I thought the following chart was an interesting visual on how far the mortgage market has fallen since the peak in 2006, draw your own conclusions… Apply for a mortgage
04 Jul Vulture funds and Ulster Bank Ulster Bank has recently created a portfolio of €900 million of problem mortgages for sale. This portfolio includes an immense number i... Continue reading
30 Jul When Vulture Funds Buy Mortgages As vulture funds have been seen as taking over the market, the next question is, what do we do next? What happens after a vulture fund ... Continue reading
21 Jul Intriguing Statistics of First-Time Buyers Perfect Property has recently found success in finding the common budget of the average house hunter in Dublin. While in such a cri... Continue reading
21 Jul Borrowers Looking to Lower Existing Mortgages Now, more than ever, it’s time that homeowners do whatever they can to lower their mortgages. With the rise in European interest rat... Continue reading
19 Aug Spin me right round’ – some thoughts on IBF data In statistics there are two key components, the first is the actual 'data' the second is the 'inference' or what the data actually mean... Continue reading
27 May Mortgage approvals up, lending figures down. According to the IBF mortgage approvals report the numbers for April are up significantly, the figures stated that mortgage approvals a... Continue reading
Final Quarter lending of 2012 From various conversations it seems to be that there will be a spike in lending during the final quarter of 2012, it is being credited ... 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
TV3 Morning Show – have property prices bottomed out? We were really pleased to feature on TV3's 'Morning Show' with Sybil and Martin (Brian was standing in for Martin) in a conversation ab... Continue reading
Mortgage Market Trend Outlook 2011 It's a new year and we have a new set of predictions for the Irish mortgage market in 2011. In our report (get it here or click on the ... Continue reading
What is the mortgage market like lately? People ask me 'how is business' a lot, is it macabre fascination or do they want to hear something reassuring? I don't know, but my gen... Continue reading
What next for Europe? The Euro rose against the dollar as the Fed introduced quantitative easing, this will be furthered by the new TARP programme due to be ... Continue reading