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Blog Archive: Finance
ONLINE betting accounts are being used as reasons for refusing struggling homeowners the option of having a mortgage approved or restructured
Date Posted: 05 September 2011
Finance
FAMILIES whose homes are repossessed may be allowed to stay in their properties in return for giving up ownership and renting it from the state.
Date Posted: 01 September 2011
Finance
The cost of living rose 2.7 percent in the last year, with energy and housing costs fuelling the hike, according to figures from the Central...
Date Posted: 11 August 2011
Energy,Finance
Thousands of euro in savings are feared lost after Dublin based Home Payments went bust. Customers advised to cancel all direct debits immediately
Date Posted: 05 August 2011
Finance
PERMANENT TSB has increased its variable rates for the third time this year in a move that has seen some of its mortgage costs top 6pc for the first...
Date Posted: 19 July 2011
Finance,Property
New research has found that only a tiny percentage of people are planning to buy a home in the next year, as plunging property values and a lack of...
Date Posted: 01 July 2011
Finance
This process is certainly going to force homeowners in arrears to take a long hard look at their current outgoings with a forensic approach to...
Date Posted: 07 June 2011
News,Finance,Your Home
Tens of thousands of customers have had claims falsely registered against them on an internal insurance industry database, leading to fears of...
Date Posted: 31 May 2011
News,Finance,Your Home
It may never be 'Rocket Science' to suggest shopping around for the best price on any purchase and while a 126 euro per year on the Mortgage...
Date Posted: 27 May 2011
Finance,Your Home
Regular reports over the past 18 months or 2 years show this figure steadily increasing but in all that time there's still been no mention of any...
Date Posted: 20 May 2011
Finance,Your Home
There could be an element of flogging a dead horse to these proposals in an attempt to get the property market moving or perhaps more accurately they...
Date Posted: 20 May 2011
Finance,Property
A week ago very few could say who Edmund Honohan is, but some glimmers of hope for indebted homeowners in comments by The Master of the High Court...
Date Posted: 15 May 2011
News,Finance
Some potentially good news for Irish Homeowners from the Govenment's Job Initiative with the announcement that grants will be available to make their...
Date Posted: 12 May 2011
Energy,Finance,Your Home
Not a U-Turn by the Government but instead Minister Hogan says that reports from last week suggesting a fixed rate water fee was to be implemented...
Date Posted: 10 May 2011
Finance,Your Home
We've highlighted a few other 'broken promises' by the Government recently and at the start of April highlighted the lack of detail provided related...
Date Posted: 04 May 2011
Finance,Your Home
The Independent Mortgage Advisers Federation (IMAF) have done their sums on the mortgage pay off offer from Permanent TSB and other mortgage lenders...
Date Posted: 02 May 2011
Finance,Property,Your Home
It's hard to see when/where the Irish Property market or Home Construction in general will start to pick up as the essential finance in terms of...
Date Posted: 27 April 2011
Finance,Property
Perhaps unsurprisingly, the number of complaints relating to mortgages and especially banks treatment of customers on tracker mortgages has increased...
Date Posted: 21 April 2011
Finance,News
We suppose the message here is not to assume anything and as a result to check the fine print as there's a good chance you may not have the cover...
Date Posted: 20 April 2011
Finance,Your Home
They give a little and they take a little as AIB confirm that its tracker rate will be increased by 0.25pc from today as will the rates on deposits....
Date Posted: 19 April 2011
Finance,Your Home
As we pointed out yesterday this deal from Permanent TSB is probably only something you should take advantage of if you can afford to. There are...
Date Posted: 19 April 2011
Finance,Your Home
If you view this as a saving scheme rather than something that's going to cost you money then the 10 per cent rate on offer is much better than any...
Date Posted: 18 April 2011
Finance,Your Home
Home Insurance Premiums are on the way up, here's 8 tips to help you get a lower premium when the time comes to renew.
Date Posted: 14 April 2011
Finance,Your Home
If you're a member of your local Credit Union then you could be making a big saving on not just Home Insurance but on Motor, Travel and Health. See...
Date Posted: 14 April 2011
Finance,Your Home
In a rush to not be left behind Bank of Ireland have now come out to say that they will consider some type of debt forgiveness for mortgage holder...
Date Posted: 14 April 2011
Finance,News
To get the best prices for all your Home Improvement work use iDirectory and our 'Get A Quote' system to get quotes quickly and easily from Tradesmen...
Date Posted: 13 April 2011
Finance,Interior Decorating,Your Home
So less than 4 years after paying out dividends from profits of over 2.4 billion euro, the insurance companies are crying poverty over payments of...
Date Posted: 13 April 2011
News,Finance,Your Home
Just a bit more detail on Debt Forgiveness, how it might work and what the implications are for borrowers looking to enter into an agreement with...
Date Posted: 13 April 2011
Finance,Your Home
Some potential good news from lots of the bad coming from AIB yesterday with the announcement that AIB is considering debt forgiveness for mortgage...
Date Posted: 13 April 2011
Finance,News,Your Home
Campaigning in Poetry and Governing in Prose as the saying goes - like many recent election promises this one seems like a good idea but lacks any...
Date Posted: 08 April 2011
Finance,Your Home
The term 'Household Austerity Plan' may sound quite severe but in the words of 1 former taoiseach - we're living way beyond our means - and even if...
Date Posted: 08 April 2011
Finance,Your Home
Just the final confirmation, the ECB raises it's interest rate by 0.25pc and the banks will be passing the increase on to you. In a slightly stealth...
Date Posted: 07 April 2011
Finance,News,Your Home
A day long awaited or more appropriately anticipated looks to have come, a rise of 0.25pc is expected - all we can do is wait and see - the 1 thing...
Date Posted: 07 April 2011
Finance,News,Your Home
Make potentially big savings over the life of your mortgage by switching to fortnightly rather than monthly repayments, making a total over the year...
Date Posted: 05 April 2011
Finance
It's not all good news with warnings of a 'significant' price hike for gas in the autumn and perhaps the people who might need them most 'frozen out'...
Date Posted: 04 April 2011
Energy,Finance,News
There's certainly an element of closing the door after the horse has bolted about these proposals but they have some merit when/if the market ever...
Date Posted: 01 April 2011
Finance,News
Any decision about getting on the Property Ladder needs to be balanced against any further reduction in house prices with the savings to be made with...
Date Posted: 01 April 2011
Finance,Property
Some 'good' news to finish the day, interesting that this gets announced while the full details of the Irish Bank Stress tests are being revealed..
Date Posted: 31 March 2011
Finance,News,Your Home
We at iDevelop.ie perhaps can't help with the impact of oil prices on your travel arrangements but our site is full of hints and ideas on how you can...
Date Posted: 29 March 2011
Finance,Gardening,News
Well the Government gives with 1 hand (Mortgage Relief unlikely to be scrapped) and takes with the other, it very much looks like Water Charges and a...
Date Posted: 29 March 2011
Finance,News
This might be 1 promise that you will be happy politicians don't fullfil - Mortgage Interest Relief for 1st time buyers is on its way out but looks...
Date Posted: 29 March 2011
Finance,News,Property,Your Home
Here's some sample savings you can make. For more options see iDirectory for a list of Home Insurance Providers or your local Natural Gas Suppliers.
Date Posted: 28 March 2011
Energy,Finance,Your Home
The details on this potential scheme are still unconfirmed and are more a list of things that could 'possibly' put in place. Firstly, we should be...
Date Posted: 23 March 2011
Finance,News,Property
Hopefully it won't be too much of a stretch to classify this as good news, as we will have to wait and see if the first of potentially a long list of...
Date Posted: 22 March 2011
Finance,News
Following on from other recent rate increases, AIB have now announced that they are increasing some fixed-rates by almost 1%, hopefully you heeded...
Date Posted: 16 March 2011
Finance,News
This reminder may not have people rushing to get on the Property Ladder but in terms of savings over the next 7 years it is certainly worth...
Date Posted: 15 March 2011
Finance,News,Property
This could really set the cat amongst the pidgeons, though certainly questions must be asked about agreements where an interest rate as high as 20pc...
Date Posted: 14 March 2011
Finance,News
An interesting/useful article giving a good rundown of all that is being done to help homeowners restructure and repay their mortgages - hopefully it...
Date Posted: 11 March 2011
Finance,News
Two interesting stories involving Bank of Ireland this week, the furore over the payment of bonuses (all richly deserved and as the least bad of the...
Date Posted: 04 March 2011
Finance,News
All thanks to the men at the ECB! This type of action can only have a negative impact on households currently experiencing difficulty paying their...
Date Posted: 04 March 2011
Finance,News,Your Home
More detail/depth on recent figures from the Central Bank but figures do not take into account the effect of the recent mortgage rate increases and...
Date Posted: 01 March 2011
Finance,News
These figures aren't new, they've been about since last November in 1 shape or another but this marks their first 'official reporting' by the Central...
Date Posted: 01 March 2011
Finance,News
The Mortgage market in Ireland continues to weaken with the volume of new lending in the final quarter of last year, falling 22.5 per cent on the...
Date Posted: 01 March 2011
Property,Finance,News
Bank websites imply they are still in the mortgage business but the reality is that they will only lend under strict conditions. So what are these
Date Posted: 24 February 2011
Finance
Insurers are restricting the number of homes they are offering flood cover to as the industry paid out in Europe 1 billion in the last 14 months on...
Date Posted: 23 February 2011
Finance,Property,Your Home
Ulster Bank has hiked its fixed rates by up to 0.8pc, as more banks try to discourage homeowners from opting for the safety of set monthly repayments.
Date Posted: 22 February 2011
Finance,Your Home
A leading home insurance company has significantly changed the way it processes claims in order to reduce its costs but concern has been expressed...
Date Posted: 22 February 2011
Finance
The Labour Party vows to introduce a two year moratorium on repossessions.
Date Posted: 21 February 2011
Finance,News
Variable interest rates are on the rise and the only way to get some certainty is to switch to a fixed-rate mortgage.
Date Posted: 21 February 2011
Finance,Your Home
More than 45,000 homeowners have now failed to pay their mortgage for three months or more. Property experts said the arrears figures were now...
Date Posted: 18 February 2011
News, Finance,Property
A Shopkeeper who claims he was offered a "colossal" 32 million bank loan from Zurich Bank to develop a shopping centre had previously been refused...
Date Posted: 18 February 2011
News, Finance
Whats it like when the bank calls you in to tell you that your house has to go. One homeowner found it humiliating, intimidating and downright scary.
Date Posted: 17 February 2011
Finance
This article looks at claims made by legal representation group, New Beginnings, that mortgage lenders are altering documents without the holders...
Date Posted: 17 February 2011
Finance
Homeowners with both variable and tracker mortgages have been warned that European Central Bank interest rates will rise between five and six times...
Date Posted: 17 February 2011
Finance,Property,Your Home
BANKS RISK making people homeless and adding further vacant houses to an already struggling property market if they raise mortgage interest rates too...
Date Posted: 16 February 2011
Finance
The big freeze hit homeowners hard. Much more money was spent on utility bills than normal. Another factor that contributes to higher bills is that...
Date Posted: 16 February 2011
Finance,Your Home
FORMER Anglo Irish Bank boss David Drumm and his wife Lorraine had up to 25 bank accounts between them before he filed for bankruptcy in the US
Date Posted: 15 February 2011
Finance
Average house prices in Northern Ireland fell by almost 8pc last year.
Date Posted: 15 February 2011
Finance,Property
A NUMBER of heavily indebted mortgage holders have managed to get some of their debt written off
Date Posted: 10 February 2011
Finance
COMPLAINTS about mortgages to the Financial Services Ombudsman increased significantly in the second half of last year.
Date Posted: 09 February 2011
Finance
REPOSSESSION orders granted by the courts have risen almost six-fold since the peak of the property boom.
Date Posted: 08 February 2011
Finance,Property
IRISH HOMEOWNERS trapped in negative equity may have read with envy that UK banking group Lloyds is now offering an escape route to customers with...
Date Posted: 07 February 2011
Finance
Repossessions set to soar as bondholders turn the screw.
Date Posted: 04 February 2011
Finance
A year of woe is forecast for mortgage holders but dont let banks convince you to switch from your tracker mortgage.
Date Posted: 04 February 2011
Finance,Your Home
THE country's largest mortgage provider is abolishing fixed rate homeloans, leaving customers with no escape from future interest rate increases.
Date Posted: 04 February 2011
Finance
House prices have fallen like a stone in the past three years. This means it now takes just over a tenth of the average income of a first time buyer...
Date Posted: 03 February 2011
Finance,Property
More bad news for Irish Homeowners as Permanent TSB increase their rates on the back of recent speculation but the big shock is that they have made...
Date Posted: 02 February 2011
Finance,News
MORTGAGE holders were warned yesterday that interest rates will start rising as early as the end of the summer, in a move that will put thousands of...
Date Posted: 01 February 2011
Finance
HARD pressed consumers are set to be hit in the pocket yet again after insurers announced plans to raise house premiums by 15 percent
Date Posted: 31 January 2011
Finance,Your Home
THE number of people receiving state aid to pay their mortgage has jumped five fold in just four years.
Date Posted: 31 January 2011
Finance
While much of the decade was all about exorbitant house prices, latest figures show prices are now at their most affordable in more than 25 years.
Date Posted: 28 January 2011
Finance,Property
Far from being members of a fat-cat elite, many small-time property investors say they face bankruptcy if Section 23 tax reliefs are phased out
Date Posted: 27 January 2011
Finance,Property
BANK OF Ireland has settled its court action against Celtic football club manager Neil Lennon
Date Posted: 26 January 2011
Finance,News
Castleblayney shopkeeper took on shopping centre project in Co Monaghan
Date Posted: 25 January 2011
Finance,News
A BROKEN banking system is having a crippling effect on the property market and house prices are continuing their downward spiral
Date Posted: 25 January 2011
Finance
Rates on standard variable mortgages could hit 5 per cent by the end of the year
Date Posted: 24 January 2011
Finance,Your Home
MANY HOMEOWNERS are finding themselves under house arrest as property prices continue to slide and increasing numbers find themselves in negative...
Date Posted: 21 January 2011
Finance
When it comes to negative equity, investors have taken a big hit as many bought apartments rather than conventional starter homes
Date Posted: 20 January 2011
Finance,Property
With no national house price register available to help homeowners, working out how much your property is really worth can be tricky if not impossible
Date Posted: 20 January 2011
Finance,Property
HOUSE PRICES fell by 3.5 per cent in the final quarter of last year and are down 38 per cent since prices peaked at the end of 2006.
Date Posted: 19 January 2011
Finance,Property
A NUMBER of mortgage providers are to curtail lending for homes in rural areas
Date Posted: 18 January 2011
Finance
A HOME repossession case was adjourned at the High Court yesterday after a father of one of the borrowers pleaded for time to allow his daughter and...
Date Posted: 18 January 2011
Finance
Financial lenders are expected to follow an anticipated move by Permanent TSB to hike interest rates resulting in more payment hikes for house owners
Date Posted: 18 January 2011
Finance
Up to 80000 homeowners will be affected and other financial institutions expected to follow suit.
Date Posted: 17 January 2011
Finance
HOMEOWNERS were yesterday facing the prospect of higher mortgage payments as early as September.
Date Posted: 14 January 2011
Finance
Up to 300000 house owners could be trapped in negative equity resulting in them being unable to change mortgage provider to avail of a cheaper loan.
Date Posted: 13 January 2011
Finance
Banks and building societies are planning to abolish fixed-rate mortgages because they are too expensive for lenders to provide, according to a...
Date Posted: 12 January 2011
Finance,News
A site valuation tax, generally regarded as a precursor to a property tax, will be contained in the fothcoming Finance Bill.
Date Posted: 10 January 2011
Finance,News,Property
Fears have been expressed that the European Central Bank may raise interest rates in 2011 bringing further heartache for house owners.
Date Posted: 10 January 2011
Finance
Property prices fell back to 2002 levels in 2010, according to property reports from MyHome.ie and Sherry Fitzgerald.
Date Posted: 05 January 2011
Finance,News,Property
Property developer Gerry Gannon's wife Margaret faces the prospect of being forced to hand over millions of euro worth of properties transferred into...
Date Posted: 22 December 2010
Finance,News
A Developer who claimed he had easy access to senior figures at Anglo Irish Bank last night revealed he is broke and cannot repay 86.5 million he...
Date Posted: 21 December 2010
Finance,News
Thousands of homeowners could have claims for damage from the recent cold snap rejected, loss assessors have warned.
Date Posted: 17 December 2010
Finance,News
Some Section 23 investors who bought properties with 10-year tax breaks are now facing unanticipated tax bills in the new year
Date Posted: 16 December 2010
Finance,Property
Great news to end Budget week for those with tracker mortgages... The ECB look like they will hold off on making interest rate changes until 2012.
Date Posted: 10 December 2010
Finance
If you have questions on new stamp duty rates, hopefully this article will help you out.
Date Posted: 09 December 2010
Finance
Many solicitors office will be busy going over recently signed contracts to see if any "modifications" can be made. However, the newly introduced...
Date Posted: 09 December 2010
Finance
1.8 million households will be hit by new property tax.
Date Posted: 08 December 2010
Finance,Property
Estate agents welcome new 1 per cent flat rate stamp duty. Not so good news for first time buyers as their allowance has been abolished.
Date Posted: 08 December 2010
Finance,Property
Thousands of homeowners were caught out by last January's big freeze. Make sure you are properly covered before the current conditions start to thaw...
Date Posted: 07 December 2010
Finance
If you have a variable mortgage, you need to read this article.
Date Posted: 07 December 2010
Finance,Your Home
Great article which offers advice on how to SAVE MONEY on your insurance policies.
Date Posted: 07 December 2010
Finance
Great news for those with mortgage repayment difficulties. A new Code of Conduct has been introduced to help protect mortgage holders against their...
Date Posted: 06 December 2010
Finance
IMF plan to shrink banks will shift loans.
Date Posted: 06 December 2010
Finance
Negative equity seen as major factor causing mortgage holders to default, according to Ratings Agency Moody's. And the problem is only set to get...
Date Posted: 03 December 2010
Finance
The amount of people taking out mortgages has reduced significantly since the height of the boom. But it is not all bad news...those that are taking...
Date Posted: 01 December 2010
Finance
House prices in the UK have fallen or remained stagnate every month for the last six months.
Date Posted: 01 December 2010
Finance
In two separate cases, two women have had their homes repossessed after failure to repay mortgages.
Date Posted: 30 November 2010
Finance
Thanks to the IMF bailout, banks will be 'forced' to increase interest rates on variable mortgages. This will affect 200,000 variable mortgage...
Date Posted: 30 November 2010
Finance
This is a stark prediction from the Expert Group. 30,000 sounds excessive and it doesn't look like the Government can, or would be willing to, bail...
Date Posted: 29 November 2010
Finance
Here is an article for the 75 per cent of mortgage holders in Ireland that don't have a fixed rate mortgage. It gives an insight into this type of...
Date Posted: 26 November 2010
Finance
With so many experiencing difficulties making mortgage repayments (and with the number to rise after yesterday's 4 year plan announcement), here is...
Date Posted: 25 November 2010
Finance
One third of all complaints made to the ombudsman last year about banks were in relation to mortgages. The banks are swindling the public yet again....
Date Posted: 24 November 2010
Finance
A Bank of Ireland - Northern Ireland Housing Executive Report has found that house prices (which had experienced a slight increase in the first half...
Date Posted: 23 November 2010
Finance
A report has found that a worryingly high percentage of mortgage holders are having difficulties making repayments.
Date Posted: 23 November 2010
Finance
Looks like banks will transfer mortgages from their balance sheets to NAMA. In particular, tracker mortgages and those in arrears are being...
Date Posted: 23 November 2010
Finance
It looks like property tax is definitely on its way but will not be introduced until 2012. However, on a positive note, stamp duty may also be phased...
Date Posted: 22 November 2010
Finance,News,Property
Rents rose by almost half a percentage point during the third quarter of 2010 according to the latest report by property website Daft.ie
Date Posted: 22 November 2010
Finance
This isn't surprising in the slightest as the main reason the Government set up Nama was to protect its friends in the development game and the...
Date Posted: 21 November 2010
Finance
Dublin firm offers advice and assistance on 'shifting' overseas property bought at height of the boom.
Date Posted: 21 November 2010
Finance
We blogged about this issue in September - "When completing a contract means negative equity", where we highlighted the issue of buyers entering into...
Date Posted: 18 November 2010
Finance, News
New measures to protect thousands of homeowners in mortgage arrears will be in place by the end of the year, the Financial Regulator has promised....
Date Posted: 18 November 2010
Finance
Savills Estate Agents claim property market is not as bad as many commentators suggest. They point to fact that the numbers of properties listed as...
Date Posted: 17 November 2010
Finance,Property
The ESRI carried out a survey which has found that over 500 repossession cases appeared in the High Court in one month this year. It was also noted...
Date Posted: 15 November 2010
Finance
Billionaire heads up consortium to purchase EBS, stating that his 525 million euro investment would show international markets that Ireland can...
Date Posted: 15 November 2010
Finance
A Property Tax would be most easily introduced if it was based on floor area, but such a tax would be unfair on lower income groups, according to a...
Date Posted: 12 November 2010
Finance,Property
The Government is putting out the feelers pre-budget, suggesting a property tax could be introduced. This would result in the average family paying...
Date Posted: 11 November 2010
Finance,Your Home
Property and water taxes are two easy ways the government can hit homeowners hard. The Greens had been pushing for the implementation of water meters...
Date Posted: 09 November 2010
Finance,Property
Some good news for those in financial difficulties...proposals will be put to Brian Lenihan, enabling homeowners to freeze repayment on a substantial...
Date Posted: 09 November 2010
Finance
Big brother is definitely watching. Can't see them finding too many outdoor pools though.
Date Posted: 08 November 2010
Finance
Worrying news for anyone who has bought an investment property. Permanent TSB will seek for mortgage holders to start paying back capital on their...
Date Posted: 04 November 2010
Finance,Property
Derek Brawn, whose book on the property market predicted the bursting of the bubble, said first-time buyers should buy now once they find a property...
Date Posted: 03 November 2010
Finance
A group of barristers is aiming to bring a group class action against the banks to help those facing having their homes repossessed. They aim to help...
Date Posted: 02 November 2010
Finance
Home insurance costs have increased dramatically in the last 3 years. Insurance companies account this to a large increase in claims (due to abnormal...
Date Posted: 01 November 2010
Finance
There are less 'complete and vacant' homes available than first believed. This is good news but the numbers are still huge. The Government now hopes...
Date Posted: 29 October 2010
Finance
The IAVI quarter three residential property survey has just been released. The IAVI suggests that there has been a moderate increase in activity in...
Date Posted: 27 October 2010
Finance
Tom Parlon calls on the Government to scrap stamp duty in the forth-coming budget. He claims abolition will give the construction industry a much...
Date Posted: 27 October 2010
Finance,News
Bit of a catch 22 situation for first time buyers as mortgage advisors suggest that increases in interest rates could hit house buyers in the long...
Date Posted: 26 October 2010
Finance
Niall Mellon, whose charity built thousands of houses for the poor of Cape Town, is selling his 242-acre Kilkenny estate - now worth nearly half what...
Date Posted: 21 October 2010
Finance,News
The fall of 1.3pc in house prices at the end of the summer was lower than previous quarters. However, as the market remains very quiet, experts say...
Date Posted: 21 October 2010
Finance,News
First time buyers are now the largest segment in the property market. This article talks to some first time buyers that are in the process of...
Date Posted: 19 October 2010
Finance,Property
Here's a good piece urging homeowners to switch from variable to fixed rate mortgages. One great piece of advice is to shop around. Loyalty to a...
Date Posted: 17 October 2010
Finance,Your Home
Some good news for the taxpayer (in a way). The first 20 apartments in Michael Fingleton's development sold in hours. Because of the demand, Irish...
Date Posted: 15 October 2010
Finance,News
Consumables such as food, drink and clothing dropped significantly in the last years but on a whole consumer prices increased slightly thanks to big...
Date Posted: 15 October 2010
Finance
Threshold's proposal here is a bit of a pipedream. I can't see the Government even entertaining the notion of bailing out home-owners in arrears....
Date Posted: 13 October 2010
Finance,News
There are 3 Natural Gas suppliers in Ireland: Airtricity, Bord Gais and Flogas. All three companies are competing for your custom. idevelop.ie...
Date Posted: 12 October 2010
Finance
This is the tragic story of two couples who appeared before the High Court yesterday who have lost their homes in possession orders. Startling fact...
Date Posted: 12 October 2010
Finance,News
Irish Homeowners are warned not to take all the price saving offers in the market on face value as with penalties for leaving contracts early,...
Date Posted: 11 October 2010
Finance,Energy
This is a really useful article informing homeowners how they can save as much as 1,000 euro in a matter of minutes with a few phone calls, over and...
Date Posted: 11 October 2010
Finance
As over 6,000 Irish mortgage holders come to the end of their fixed rates they have some serious questions to ask before making any decisions about...
Date Posted: 08 October 2010
Finance,News
'Experts' predict thgat the property market hasn't yet bottomed out as house prices have fallen a third since the peak. And it appears houses in...
Date Posted: 05 October 2010
News,Finance
With a budget on the way in 2 months, speculation has inevitably turned to how the gap can be closed between Government income and expenditure. Some...
Date Posted: 02 October 2010
News,Finance
If your house is burgled, you may find it hard to get quotes to renew your home and contents insurance, according to a survey by the National...
Date Posted: 25 September 2010
Finance
The Government uses our money to bail out the banks...yet has no say in the control of these institutions. Responding to yesterdays report by the...
Date Posted: 24 September 2010
Finance
The Financial Regulator has just issued a report shows the homeowner is still being 'punished' for the sins committed by the financial institutions...
Date Posted: 23 September 2010
Finance
What do you do if you can't get a first time mortgage? Try the Government's Home Choice Loan Scheme. It's another avenue to pursue if at least two...
Date Posted: 17 September 2010
Finance
This article looks at what sectors the banks are lending to (or not as the case appears to be - lending is down 40% compared to same period last...
Date Posted: 16 September 2010
Finance
According to a survey carried out by the Irish Independent/Consumer Show most lenders will not allow homeowners to switch back to a tracker mortgage...
Date Posted: 13 September 2010
Finance
During the property boom, buying off the plans with only a deposit looked seductive - but that was in a rising market, this article looks at the...
Date Posted: 13 September 2010
Finance
Irish Developer brings in big guns to argue against transfer of his loans to NAMA
Date Posted: 10 September 2010
News,Finance
Green Party claims Ciaran Cuffe's views on property taxation are personal and do not represent Green Party policy. Don't be surprised though if this...
Date Posted: 06 September 2010
Finance
Here is a pretty accurate analysis of the state of the property market in Ireland today. It highlights that the real movers in the market are...
Date Posted: 02 September 2010
Finance,Property
Not a nice subject to have to deal with but hopefully the advice in this article will be of some use to people who find themselves in this terrible...
Date Posted: 30 August 2010
Finance,Your Home
Those considering property speculation will find this article interesting; in many cases up to 50% capital will be needed upfront with banks really...
Date Posted: 30 August 2010
Finance,Property
These days every saving can help. Pay special attention to part in this Q&A piece that states 'Insurance companies will not reduce sums insured...
Date Posted: 26 August 2010
Finance,Your Home
It's much too early to say if this signifies the end of the housing crash especially if seasonal factors are taking into consideration. Even though...
Date Posted: 25 August 2010
Finance,Property
Here is a good article if considering carrying out a refurb project. Banks are extremely unlikely to lend for renovation costs so make sure you have...
Date Posted: 20 August 2010
Finance
Selling a house in the current market is proving a tough ask, selling a house on an unfinished development is proving to be even tougher,,,
Date Posted: 16 August 2010
Finance,News,Property
Actually it's just news as to even describe it as being 'bad news' would probably be wildly optimistic. This week National Irish Bank and Bank of...
Date Posted: 11 August 2010
Finance
Following on from Permanent TSB and the EBS, Bank of Ireland (and its subsidiary ICS) plan to introduce interest hikes from tomorrow. And there could...
Date Posted: 09 August 2010
Finance
Ireland has long been a country where home ownership has been a priority. With the collapse in the property market, will we turn more to rental? For...
Date Posted: 03 August 2010
Finance,Property
Average house price now €201,000 compared to peak of €311,000. Market seems to be stabilising but may not yet be the end of fall.
Date Posted: 29 July 2010
Finance,Property
Here is an interesting interview taken from the Daily Telegraph. Although Phil Spencer has a brighter outlook on the UK market than I would have on...
Date Posted: 28 July 2010
Finance,Interior Decorating
Those fortunate enough to be on tracker mortgages need to resist pressures from lending institutes to switch to fixed rate. Lenders are losing money...
Date Posted: 28 July 2010
Finance
Irish house prices could fall by as much as 70% from their peak and rival the steepest drops ever recorded in the advanced world, a leading housing...
Date Posted: 25 July 2010
Finance
With affordable rents, low interest rates and property prices down nationwide, first-time buyers must feel they have held out long enough. But stay...
Date Posted: 23 July 2010
Finance
Just released today, here is the quarter two survey from the Irish Auctioneers & Valuers Institute (IAVI). On a whole they suggest increases in...
Date Posted: 22 July 2010
Finance
Here is an interesting take on rent-to-buy scheme in todays Examiner just as the Government is set to consider extending the scheme to all local...
Date Posted: 21 July 2010
Finance,Property
A STRING of lenders are going to hike interest rates on mortgages within weeks. Up to 300,000 people will be hit by the increases by the end of...
Date Posted: 20 July 2010
Finance
THREE-bed homes on a half-finished ghost estate in Sligo sparked a buying frenzy when they went on sale for the bargain-basement price of...
Date Posted: 19 July 2010
Finance,Property
PwC research, published on Tuesday, not only puts British growth lower than the official Office of Budget Responsibility (OBR) forecast but also...
Date Posted: 19 July 2010
Finance,News
Irish house prices fell by 4.2 per cent in the second quarter of the year, according to a report by property website Daft.ie.
Average asking...
Date Posted: 14 July 2010
Finance,Property
House prices are likely to plunge by a further 16% before the bottom of the market is reached, according to Goodbody Stockbrokers. This comes as...
Date Posted: 14 July 2010
Finance,Property
House prices will continue to fall this year despite a return to economic growth, the Government has warned.
And a report from the Department of...
Date Posted: 13 July 2010
Finance,Property
A survey which measures the health of the construction industry has found that activity fell in the sector again in June, but the drop was the...
Date Posted: 12 July 2010
Finance
THE GOVERNMENT has shelved consideration of a property tax and the issue is now off the Fianna Fail-Green Party Coalition's agenda.
Senior...
Date Posted: 09 July 2010
Finance,Property
THE gap between asking prices and selling prices can be as high as 20 per cent says economist Paul Murgatroyd.
There is no way for the public to...
Date Posted: 08 July 2010
Finance,Property
THE group appointed by the Government to look at the thorny issue of mortgage arrears has been meeting regularly for four months now.
Yesterday,...
Date Posted: 07 July 2010
Finance
The results from the Sherry FitzGerald index reveal that the average price of a second-hand property in Dublin fell by 2.5% in the second quarter of...
Date Posted: 30 June 2010
Finance,Property
To switch mortgage options or not - that is the question in an ever-changing landscape
Date Posted: 27 June 2010
Finance,Your Home
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