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New research suggests a small number of homeowners remain vulnerable to even a small rate increase

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The Kerry TD co-presented ‘The Tonight Show’ with Matt Cooper, cleverly infiltrating Dublin’s liberal media. What next, ghost-writing Fintan O’Toole’s column?

House rules: how to get your first mortgage

Buying a house has never been more difficult but there are ways to endear yourself to your bank and find your dream home

ECB critical of FF-sponsored mortgage arrears Bill

Draft legislation would introduce Mortgage Resolution Office with wide powers

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Business stories of the year: Brexit, Panama Papers and Ivan Yates bow to the queen

What people who know about money wished they knew when they were 20

Financial advice to my younger self: experts look back at the money mistakes they made

What to do in your 20s/30s...if you don’t want to be broke in your 60s

Making a couple of good financial decisions early can make the goals of owning your own home and having a decent retirement fund feasible

Banks tougher than vulture funds on debt forgiveness

Banks risk prompting compliant borrowers stopping payments if seen as easy on debt

We abandon the Irish tradition of home ownership at our peril

The further we depart from this the more our cultural, institutional and legislative frameworks will have to adapt

Generation Rent: ‘It’s totally out of your control’

Families are trapped by ‘extortionate’ Irish rents and restrictive house buying rules

Tsunami of house repossessions fails to materialise, study finds

Dublin Economics Workshop hears that cases before Irish courts move slowly

Disposable income: how to spend less and have more | Overspent series

In our continuing series on Ireland’s stubbornly low disposable incomes, a panel of experts advises on ways to increase your disposable income through smarter management of utilities, insurance, groceries and phone bills

New bank levy could see mortgage rates rise, not fall

Government move to force drop in line with ECB cuts could backfire, warns broker

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Lucinda Creighton and Karl Deeter present code of conduct prohibiting ‘cronyism’

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