2008: When banks independently all decided to make a similar decision This week five years ago is when independent mortgage advisors were in the middle of getting some harsh news, some lenders were pulling... Continue reading
A tale of two speeds The harmonized OECD unemployment rate is 8% but the Eurozone rate (much of which is included in the OECD figures) is higher at 12%. Th... Continue reading
Overindebted property investors – a fix without insolvency using Section 69 There are a lot of property investors who will see the ramp up of repossessions or insolvency of their current situation result in larg... Continue reading
Split mortgage calculator I put together this spreadsheet during my afternoon coffee break. All you have to do is play around with the yellow boxes and try diffe... Continue reading
What Is Defamation Defamation is the act of harming another persons character be it through a false written or oral statement. In order for a statement to... Continue reading
A critique of the new Central Bank and CCMA measures This article appeared in the Sunday Business Post on the 17th of March 2013 A senior banker described the new rules introduced by the G... Continue reading
We need to lose our obsession with property ownership This article was submitted to the Mail on Sunday for publication on the 17th of March, it is not identical to the final edit which appe... Continue reading
Are landlords the bad guys? Depends on your view really… A search for company related updates threw up an interesting thread on the PropertyPin (which we got banned from for slagging off a mod... Continue reading