Vespasian Posted January 2, 2008 Share Posted January 2, 2008 MMMmmmm! David McWilliams is is hardcore bear porn! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
subby Posted January 2, 2008 Share Posted January 2, 2008 "....Cracking read there....finally someone in the media who's not scared to say it how it is....now will you pop up to Belfast here and have a word with Helen Carson from the Belfast telegraph??? She;s an estate agent's wet dream the rubbish she pours out each week...." my comment I posted...wonder if it'll be pre-modded Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vespasian Posted January 6, 2008 Share Posted January 6, 2008 http://www.independent.ie/national-news/ec...rs-1257592.html Funny, a few months ago, the ROI economy was expected to be resilient Another few months and it`ll be in recession at this rate! (allegedly) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Mephisto Posted January 15, 2008 Share Posted January 15, 2008 Has anyone seen the absolutely crazy new show on TV3 - "The Overseas Property Show" pimping the overseas property market and citing the credit crunch as a "buying opportunity". Broadcast Tuesday 15th of January 2008 at 8.00pm on TV3. This weeks programme was on the currently imploding Florida market http://www.tv3.ie/media.php?action=news&id=91 If you really want to watch again - follow the link below http://www.propertytv.eu/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxdiver Posted January 17, 2008 Share Posted January 17, 2008 Irish Times today - more developers cutting prices of apartments from the PInQuote Davys Stockbrokers comments on the price cuts Quote: With the inventory of new homes possibly as high as 9-12 months and the spring selling season unlikely to show much activity, it looks as if builders are finally breaking ranks and deciding to take matters into their own hands. This can only help to get sales going again as buyers and sellers have refused to engage for the past year. Quote What's that guy smoking - Madman Davy - doesn't he know that there will be a pickup in the spring. Don't give in to their lies - support your local estate agent. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
subby Posted January 17, 2008 Share Posted January 17, 2008 What's that guy smoking - Madman Davy - doesn't he know that there will be a pickup in the spring.Don't give in to their lies - support your local estate agent. he needs a good dose of Helen Carson to perk him up Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vespasian Posted January 17, 2008 Share Posted January 17, 2008 http://www.independent.ie/business/irish/b...ld-1267706.html Builders are going it alone as housing slump takes holdBy Joe Brennan Thursday January 17 2008 Onlinetradesmen.com, Ireland's largest accredited network for tradesmen and builders, has seen its membership surge 10pc since September, as hundreds of laid-off construction workers turn their hand to repair, maintenance and improvement (RMI) work. The company has over 9,000 tradesmen and builders nationwide registered on its site. Fears over large-scale job losses in the construction sector have been mounting in recent months as housebuilding activity continues to decline. Experts say the overall construction industry, which employs 288,000 people, or one in eight of the entire workforce, could see layoffs of between 20,000 and 80,000 people as the number of homes built in the country fall from about 78,000 homes in 2007 to as low as 45,000 units this year. "The recent increase in tradesmen striking out on their own in the RMI sector will no doubt lead to more competition and the potential for reduced prices for consumers," said Ted Laverty, who is managing director of onlinetrades men.com. "We have seen a significant number of builders, carpenters and plumbers in particular sign up in recent months." The firm, which has processed in excess of 100,000 building and home improvement projects, worth over €1.2bn, since it was set up at the end of 2005, has found that growing competition for work has driven the use of the internet as a marketing tool in the search for work. Looks like the journalists in the RoI are digging deeper to show the times they are a changing. Pity the BT has little in the way of credible journalism Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vespasian Posted January 17, 2008 Share Posted January 17, 2008 French ambassador's house for sale - at asking price €60m http://www.ireland.com/newspaper/frontpage...0515395778.html Is this not what many foreign embassies did in Japan in 1989-1990? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sogy Posted January 17, 2008 Share Posted January 17, 2008 Pity the BT has little in the way of credible journalism They have... Helen Carson! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
subby Posted January 18, 2008 Share Posted January 18, 2008 They have... Helen Carson! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vespasian Posted January 19, 2008 Share Posted January 19, 2008 Good article, Doccyboy - there are rumours of developers being given to March to sell property. I suppose bankruptcy might look the better option at this stage than trying to keep your business afloat. One thing is for sure, this will be a very interesting Spring throughout the Island Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
azogar Posted January 20, 2008 Share Posted January 20, 2008 http://www.mcgarrsolicitors.ie/2007/10/29/...rne-solicitors/ lengthy read - but more info on the 2 irish solicitors aka... 1. Nobody in the solicitors’ profession is happy with the situations revealed in the practices of Mr. Lynn and Mr. Byrne. 2. It is alleged that they managed to borrow money from a substantial range of banks and building societies without furnishing proper security for the borrowings in the form of mortgages on their own property. Mr. Lynn, it appears, was building a substantial property portfolio using, it appears, those borrowings. He also had received deposits from property investors who expected to buy developed properties from him in due course. This latter business is not solicitor’s business and he would have been carrying that on his own account like any businessman. ..../..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vespasian Posted January 20, 2008 Share Posted January 20, 2008 I was over the border and felt compelled to buy the sunday independent. Look at the front page! http://www.independent.ie/independent.ie/e...todayspaper.pdf Its basically a special edition on the coming crash. With a whole full double page spread on pages 4&5. Look at those headlines! "Goverment in denial as crisis looms" "the crash is coming" "intervention needed to avoid meltdown" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
subby Posted January 20, 2008 Share Posted January 20, 2008 I was over the border and felt compelled to buy the sunday independent. Look at the front page!http://www.independent.ie/independent.ie/e...todayspaper.pdf Its basically a special edition on the coming crash. With a whole full double page spread on pages 4&5. Look at those headlines! "Goverment in denial as crisis looms" "the crash is coming" "intervention needed to avoid meltdown" super bear food Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
azogar Posted January 20, 2008 Share Posted January 20, 2008 super bear food Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pod Posted January 20, 2008 Share Posted January 20, 2008 http://www.askaboutmoney.com/showthread.php?t=72798 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
azogar Posted January 20, 2008 Share Posted January 20, 2008 (edited) http://www.askaboutmoney.com/showthread.php?t=72798 good find detail - Anybody else finding it hard to let their properties? The last time I had a property up for rent (in Swords), which was about 6 months ago, the Daft website showed about 70 other properties for let in Swords. Today there are almost 150 properties for let in Swords and I havnt received a single phone call for 5 days. Six months ago I had 5 phone calls a day.....at least !!!! Could this be due to one of the following: 1. Less people look to rent in January. (things may pick up in Feb !) 2. Swords is swamped with vacant rental properties. I guess thats obvious. 3. I havnt upgraded my Daft ad to a premium ad (yet !) and despite renewing it ever day it still seems low down the list. 4. Perhaps I am asking for too much rent. (E1,300 for 2 bed) any suggestions? Apart from you should have sold them 2 years ago !!!! I know I am still kicking my self !!!! credit to him / her for their honesty Edited January 20, 2008 by prophet-profit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FrustratedFTB Posted January 27, 2008 Share Posted January 27, 2008 http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/northern_ireland/7210231.stm More news on dodgy solictor stuff down south involving property investing. Army not acting against pilot By Diarmaid Fleming BBC News, Dublin The Irish Army says it has not taken any action against one of its pilots who owes more than two million euro to a bank. Captain John Mulkearns and his wife, Lorna Farrell, were ordered by the Commercial Court in Dublin to pay back 2,047,208 euros to the Bank of Ireland. The couple were ordered to pay back the loan The bank said they had broken a mortgage agreement by failing to register the loan on properties they owned. The couple's solicitor was Michael Lynn, 39, who is wanted in Ireland. He fled the country after it emerged he owed over 80m euros in loans from financial institutions raised against properties which are the subject of investigations by Garda fraud detectives. The Commercial Court heard that Capt Mulkearns and his wife were given a loan of 2M euros in March 2006 by Bank of Ireland. The bank said the loan was to clear existing mortgages for five properties in Ireland - three in Dublin and two in County Leitrim. The loan was also to repay a debt of 200,000 euros owed to Mr Lynn, and to invest 493,000 euros in five apartments in Bulgaria being built by Kendar Holdings, Mr Lynn's property company. Lawyers for Bank of Ireland said that the 2m euros mortgage given to the couple was conditional on the loan being registered over the five properties, and their home in Dublin. The bank said the loan was never registered or secured against the properties. Lawyers said the couple were in breach of the agreement, and had not honoured the repayment instalments. No defence was lodged by the couple, who were legally represented. The court then granted an order to Bank of Ireland for 2,047,208 euros, including interest against the pair. Lynn is under investigation by the Garda Fraud Squad, the Law Society of Ireland, and is being sued in a multitude of court cases being taken by financial institutions looking for their money back. The High Court has been told that Lynn raised several mortgages against single properties, failing to register the loans in breach of undertakings given to the lending banks and building societies. Bulgaria Legal action has been taken by the banks and building societies to get their money, while a separate High Court hearing is also underway as part of an investigation into Lynn's activities by the Law Society of Ireland. Lynn has not been seen since failing to turn up for a High Court hearing related to this investigation in December. He is understood to be living in Portugal, but has travelled to the US and Bulgaria in recent weeks. He has not been charged with any criminal offence, so cannot be extradited to Ireland, even though a bench warrant exists for contempt of court due to his non-appearance at hearings. The Mayo-born solicitor racked up debts of over 80m euro but also amassed a substantial portfolio of 148 properties in Ireland, Bulgaria, Hungary, Poland and Portugal thought to be worth around 50m euro, as well as a number of development projects. The banks are seeking sale of his portfolio to recoup their money, but multiple mortgages on single properties mean there will not be enough raised from such sales to meet all the debts. Flying A High Court judge described his tangled financial affairs including 154 bank accounts as like a "witches' brew". Captain Mulkearns developed an interest in Bulgaria some years ago and was known in the expatriate business community in Sofia, from his attendance at a formal dress St Patrick's Day function at the Boyana Palace in Sofia in March 2004, attended by international diplomats, Bulgarian and expatriate business figures. The military pilot is attached to the helicopter arm of the Irish Army Air Corps, whose duties include flying Irish President Mary McAleese, Taoiseach Bertie Ahern and other Irish government ministers and VIPs. An Irish Army spokesman said that Captain Mulkearns was not currently in a flying role at the Air Corps. It is understood that his ground role was a normal operational assignment unrelated to his financial affairs. He is understood be the secretary of the officers' mess at the Air Corps Headquarters in Casement Aerodrome, Baldonnel near to Dublin, and is also attached to the helicopter section. An Irish Army spokesman said that there had been no military investigation arising from Captain Mulkearns' financial affairs. These were first made public at an earlier court hearing in December. "There is no investigation. He is not working in a flying appointment currently. The Defence Forces are currently monitoring the situation," the spokesman said. Captain Mulkearns was not available for comment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
subby Posted January 27, 2008 Share Posted January 27, 2008 He fled the country after it emerged he owed over 80m euros in loans from financial institutions raised against properties which are the subject of investigations by Garda fraud detectives. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sour Mash Posted January 28, 2008 Share Posted January 28, 2008 Just saw on the RTE news that UBS have downgraded their stock rating on 4 of the 5 major Irish banks to 'Sell' due to their heavy involvement in commercial property (no link yet). Kind of Ironic for a bank that has lost over 10 billion dollars itself on US sub-prime investments but it does highlight just how complicit the banks were in the Irish property boom which almost certainly was a major driver behind the ueber-boom in NI. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vespasian Posted January 30, 2008 Share Posted January 30, 2008 More bear food from Mr McWilliams from the weekend http://www.sbpost.ie/post/pages/p/story.as...9911-qqqx=1.asp Spin masters continue to tell us that our economic fundamentals are sound, but they keep changing the fundamentals. The Irish property market is an out-of-control aircraft, full of petrified screaming passengers, with neither a pilot nor working controls. We abandoned our economic levers when we joined EMU in 1999.Like a doomed plane, the market can only go up and, when it stops going up, as it is doing now, it falls to earth. The severity of the fall is based on the pull of financial gravity. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
subby Posted January 30, 2008 Share Posted January 30, 2008 More bear food from Mr McWilliams from the weekendhttp://www.sbpost.ie/post/pages/p/story.as...9911-qqqx=1.asp pull of financial gravity....not even a Neutron star could pull "the plane" down any faster Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
subby Posted January 30, 2008 Share Posted January 30, 2008 (edited) anyone not knowing....a neutron star's gravity is so strong that a tea spoonfull of matter "weighs" about 200million tonnes Edited January 30, 2008 by subby Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vespasian Posted January 30, 2008 Share Posted January 30, 2008 anyone not knowing....a neutron star's gravity is so strong that a tea spoonfull of matter "weighs" about 200million tonnes 200million tonnes! Thats the same amount of rain forest cut down every week to make all the for sale signs popping up everyone, or maybe it was the weight of all the VI b*llshit pumped out about house prices in the last year Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FrustratedFTB Posted January 30, 2008 Share Posted January 30, 2008 More Job loses down south WEDNESDAY 30/01/2008 09:47:21 350 jobs to go in Co Wicklow It has been confirmed that 350 jobs are to go in Co Wicklow. Pharmaceutical giant Allergan has announced that it is to close its factory in Arklow by June 2009. Staff were told at a meeting this morning that the company is to move its operations to Costa Rica in order to cut costs. Allergan was one of the biggest employers in the Arklow area. http://u.tv/newsroom/indepth.asp?id=87272&pt=n Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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