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Cash buyers snap up bargain properties in key spots nationwide
CASH buyers are snapping up bargain properties that would not have been affordable during the boom.
Householders now less gloomy about finances
CONSUMERS started the year by being less gloomy about their...
New hikes see cost of running family car to hit €100-a-week
THE cost of running a typical family car has passed the €100-a-week mark for the first time.
Cash flow is key for survival
IT is a bloodbath out there. “SMEs are suffering, surviving day-to-day,” says Garrett McCarthy, an accountant with Hugh McCarthy & Associates.
NTMA warns house prices will fall again in line with...
Homeowners get lifeline as personal debt deal on table
THOUSANDS of homeowners who can pay their mortgages but are overwhelmed by other debts may be able to get a deal to get some of what they owe wiped away.
‘Income is down, while everything else is going up’
HEALTH insurance price hikes are a big worry for Justin O’Gorman and his family.
Securing a mortgage is the vital element...
Home phone/broadband combo vs mobile only
Why on earth would you have a landline anymore?
Permanent TSB to cut home loan rate for new buyers
LEADING lender Permanent TSB is to cut its mortgage rate for new buyers by almost 1pc, — the first time in almost four years that a bank has reduced its borrowing cost.
One-third of all house purchases ‘are carried out in cash’
ONE-third of house buyers are now paying cash, an estate agency claimed yesterday.
Consumers turn backs...
Banks will take back homes under mortgage write-off plan
BANKS will take back homes and tie struggling homeowners to years of repayments in return for writing off their mortgage debt.
Car cover costs young men an extra €1,000
YOUNG male motorists are being charged up to €1,000 more for insurance than women.
No rate cut expected as ECB chief ‘takes a breather’
Homeowners are...
Battling the bulge: losing the pounds can cost lots of euro
YOUR wallet will certainly be a lot slimmer if you sign up for a weight loss programme in the annual New Year festival of frugality.
Charlie Weston: €8,800 pay-cut shock for 115,000
A TAX clampdown will cut the pension income of more than 115,000 retired people by up to €8,800 a year.
Price hikes will force 100,000 to quit health...