04 mai 2008
Sean O'Grady: Hooray! House prices are falling again
source: The Independent
The housing bubble is over. Good. Perhaps now we can stop thinking
about property as a pension scheme, drop the delusion that house prices
only ever rise, and liberate middle class dinner parties from the
tyranny of conversations about how much everyone's house has gone up in
value and what the place next door went for. Gazumping and
gazerundering can be forgotten. First-time buyers can walk into estate
agents without fear of mockery. Those overpriced but luxurious city
centre "regeneration" flats will soon be suddenly affordable to young
buyers.
Even in the US the "Ninja" loan (No Income, No Job, No Assets") has been consigned to the financial history book
Betrayed by the banks
source: The Independent
THROUGH the golden years, Irish banks raked money from their Irish customers, making billions for their shareholders. Now that the banks are feeling the pinch, due to the worldwide credit crunch, they are squeezing borrowers who fell for the lure of soaring property values.
16 avril 2008
Danger de ralentissement en Irlande
source: Le Figaro
06 avril 2008
Will the credit crisis leave Ireland's economy all washed up?
source: The Telegraph
That's not a disaster. After a decade of partying, the Irish economy is
being hit with a pretty hefty hangover. For one thing, house prices
fell by 9 per cent during the year to February. I
04 avril 2008
Irlande : la Banque Centrale abaisse sa prévision de croissance 2008 à 2,3%
source: Les Echos
La banque centrale a expliqué que l'économie irlandaise devrait souffrir d'un retournement du marché immobilier, qui a vu depuis l'an dernier une chute des prix et de la construction de logements, ainsi que du ralentissement économique en cours aux Etats-Unis
24 mars 2008
L'Irlande prend de plein fouet l'éclatement de la bulle immobilière
source: Les Echos