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
First time buyers didn’t, don’t, and won’t ever have it easy. Recently the credit crunch has taken a whole new turn, and the way it is affecting the Irish mortgage market is of interest to anybody ... Continue reading
I don’t know where ‘Oil’ be this time next year. Where is oil going? We have seen predictions of $200 per barrel from Goldman Sachs analyst Arjun Murti (he was the guy who was right ab... Continue reading
Average loan life set to rise as we witness the death of the ‘Switcher’ mortgage. For almost the last decade we saw a market develop where customers were king, and where banks competed for their business, this was an ... Continue reading
ECB Base rate increased 0.25% to 4.25% today The ECB (European Central Bank) changed its base rate today to 4.25% which is an increase of 0.25%, the previous base rate of 4% had be... Continue reading
House prices are on the move! Sherry FitzGerald said yesterday that property prices fell 4.5% in the second quarter of the year having fallen 1.9% in the first quart... Continue reading
A tale of two commissions. It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belie... Continue reading
Branch distribution by banks is dead. We have seen headlines heralding the ‘death’ of brokers, however perhaps we need to look at the whole financial distribution market and... Continue reading
Your loss my Grain. I have spoken in length about agflation in 2008 and as much as I’d love to to consign the whole topic to history, however much like a f... Continue reading
How to fix city traffic for a tenner There were articles in the papers over the weekends about Dublin City Councils plans for banning private vehicles altogether from O’Con... Continue reading