18 Jan A picture speaks 256,000 words The Surveyors Journal did an excellent info-graphic on how much it costs to build a house (with no land cost factored in) It's fairly ... Continue reading
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
19 Aug Two identical first time buyers walk into a bar, one qualifies, the other doesn’t The Central Bank rules on curtailing mortgage lending have had an interesting effect, first is that we are seeing more loans draw down ... Continue reading
How much deposit do I need to buy a house? This is a really common question, people are still unsure about how much they have to have in order to get a loan. While it is simple e... Continue reading
02 Feb RTE Sean O’Rourke Show: Karl Deeter & Ronan Lyons on Central Bank rules Last week on the Sean O'Rourke Show Karl Deeter and Ronan Lyons (Trinity College & Daft.ie) had a good robust debate about lending ... Continue reading
21 Oct Central Bank Mortgage Cap Calculator: did you get shafted? We have designed a simple calculator that lets you put in your property price, what rents you are currently paying, how you think price... Continue reading
08 Oct TodayFM: Matt Cooper speaks to Irish Mortgage Brokers On Today FM's 'last word' show with Matt Cooper we were asked to discuss the issue of mortgages being capped for the loan to vlaue and ... Continue reading
08 Oct Newstalk: Lunchtime speaks to Irish Mortgage Brokers about ‘mortgage caps’ Jonathan Healy of Newstalk spoke to Karl Deeter about capping mortgage loan to values and loan to income amounts. This is a logically c... Continue reading
We have ceased to offer debt management services under the Central Bank regulations Irish Mortgage Brokers have informed the Central Bank that we will not continue the debt management services industry under their regul... Continue reading
06 May Rules, they apply to at least some of us… Something that is sadly missing from the Patrick Neary involvement with Anglo is how the rules set up by a Regulator often apply to eve... Continue reading