An argument in favour of 100% Mortgages If I ran a bank (and many of you are already grateful I don't) I would be giving out 100% mortgages to beat the band at the moment beca... Continue reading
Online shoppers, a correlation to the economy? This is a visualisation of a heat-map by eBay, the yellow areas are those that have reduced transactions compared to last year, the red... Continue reading
Residential investment property report: Q3 2009 We are pleased to bring you the winter edition of our Residential Property Investor report for 2009. (Click on the picture to the left... Continue reading
The Robbery in Paris Everybody knows that what I can tell you about football is about as much as a a macro-biotic can tell you about running an abattoir, to... Continue reading
Mortgage Broker Qualifications – the basics. If you are dealing with a mortgage broker it is a really good idea to find out a little about them, here is a quick list that we think ... Continue reading
Who has the best mortgage rates? The 'best rate' is a misnomer because interpretation of what is the 'best' is a subjective question, for a very conservative person a 1... Continue reading
Moratoriums and Moral Hazard. How to help responsibly with a ‘Mortgage Rescue Scheme’. According to FLAC there are 30,000 people in mortgage arrears at present, soon there will be too many people in serious mortgage arrear... Continue reading
Controlling the fiscal cost of banking crises this is an extract taken from Patrick Honohan and Daniela Klingebiels paper on banking crises which was written in 2000, its evidence i... Continue reading
the Indo Business Team sweep News Awards We were delighted to see some of the people we know and respect win awards this year at the UCD Smurfit Business Journalist Awards, in ... Continue reading