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
18 Jan First time buyers who don’t buy new homes First time buyers have been asking 'what about those of us who are not buying a new home? Why don't we get any help like the people usi... Continue reading
Ireland AM feature Irish Mortgage Brokers, 4th January 2017 Mark Cagney had Karl Deeter from Irish Mortgage Brokers on to talk about the launch of the 'help to buy' scheme, how it would work and ... Continue reading
04 Jan Making sense of ‘help to buy’ Yesterday Revenue announced the details of the new ‘help to buy’ scheme. It is designed to make buying a home more realistic for first ... Continue reading
20 Dec Understanding Personal Contract Plan or ‘PCP’ A lot of people come to us for general financial advice and something we are asked about more regularly are PCP contracts. This is wher... Continue reading
29 Sep Irish Times mentions Irish Mortgage Brokers: Why is there a housing shortage? We were featured in today's Irish Times on an article by Barry McCall asking 'why do we have housing shortages'. Our contribution is a... Continue reading
14 Sep The unaffordability index of Irish housing This picture speaks a thousand words and in many cases tens of thousands of earnings that a person would have to have in order to affor... Continue reading
01 Sep 2016 Mortgage lending rules submission by Irish Mortgage Brokers We sent our research and thoughts on the lending rules to the Central Bank as part of their industry consultation process regarding the... Continue reading
29 Aug Today FM: The last word, Matt Cooper talks to Karl Deeter & Ruth Coppinger Karl Deeter was on Today FM's 'The Last Word' with Matt Cooper to discuss proposals by TD Ruth Coppinger to break the law if you are at... Continue reading
21 Jul The cost of turfing out tenants It is often assumed that landlords don't want to give people long leases preferring to see people leave and obtain a rent increase wher... Continue reading