As George Bush once said ‘Fool me once, shame on you, fool me twice…shame…well you’re not gonna fool me twice’. Banks however have done...

Islamic finance in Ireland? What is it all about? Well before I go into it today’s post will start with condolences, you see I was mean...

This week Ulsterbank again made news in announcing that they were ‘leaving the broker market’ as of the end of May 2008. From the persp...

I have seen articles in the news and economists from large lending institutions are saying they believe we will see two rate reductions...

There has been unforseen intervention by the US Fed in the American markets, however there is still a domino effect, today we saw that ...

I know in advance I’ll draw some laughs (the ‘at’ kind, not the ‘with’ kind) due to this post but I do think it’s relevant. Today I am ...

Imagine a phoenix rising from the flames or whatever it is that helps you to rationalise the need for something getting destroyed so it...

There is talk about the property bubble, and now an oil and gold bubble. Commodity prices have had a massive bull run, so will does thi...

I had the pleasure of being on Newstalk last week with Eamon Keane and during our brief chat I had mentioned that banks are lending out...

If you have never bought a house then all the talk you will hear about mortgages might be fairly confusing and even frightening. Back i...

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