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
Discounted cash-flows I often talk about the idea of discounted cashflows in property and how to use it as a valuation tool, Frank Quinn and I have done repo... Continue reading
Mortgage to rent in as bad a shape as the mortgage market I think Ciaran Lynch hit the nail on the head when he said the 'mortgage to rent' scheme risks 'becoming a flop'. The issue here comes ... Continue reading
The 3 tools in a bankers box. Banks have three tools (and no, it isn't the CEO, Chairperson and Secretary!) in their box for getting into good health: 1. Operationa... 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
Bank rates, onwards and upwards… Something that is interesting is how people are amazed that banks are jacking up interest rates at a time like this... In fact, it is p... Continue reading
IBF Latest Lending figures – what does a ratio tell us? Yesterday good news was spreading about a year on year increase in new mortgages for home-owners, I debated the topic on TodayFM with P... Continue reading
The difference between hard and soft Upon reading the title I thought - that might be interpreted a bit weird... I don't weigh in that often on the future of the Eurozone, ... Continue reading
Talking through my hat In Saturday's Independent Laura Noonan covered mortgage arrears (it wasn't Charlie Weston - one commenter mentioned him and we had to d... Continue reading