Approval in Principle, the flaws. Our firm are witnessing a conundrum in the market which is causing both clients and the broker a huge amount of heartache. It is that ... Continue reading
Mortgage Rates Mortgage rates are normally described as a percentage, be it 5% or 3.98% the important thing to remember is that it merely interprets t... Continue reading
Bailout Abuse – distortions occur within 24 hours of Finance Bill It is no secret that your author is anti-intervention, we speak at times about market distortions caused by government intervention. Th... Continue reading
Banks taking a ‘Stake’ in property deals. There were several articles about this in the press recently, mentioning banks taking an 'interest' or 'equity stake' in certain develo... Continue reading
Irish Mortgage Lenders, who provides mortgages in Ireland This post is a brief account of the residential mortgage providers in the Irish mortgage market, a brief look at who they are and what ... Continue reading
Euribor, the distant cousin of the ECB base rate We have written in the past about tracker mortgages becoming an endangered species. It seems that now we are witnessing the demise of t... Continue reading
ECB Base rate increased 0.25% to 4.25% today The ECB (European Central Bank) changed its base rate today to 4.25% which is an increase of 0.25%, the previous base rate of 4% had be... Continue reading
House prices are on the move! Sherry FitzGerald said yesterday that property prices fell 4.5% in the second quarter of the year having fallen 1.9% in the first quart... Continue reading