The trapped and the priced-out
The trapped and the priced-out
CARL O'BRIEN, Chief Reporter
Tue, Feb 07, 2012
NO OTHER generation grew up with such high hopes. Not alone were things going to get better, but the received wisdom was it was likely to go on forever. For the most part, the negative equity generation weren’t property speculators or wealthy landowners. They did what others did before them: they trusted the authorities.
Mortgage rates raised, bank finds
Mortgage rates raised, bank finds
Fri, Jan 27, 2012
Banks have raised interest rates on variable mortgages by an average of more than two percentage points over tracker rates since 2008 when the difference between the two rates was close to zero, a Central Bank report has found.
Commission calls for more clearly regulated insurance contracts
Commission calls for more clearly regulated insurance contracts
INSURANCE CONTRACTS of all types, whether to cover a person’s home, car or life, should be more clearly regulated by law, according to the Law Reform Commission.
Rip-off Ireland alive in some sectors
Fri, Jan 20, 2012
Figures confirm that prices here came to be among the highest in the euro zone during the bubble era as inflation outstripped the European average, writes DAN O’BRIEN , Economics Editor
255,000 households now paying sky-high mortgages
Thursday December 15 2011
FAR more borrowers are feeling the squeeze from sky-high variable mortgage rates than previously estimated
