19 Aug Talking Money: Downsizing your home, 3rd August 2015 Last week on Drivetime's 'Talking Money' we discussed the idea of 'downsizing' your home and what it means, how to do it, and the thing... 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
17 Jul RTE Talking Money on Life Insurance Back in June (sorry for the delay, we had the recording but didn't post it!) we did a piece on life insurance and both how and why it m... 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
25 Mar What is happening with fixed rates? We have been asked a few times about fixed mortgage rates and why they are lower than standard variable rates at the moment. This has ... Continue reading
Irish Mortgage Brokers at the inaugural Euromoney Conference The EuroMoney conference was held for the firs time in Dublin last week and opened by the Minister of Finance Michael Noonan. It had a ... 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
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
RTE: The Week in Politics on Central Bank mortgage rules We were asked to comment on the Central Bank mortgage loan proposals, we believe they are as blunt an instrument as you could use and t... Continue reading