The good thing about a Property Bubble There is so much gloom and doom in the press recently that only those with the greatest fortitude seem to find any cause for happiness.... Continue reading
Mortgages in Ireland, a little bit about mortgage brokers. Just a quick note to readers, Irish Mortgage Brokers is an intermediary, we go between you and the bank to arrange finance. You can go ... Continue reading
What next lenders? Here are some ideas about where we feel banks will go next in terms of the lending market, these are only opinions, whether or not we s... Continue reading
Save or get a mortgage? The current market probably confounds many consumers, should you be saving in order to have a bigger deposit in the belief that the pro... Continue reading
Peak Water There is a concept in the Oil and economics called ‘Peak Oil’. It is the point at which the maximum rate of petroleum extraction is rea... Continue reading
Peer to peer lending, maybe there is an alternative to banks? Have you ever lent a friend a tenner? If so you already understand ‘peer to peer‘ lending, this is where one person lends money to anot... Continue reading
Text message lending, an untapped market in Ireland? There is an untapped market in Ireland for text message lending, a type of lending that is common in Finland and Sweden. Recent article... Continue reading
Euribor, the distant cousin of the ECB base rate We have written in the past about tracker mortgages becoming an endangered species. It seems that now we are witnessing the demise of t... Continue reading
Calling the bottom, a time to put your money where your mouth is Perhaps the best way to show your sincerity is to show your hand, and by that I mean giving the people who are influenced by you an ins... Continue reading
The next movement of the ECB The ECB has always had inflation, or more accurately the ‘control of inflation’ as its only guiding light. The ECB raised rates by 0.25... Continue reading