01 Nov Central Bank: solving the mortgage crisis by making it worse Yesterday was the proposed deadline for debt mediation firms to make their submissions to the Central Bank. The guidelines had only com... Continue reading
31 Oct Debt chronicles: There can be no solution for some people A while ago we decided to document some of the things we encounter as debt managers in order to give a taste of the experience from wit... Continue reading
RTE Prime Time: Property Trusts and freeman philosophy We were asked to take part in the Prime Time show about private property trusts and freemen philosophy. They are separate things but in... Continue reading
24 Oct Lisney: What next for housing in Dublin? November 12th 8:30-11:30 a.m. Lisney will be hosting a conference called 'what next for housing in Dublin' on the 12th of November, places are limited to c.400 ppl a... Continue reading
23 Oct RTE Drivetime: What it’s like to be inside a debtors meeting We were asked to talk to Drive Time on RTE radio about a borrower meeting we were at with a bank. This meeting was typical of the ones ... Continue reading
22 Oct PTsb – catching us off guard with well thought out new offerings If you weren't in the industry since before 2008 you could be for thinking that we only see bad banking decisions and negativity on a o... Continue reading
22 Oct What happens when you are in banks for a meeting… We often find ourselves (usually to our detriment) involved with meetings where a person brings us along to meet with the bank. Somethi... Continue reading
RTE News at 6: Department of Finance met to try and fix property market RTE obtained documents which showed the Department of Finance met with industry in order to suggest ways in which the property market c... Continue reading
16 Oct How much of pints, wine, cigs and petro is tax? And where does it go? Here is an infographic worth considering, it breaks down how much tax is within the price of something. Amazing to think how cheap some... Continue reading
16 Oct The nonsense of VAT reclaims for ending the black market One of the property concessions in budget 2014 was the 'home renovation incentive scheme'. This is intended to allow people to get the ... Continue reading