Banks are now reducing the LTV they will offer for new build properties but not in the second hand market and today we will look at why...

We wrote about this in the past, the risk associated with a ratings downgrade to the country, and here it is laid out in plain English....

The UK had a failed bond offering last week and that is giving the world some indication of the state of the UK economy. They have fail...

My youth spent in Los Angeles had the theme of water conservation built into it, so water has always had a special place in my world vi...

I'm off the deep end today, I think we need a new business model in banking and I don't think the finance people have it, I think peopl...

I was on twitter the other day and made a comment '2008 was the year of facebook but 2009 is twitter' and I got a few responses, what s...

Is rent dead money? Are you throwing your money away? Should you rent or buy? This is a complex question but when you are trying to mak...

There are a few things that concern me regarding inflation, I have listed them as bullet points. 1. Paul Volcker said that he is conce...

The fixed rates below are the top three buys of each type One year fixed rates AIB (first time buyers only) 2.4% KBC (first time ...

Here are the variable rates on offer at present from Irish lenders AIB variable 2.79% ICS variable <50% LTV 2.90% BOI variable <...

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