I played around with some figures to compare the cost of the old scheme versus the new one. To do this I put everything into today' mon...

I wrote a chapter in a book called 'What if Ireland Defaults' on possible effects on the mortgage market, I was kind of proud of it unt...

I received a lovely letter (made for enjoyable reading) from Pronsias McAveleigh of Bloom Parade in Dublin. He kindly started out by re...

Click here to hear our personal finance slot on Sunshine 106.8fm which is on every Tuesday evening at 18:30. This week we looked at th...

While mortgage lending in the UK is not exactly of Irish interest, it is worth looking at to see the challenges that our nearest neighb...

From various conversations it seems to be that there will be a spike in lending during the final quarter of 2012, it is being credited ...

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...

In the process of negotiating with banks many of our customers feel various things, like intimidation, fear, confusion and anger. In tr...

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 have to be honest, I was surprised when I saw this post on the SAP blog site!

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