Irish Housing Market, by Frank Quinn We are delighted at the prospect of having another contributor to our blog, this post will be the first using a thesis put forward by o... Continue reading
Rent or Buy Report: 2010 Towards a modest conclusion, by Peter Stafford, Frank Quinn and Karl Deeter The 'Rent or Buy?' report was featured on RTE1 'Drive Time with Mary Wilson' yesterday, it was prepared by Dr. Peter Stafford (Independ... Continue reading
RTE 6 & 9 O’Clock News: Property Prices, Negative Equity & ESRI Report We were featured on the RTE news yesterday on a piece about negative equity, property prices and the Irish market. Continue reading
A Conversation with Tony Boeckh, author of ‘The Great Reflation’ I waited a long time for a conversation with Tony Boeckh, his newsletters are a must read for anybody looking to keep a finger on the p... Continue reading
A conversation with Kevin O’Rourke Trinity Economist Kevin O'Rourke received a lot of attention recently which centred around a paper he wrote with Agustin Benetrix and B... Continue reading
Permanent TSB Rate Hike, as seen on the RTE 6 & 9 O’Clock News, 23rd July 2010 Youtube version of the clip available here Continue reading
How Negative Equity can cause arrears. A recent report by Moody's pointed out that increased negative equity will cause a rise in arrears. The commentary surrounding this (in... Continue reading
EBS rate hikes, the benefit of mutuality? EBS have announced a rate hike of 0.6% which is a follow on from their last 0.6% hike that was levied against variable rate mortgage ho... Continue reading
Battersea & REO, what’s the story? Battersea power station was bought for £400m in 2006, REO took a loan for £226m other £134 was cash/other equity, the purchase was spli... Continue reading