18 Jan Contracts, not silly rules, are the better form of rent regulation Something often forgotten are the lessons from history, in recent debates about spiralling rents and other such issues, the one thing t... Continue reading
14 Jan Behavioural economics and pensions There was a fascinating paper published by the pensions institute in 2010 entitled 'spend more today' and it was about ways to encourag... Continue reading
06 Jan Why people will still invest in property in 2016 We plan to go through the maths soon of why the tax breaks that ended in 2014 were a bigger driver of a slow down in the market than th... Continue reading
05 Jan The big switch The time is coming near where One Big Switch say they will be shaking up the mortgage market in Ireland by using the power of group per... Continue reading
25 Nov How criticism is meant to sound In Ireland we are often publicly coy about saying what we mean, in particular as a person departs or dies the tendency is to wax lyrica... Continue reading
25 Nov The rich will prosper when the rules make sure they do. We have been critics of the Central Bank mortgage lending caps, believing instead that a rule similar to section 149 of the Consumer Cr... Continue reading
17 Nov Irish Times mention Irish Mortgage Brokers in article about renting We were quoted in a this piece by Aoife Valentine of the Irish Times which was an interesting article about the situation renters face.... Continue reading
12 Nov Newstalk: Pat Kenny & Karl Deeter discuss ‘rent certainty’ and construction Pat Kenny had Karl Deeter of Irish Mortgage Brokers on his show to discuss 'rent certainty' and some aspects of construction as well as... Continue reading
10 Nov Pre-emptive insolvency, the time is now. A headline today caught our attention, it was about an injunction to have an insolvency solution honoured. Personal insolvency is a le... Continue reading
09 Nov Newstalk Sunday Show: A discussion on the ‘Tsunami of repossessions’ that hasn’t arrived On Newstalk's 'The Sunday Show' Shane Coleman spoke to Karl Deeter (of Irish Mortgage Brokers) and David Hall of the IMHO. It was to c... Continue reading