Mortgage repayments


Dodgy market research: when phone surveys turn into the hard sell

Don’t be fooled: not everything that’s a “survey” is research. Depressingly often, it’s what the market research industry calls “sugging” (a loose acronym for “selling under the guise of research”), fugging (“fundraising…”) or dugging (“databasing…”), writes Stephen Downes.

Housing affordability: it’s your own fault

The rising number of individuals seeking to blame the government for their struggling with mortgage repayments signals the death of people taking responsibility for their own choices.