Month: April 2012

News 28 Apr

Posted by – April 28, 2012

BoI has ‘no debt forgiveness policy’
Banks refusing to sell homes in ghost estates
House prices are a tricky business
Average residential property prices are 49%
BoI agrees mortgage write-down
AIB cuts amount it lends to home buyers
Dublin house prices rise 0.7%
Myhome.ie keeps tabs on price changes
House prices fall by 16.3%
Fixing the system to conserve water
No BoI plan to shift losing trackers
BoI to appoint rent receivers
Household charge paid by 921,568
Tycoon built a ?36m futuristic house
1,500 construction jobs in pipeline
Consumer spending to drop again
Finance halves its forecast for growth
No growth means second bailout grows likely
AIB repaying ?3.1m to customers
Third ‘national bank’ possible
Anglo ‘trying to bleed Quinn family dry’
The most expensive bank bailout ever
Pensions products slump 17pc in ‘bloodbath’
Revenue audit activity up 20% last year
‘No change’ for promissory notes
?1.5bn in PS allowances will not be protected
NTMA faces headwinds in return to markets
Additional BofI staff could be axed by 2013
Bank deal hikes budget deficit to 13.1%
Public are favouring ‘green’ technology
Anglo investors may sue over massive losses
NAMA has property worth over ?1bn for sale
Mystery buyer lined up for IL&P stake in NAMA
NAMA finds ‘grave irregularities’ in some Anglo loans
Nama seeks to recover bankrupt’s pension pot
Spain’s unemployment hits record levels
Europeans will never accept a federal banking system
S&P downgrades Spain
How Norway handled the mortgage problem
Italy’s borrowing costs to edge higher
UK:The dreaded double-dip
Proposed EU budget sees 6.8% rise
Growth and monetary apartheid is a Catch-22
Nokia’s rating cut to junk
Greece worse off staying in euro
Former Iceland premier awaits negligence ruling
UK:No recession, but ‘years? of sluggish growth
IMF encourages Europe’s economic suicide
Dutch government on verge of collapse
ECB rejects call to cut rates and fund banks

Reports 28 Apr

Posted by – April 28, 2012

Reports 25 Apr

Posted by – April 25, 2012

Reports 21 Apr

Posted by – April 21, 2012

News 21/4/12

Posted by – April 21, 2012

Bad planning costs us a lot
PTSB wants to retain some of its trackers
Construction sector ?half the size it should be?
Market begins to stabilise
Household tax exemptions urged
Humanity homes get presidential seal
?39 charge for 20 years on water meters
Households to pay for water meters gradually
Central Bank to buy Anglo HQ building from NAMA
Interest-only mortgage builds trouble
Households will pay for water meters
Non-payers of Household Charge ‘to be pursued’
Interest rates lower than European Average
Household assets take sting out of debt level
Number paying household levy slows
Policyholders face ?1bn Quinn’s UK losses
Troika to begin sixth quarterly assessment
Household income stabilises
Disposable income down ?356m
Decision due on guarantee inquiry
Banks scheming again
Prospects for agriculture
Further ?13bn in tax hikes and cuts are needed
Annual inflation rate rises to 2.2%
AIB repays ?1.5bn to unsecured bondholders
Boiler room complaints up 100%
Revealed: top 13 borrowers who owe Anglo
IBRC’s wealth management arm to be wound down
Investor launches High Court action against Nama
NAMA sells 112 Olympic site apartments for ?19m
Prices in euro zone rise 2% in year
Oil prices steady at ?118 a barrel
Japan to provide $60bn to IMF
Argentina nationalises oil company
IMF still won’t admit truth about the euro
China moves on currency
Eurozone crisis roars back to savage Spain
Spanish banks double ECB borrowing
Values slip on negative US sentiment
Greek unemployment at record high
UK trade deficit widens as exports slip
Time to put the doomed euro out of its misery
China’s economic growth slows to three-year low
Snap election called in Greece
Gold ‘to hit $2,000′ on Spain fears

Reports 18 Apr

Posted by – April 18, 2012

Reports 14 Apr

Posted by – April 14, 2012

News 11 Apr

Posted by – April 11, 2012

Construction activity contracts in first quarter
Allsop to auction over 100 properties
Property tax ‘is political dynamite’
Over 890,000 pay household levy
Construction sector optimism rise
NTMA may raise ?2bn from pension funds
Industrial production down 3.6% in February
Record numbers seeking help with debts
NAMA yet to get EU nod for NE mortgages
Spain?s ‘lose-lose’ struggle reignites euro crisis
Sharp drop in global stock markets
Jury still out on euro zone recovery
Q1 boost is only temporary
Household debt actions approved by IMF

Reports 11 Apr

Posted by – April 11, 2012

News 10 Apr

Posted by – April 10, 2012

Strategic arrears – bank-made myth or reality?
Boom years buyers may get property tax break
Property market ? past, present and future
Spreadbet clients likely to get funds returned
People near retirement less financially sure
PTSB decision could be delayed
Suspended firm tells clients it remains ‘solvent’
What could have been done to cut Anglo losses?
Nama reduced rents in 99% of applications
China inflation up after food, fuel increases
French economic growth stalls
Banks in Spain and Italy load up on sovereign debt
China returns to trade surplus,exports still weak,
Wall Street bulls bet on better year ahead
East looks at more support for IMF bailouts
Icelandic banks? recovery hopes rising