That banking in Ireland is a little irrational at present is a given, however, there are occurrences in the market which will change pr...

Today the FT has reported that the ECB will offer unlimited 12 mth repo facilities to banks, this is a big step for the generally hawki...

Trackers are dead and gone, there is one on the market but it's at a margin so high that it is effectively worse than a bad variable ra...

There are winners and losers in every rate cut, so literally somebody, somewhere loses out every time, this can be the bank, a borrower...

The ECB meeting is due to meet this week on the 7th and a further 0.25% rate cut is expected which will bring European base rate lendin...

Are property prices bottoming? there are a few reasons why some commentators feel we are going to start to see recovery. 1. Many ...

Below are two charts of the Euribor yield curve (many thanks to Bank of Scotland Treasury for their excellent daily reports!). Here ...

Paul O'Connor from MyHat.ie asked me to do a post about fixed rates, like us, they get lots of questions on mortgages, property etc. ...

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 ...

We have just been informed that one the lenders we deal with are only getting through applications received by the 4th of March, that i...

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