13 Sep How much did ECB rate cuts help borrowers in Ireland? About €6,000 actually. There is normally some mention of how a rate cut saves a borrower €x amount on their monthly mortgage, but how much has it done so sinc... Continue reading
AIB experiment proving there are no answers (at least no easy answers) Something that was disclosed to me in an interview with Brendan O'Connor, AIB's Head of Financial Solutions Group (they side of the com... Continue reading
13 Sep Some Irish mortgage statistics worth considering We all know the headline arrears figures and that they are a disaster. Take a look at some of the other figures which don't make it in... Continue reading
Arrears solution for a strategic defaulter: here’s a new plan you can ignore We make no secret of dealing with strategic defaulters, depending on the client we don't necessarily say that they are in that category... Continue reading
12 Sep Lickety split-mortgages: are they really a solution? #splitfail The calls for 'more split mortgages' are commonplace, what is often lacking is a deeper understanding of the flaws inherent. For instan... Continue reading
10 Sep Savage Sunday: Today FM 8th September 2013 The panel on this weeks Savage Sunday was Tony Williams, Kate Shanahan and Karl Deeter. The topics were Priory Hall, in particular KBC ... Continue reading
10 Sep Let’s take the emotion out of strategic default (this article originally appeared in the Sunday Business Post on the 8th of September 2013) The term 'strategic default' lacks a defini... Continue reading
09 Sep Newstalk Lunchtime: Jonathan Healy and Karl Deeter on Insolvency Service of Ireland We spoke to Jonathan Healy about the new insolvency service, how it was not going to be possible to determine its success for at least ... Continue reading
06 Sep 2fm with Colm Hayes: Mortgage Defaults We spoke to Colm Hayes on 2fm about the issue of non-engagement by some borrowers, it is important to stress that this is not the 'aver... Continue reading