A conversation with Kevin O’Rourke Trinity Economist Kevin O'Rourke received a lot of attention recently which centred around a paper he wrote with Agustin Benetrix and B... Continue reading
How Negative Equity can cause arrears. A recent report by Moody's pointed out that increased negative equity will cause a rise in arrears. The commentary surrounding this (in... Continue reading
Prime Time: Negative Equity 15th July 2010 Youtube version of the clip is available here Continue reading
PTsb increase rates for the third time in a year 15:48 At 16:00 the press release about PTsb increasing rates will be released. Had the company waited another week the headline 'third... Continue reading
EBS rate hikes, the benefit of mutuality? EBS have announced a rate hike of 0.6% which is a follow on from their last 0.6% hike that was levied against variable rate mortgage ho... Continue reading
Regulation failure: Independent brokers unable to be ‘independent’ We were thinking of changing the way that brokers operate, by saying to our clients 'our service comes at a price, we'll advise you on ... Continue reading
Newstalk Business Breakfast with Conor Brophy, 6th July 2010 Today we were delighted to do the first of what will hopefully be a regular slot on the Business section of the Breakfast Show on Newst... Continue reading
The good things about Negative Equity Mortgages (for the banks) There was a post on Geckko's World about Negative Equity Loans - and he rightly pointed out that there had been an instant and widespre... Continue reading
Marian Finucane Show: 26th June 2010 – featuring Irish Mortgage Brokers We were delighted at the invitation to join the Marian Finucane show on RTE 1 last Saturday for the second time this year, we were aske... Continue reading
Sunday Times ‘Money’ Section mentions Irish Mortgage Brokers We were very pleased to see that we were mentioned in the Sunday Times 'Money' section this week in an article by Niall Brady in which ... Continue reading