Big bad landlords? 'Landlords are bad', I don't believe this but the general take on it (in Ireland anyway) is that on some level they are. I don't know i... Continue reading
Mortgage Market Trend Outlook 2012 We have made a few more bold predictions in our 'Mortgage Market Trend Outlook 2012' and reviewed how wrong many of our 2011 forecasts ... Continue reading
How it’s done in the USA (Bank Regulation) There are often calls for stricter regulation, in particular the idea that in the US they arrest people in banks with greater ease/fast... Continue reading
Should the regulator get involved with mortgage pricing? We touched on this topic over on MyHome.ie last Friday in our weekly blog contribution to their site. It is important to look at this ... Continue reading
The ‘Cost’ of Regulation David McWilliams hit an interesting point in today's piece in the Independent about having 'too much regulation', and how it may repel ... Continue reading
What will come of it all? Eurobonds? Probably not… If you look at the dynamic of the crisis to date you see the following flow (broadly but not exactly) 1. Sub-prime mortgages in the US... Continue reading
New ‘Consumer Protection Code’, the proposed CPC47 going forward. The original Consumer Protection Code was brought out in 2006 and it was a welcome augmentation to the Regulatory environment, since th... Continue reading