Dealing with a mortgage in arrears

If you're new here, you may want to subscribe to our email newsletter or our RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!The latest figures from the Central Bank of Ireland (28 February 2011) show a 5.7% of Mortgage Accounts in Arrears for more than 90 days. If you are one of the unfortunates with this problem – the...

What to do when you lose your job

Losing your job can be distressing and challenging. Losing your job increases stress and has been linked to mental health difficulties. Thankfully there are some great, easy to follow guides available online that may come in handy. The FLAC (Free Legal Advice Centre) have a quick checklist on their website...

Are you over insured on the cost of rebuilding your house?

Thanks to the drop in house prices, it is now much cheaper to rebuild your home than ever before if anything nasty happens to your house (heaven forbid!). But you may still be paying a home insurance premium based on old rebuilding costs. If you visit the Society of Chartered Surveyors,  they provide a...

The People’s Economy: Economic Myth Busting

Is a bondholder some kind of fuel – one that needs to be burned in harsh economic times? Why does the bank need to get money from your wages in the form of new taxes when you pay your wages into the bank for your mortgage? Who is the IMF? Some kind of Interplanetary Magnetic Field? If these and...

Make money by renting your stuff

Do you have an unused set of golf clubs, a bouncy castle or a trailer? Did you ever consider that it might actually be useful to someone else and a source of revenue for you? The phenomenon of  ‘peer-to-peer renting’ is relatively new and has taken off with some new online services making it...

Ghost Estates of the Irish Property Bubble

20,000 completed empty houses and nearly 20,000 unfinished houses. The map say it all: Link: http://ghostestates.com/main.php?g2_view=map.ShowMap Google...