Month: March 2012

Reports 31 Mar

Posted by – March 31, 2012

News 30 Mar

Posted by – March 30, 2012

Mortgage arrears ‘hampering’ lending to SMEs
The return of queuing?
Mortgage-backed securities downgraded
Buying property still isn’t cheap
22% of household in arrears in 2010
Hints of some movement on the mortgage front
Home prices now 49% down from 2007 peak
Borrowing for house purchases falls again
3,000 attend Household Charge protest
Property prices fell faster last month
Sharp drop in business performance
Retail sales down 1.9% in year to February
More small firms to get advice on survival plans
IL&P to sell Irish Life to State for ?1.3bn
Eircom set to go into examinership
Energy sector ‘could create 20,000 jobs’
NTMA does deal with Chinese to buy bonds
Cash-rich Chinese to pump billions into economy
Cough up on promissory notes
Anglo Boss got ?866,000 package in 2011
Anglo Irish Bank reports loss of ?873m
IBRC claims loan transfers were backdated
Anglo wind-down ‘will take more than 20 years’
Court bid to stop bank payments is dismissed
Nama seeks share of developer’s future income
‘Our euro isn’t good enough for NAMA’
Number of staff working for NAMA doubles
‘No deal yet’ for Central Bank on Anglo HQ
Italy’s borrowing cost below 5.5%
Germany launches strategy to counter ECB largesse
The pain in Spain may not enough
EU to extend ‘big bazooka? bail-out fund
UK:House prices fall as stamp duty holiday ends

Reports 28 Mar

Posted by – March 28, 2012

News 25 Mar

Posted by – March 25, 2012

Non-payment of household tax urged
Claims of market overhang disputed by Savills
?412m site will go for fraction of boom price
Falling property prices threaten economy
Over 328,000 register for Household Charge
Blow to market as key source of funding cut
CAB chief to review Mahon report findings
1,500 risk losing millions after collapse of CHC
Collection agencies to target gas debts
Spectre of more bank bailouts looms
AIB charges end ?era of free banking?
Ireland posts balance of payments surplus
Banks pull back on foreign lending
Wind has capacity to power up to 1.3 million homes
Economy slips into recession
Liverpool is the favoured destination for bankruptcy
Why should ECB be given priority
Mahon Tribunal – Key Findings
Ireland could become a net exporter of energy
Quinns used ‘deceptive’ means to interfere with assets
16 Mar ECB is right on promissory notes
NAMA bonanza for audit firm
Dutch can’t meet the austerity targets
How Greece could exit the euro
Levy ‘will reduce our contribution to EU’
Spain’s borrowing costs up
Japanese Lessons
S&P’s 500 index nears all-time high
Inflation now a persistent problem

Reports 24 Mar

Posted by – March 24, 2012

Reports 21 Mar

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Reports 17 Mar

Posted by – March 17, 2012

News 16 Mar

Posted by – March 16, 2012

Tracker mortgages crucial to deal on bank debt
‘Legal vacuum’ for banks on arrears
Moody’s negative on mortgage market
Housing expenditure up by 6.2%
Home costs replace food as biggest outlay
Banks told to do fresh mortgage deals
State bids to cut costs by moving trackers
ECB is right on promissory notes
Consumer price index up 2.1%
Sean Quinn gets free legal help
Oil output could hit 20,000 barrels a day
Banks must be tougher on property repossession
The green, green grass of home
Banks hampered in repossession cases
Summing up the Anglo bailout
Nama paid ?13.3m for valuations
Nama must sell ?4bn more in property
$2.5bn insurance payout over Greek default
EFSF contributes ?109bn to Greek bailout
S&P at highest close since 2008
Recruitment picks up down under

News 14 Mar

Posted by – March 14, 2012

Property fall ‘more than reported’
House prices ‘have hit bottom’
85% of households yet to pay household charge
Housing now biggest cost for households
House prices down 68% since peak
Construction activity still falling
Saving becomes more popular for Irish
Revenue audits bring in almost ?128m
Custom House investors clash with liquidator
Keep your pension pot away from the sharks
Energy index rises 8 per centenergy index up
Year of the central bank
Government pledges ?45m to boost exports
Richest 300 Irish now worth ?62bn
If we all want jobs, we need more bubbles
Banks refuse 50pc of loan requests
Britain to offer 100-year gilts
UK trade deficit rises from two-year low
Spain has not been let off lightly by EU
Greek bailout ‘formally approved’
Dollar reaches one-month high against euro

Reports 14 Mar

Posted by – March 14, 2012