Financial road maps Having a plan is important in many areas of life, I would feel it is vital in personal finance, yet a surprising amount of people total... Continue reading
Housing dysfunction There are some who are saying that there are amazing deals to be found in the current market and if you consider price only then you ma... Continue reading
First Active set to close. It was announced yesterday that First Active is going to close operations in Ireland. This will start with 750 job losses coming into e... Continue reading
Beware the Contract/Valuation trap Our firm has seen a rise in what we describe as the Contract/Valuation trap, so we will tell you what it is and how to avoid it as well... Continue reading
Generic overview of the market 2009: by sector I was asked by a colleague in the UK to provide an overview of the Irish mortgage market, he has often advised the Bank of England in t... Continue reading
Approval in Principle, the flaws. Our firm are witnessing a conundrum in the market which is causing both clients and the broker a huge amount of heartache. It is that ... Continue reading
Survival of the weakest, only in Ireland. If the State can't organise a bailout effectively then what hope have they of running a bank? A simple and yet profound question: if th... Continue reading
Bank of England cut rate from 2% to 1.5% the lowest since 1694 Only a two days ago I wrote about the Bank of England considering a move to the lowest interest rate in the history of their central ba... Continue reading
The ‘Crunch’ is nearly over, but what lies in its wake? The Euribor 3 month money is at 2.822% which means the margin on interbank money is now at 0.322% (the current base rate is 2.5%) over ... Continue reading
New trends in underwriting and credit It is 2009 and one of the things we need to look at (at least from the mortgage market perspective) is the availability of credit. Many... Continue reading