28 Blessington Street, Dublin – what’s the problem? When a property is listed for an eternity it normally means there is something particular to it that prevents the sale from occurring. ... Continue reading
Who’s the baddest of them all? The Irish Property Owners Association did a survey recently asking investors about their position with banks and how their investment w... Continue reading
Are landlords the bad guys? Depends on your view really… A search for company related updates threw up an interesting thread on the PropertyPin (which we got banned from for slagging off a mod... Continue reading
Mansion tax? My arse! Mansions that won’t be paying the ‘mansion tax’ I thought it would be interesting to look at the 'mansion tax' and post some houses that would be considered by any metric to be a mans... Continue reading
Making property tax relevant to local expenditure Patrick King of Dublin City Chamber and I presented a paper to the Dublin Economics Workshop this year about how we could match a prope... Continue reading
Mortgage writedowns occurring, but how much? We often hear that banks are writing down mortgage debts, but then the lenders themselves say 'this isn't happening'. For such a large ... Continue reading
To buy or not to buy… We are constantly asked 'is now a good time to buy' and the answer as always is 'that depends'. It depends on what you are hoping for, ... Continue reading
What about those multipliers? What do prices look like when considered from a GDP per capita point of view? (in advance I'll let the GNP crew know that we'll include... Continue reading
Dublin Chamber of Commerce on Property Tax Dublin Chamber sent out an email yesterday with their opinion on introducing a property tax which we wholeheartedly agree with, a Natio... Continue reading