US Subprime Crisis Has Far-Reaching Effects It has been said that when the US sneezes, Europe catches a cold. The subprime mortgage crisis has now reached out to European markets ... Continue reading
European Central Bank Injects Billions into Eurozone Banking System The European Central Bank (ECB) commenced a three day tender process to inject cash into the stricken Eurozone banking system. In what ... Continue reading
100% Mortgages Ever since its introduction to the Irish market back in July 2005, the 100% mortgage has had to endure much criticism and has been unde... Continue reading
Fall off in Residential mortgage borrowing, precursor to a property crash? Latest figures from the Central Bank show that residential mortgage borrowing in the first half of the year has slowed by up to 25%, co... Continue reading
House prices 2007, Current Housing Market Summary It has been well documented that house prices deflated somewhat in the first half of 2007. The thriving rental market is being driven p... Continue reading
Booming rental market brings good news for buy to let investors The fact that the Irish rental market is currently experiencing the highest levels of year-on-year growth it has seen in the last five ... Continue reading
Section 50 Tax Relief Explained Many of us have heard of Section 23 incentives, but not as many of us are familiar with Section 50 tax relief. This is a ‘section 23 ty... Continue reading
First Time Buyers reaping the reward of a property crash. You might think that being a first time buyer now would be a risky situation to be in, however in this article I think it will point ou... Continue reading
Affordable Housing, a practical alternative… Affordable housing is a term commonly thought to have been synonymous with ‘social housing'. It is possible that this common misconcept... Continue reading
Consumer Spending Fuels the Economy Recent speculation in relation to the immediate future of the Irish economy has been largely pessimistic in content. This is mainly due... Continue reading