Are we in a cyclical bull market? Steve Leuthold talks on Bloomberg about the reasons he feels we are going to see a cyclical bull market (as opposed to the secular bear... Continue reading
Text of Budget announcement 2009 Here is the text of the Budget 2009 speech given by Brian Lenihan today. STATEMENT OF THE MINISTER FOR FINANCE MR BRIAN LENIH... Continue reading
The pincer of fixed rates while in negative equity A recent article in the Independent stated that 'fixed rate borrowers are taking all the pain'. The base rate has fallen from 4.25% to ... Continue reading
Rent or Buy the 5 year outlook Today we are going to look at a comparison of renting vs buying with a five year outlook given the current interest rates, the yield ou... Continue reading
New build a loser? Banks are now reducing the LTV they will offer for new build properties but not in the second hand market and today we will look at why... Continue reading
The numbness of the bottom When bad news stops having an effect then it is a sign that we may be approaching the bottom, if that bottom is an L shape or a U shape... Continue reading
Rent to Buy, why? I had dinner in early 2008 with a man who was a retired builder, he told me about the way he used to do business back in the 70's, and ... Continue reading
Banks ARE lending, just not freely or irresponsibly I have read several articles in this week in our national papers and in them the authors said 'banks are not lending' and in one it wa... Continue reading
Will stimulus plans lead to disaster? In this video which was featured on Yahoo! Tech Ticker Peter Schiff of EuroPacific argues that any additional stimulation of the econom... Continue reading
Will lenders become landlords? In a recent article on Money Marketing News they said that 'Lenders in the UK are likely to become landlords by buying up distressed pr... Continue reading