There is concept in finance of a 'risk free rate', and normally that is seen as being the rate of return on money by a sovereign entity...

I can't help but think that if Bank of Scotland had stuck to the broker channel that they wouldn't have been in the mess they are in no...

There is an interesting situation that we are seeing much more of lately, where people in negative equity or negligible equity are deci...

The Financial Regulator recently brought out a new code of conduct for mortgage arrears, the full length eight page document is here. ...

In providing a blanket ban on repossessions our regulator has deployed the bluntest tool in the box with all of the grace of a Rhino on...

I have been asked several times 'what would you change' in the mortgage market in order to prevent serious financial melt-down in the f...

Primetime took a look at the mortgage market situation in Ireland on the 2nd of February, they spoke to various industry experts as wel...

Last Saturday Charlie Weston (award winning Personal Finance editor with the Irish Independent) Karl Deeter (of Irish Mortgage Brokers)...

Yesterday the front page of the Independent carried this story today courtesy of Charlie Weston their personal finance editor, and it r...

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