn American? Today we received an email from Haven Mortgages about their updated interest rates, we were pleasantly surprised because for the first ... Continue reading
Financial Literacy: What is a Mortgage? How do mortgages work? Financial Literacy posts are designed to be more than just a simple definition, they are aimed at putting financial concepts into easil... Continue reading
How bank margins are likely to be set in the future We have seen the rise of the ECB (European Central Bank) over the last three years and the possibility of more is never far from the mi... Continue reading