06 Mar Generation Rent? Try generation Broke It bothers me when people promote long-term renting as a better choice than home ownership because it belies some basic facts. When I ... 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
30 Sep Debt Relief Notice ceiling raised by 75% to €35,000 30 September 2015: The Insolvency Service of Ireland (ISI) has welcomed an amendment to legislation which will allow people on a lower ... Continue reading
22 Jul RTE Talking Money: The cost of raising kids This week on RTE's 'Talking Money' we looked at the cost of raising a child. Everybody who ever had kids knows it's expensive, but did ... Continue reading
17 Jul Talking Money – Switch your mortgage to save This week on 'Talking Money' Karl Deeter and Jill Kerby were discussing 'switching' with Cormac on RTE's Drivetime. It was coincidental... Continue reading
04 Mar Why not make a bank’s veto backfire on them? There are two views that have been mentioned recently, one is that bankruptcy should have a reduced term to 1 year and the second is th... Continue reading
05 Dec Talking Money: RTE Radio 1 Be financially ready for Christmas! This week on Talking Money on RTE Radio 1's 'Drivetime' show Karl Deeter & Jill Kerby discussed different aspects of Christmas and ... Continue reading
11 Nov Primetime: excessive interest rates Last night's Primetime had a well thought out piece on variable interest rates. The general thesis was that variable rates are 'too ... Continue reading
Budget night 2015: Vincent Browne’s ‘Tonight’ show on TV3 On the night of Budget 2015 we were asked to participate in a large panel discussion on Vincent Browne's 'Tonight' show. We tried to ma... 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