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
TV3 Midday: Sybil Mulcahy talks to Karl Deeter about proposed budget changes, 15th October 2013 Sybil Mulcahy was out and about on budget day and she spoke to Karl Deeter about some of the proposed changes in the 2014 budget. Continue reading
16 Oct RTE Colm Hayes Show – talking property & our next ‘boom bust’ We spoke to Colm Hayes back at the end of September (forgot to post the piece!); and we talked about the way the property market is goi... Continue reading
14 Oct The Last Word with Matt Cooper – talking property tax On the 7th we were asked to speak with Matt Cooper about the local property tax figures which showed that 25% of properties in Ireland ... Continue reading
08 Oct Why don’t more buy to let investors sell their properties? We did some research with Marie Hunt of CBRE and Brian Lucey of Trinity College on 'buy to let' investors looking at their behaviour (i... Continue reading
07 Oct The Mortgage Restructuring Arrangement Bill 2013, a brief look under the hood This is a piece of legislation currently at Bill stage, I can't help but think they didn't get anybody involved in the actual mortgage ... Continue reading