Mortgage Arrears for the first half of 2010 We expected a 10% increase in mortgage arrears for the first half of this year, moving the total from 32,321 households to 35,531, how... Continue reading
Concerns surrounding people coming off tracker rates The Financial Regulator has voiced 'concerns' over the manner in which disclosure and transparency are enacted when people move from a ... Continue reading
Why bid for EBS? Along with many others, I was confused at the fascination with EBS as a takeover target. You see, EBS's best year recorded a profit of ... Continue reading
AIB Rate hike: where is it now and where is it going? AIB have announced an increase in their Standard Variable Rates (SVR's) as well as in their Loan to Value Standard Variables (LTV-SVR's... Continue reading
Rent or Buy Report: 2010 Towards a modest conclusion, by Peter Stafford, Frank Quinn and Karl Deeter The 'Rent or Buy?' report was featured on RTE1 'Drive Time with Mary Wilson' yesterday, it was prepared by Dr. Peter Stafford (Independ... Continue reading
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