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
Mansion tax? My arse! Mansions that won’t be paying the ‘mansion tax’ I thought it would be interesting to look at the 'mansion tax' and post some houses that would be considered by any metric to be a mans... Continue reading
TV3 The Morning Show – Personal Finance, stop harassment calls and can banks fix mortgage arrears? Continue reading
State pensions – how they work and what’s available There are two State Pension Systems, the Social Insurance System and the Social Assistance System, so you should normally qualify under... Continue reading
A strange contradiction, making a problem then complaining about it… At the Central Bank conference on distressed property markets yesterday there was an excellent line up of speakers, the event was launc... Continue reading
Property tax exemptions – 2013 Finance Bill ammendment The list of exempted properties is in the new property tax amendment to the 2013 Finance Bill. Charities, properties held in trust, an... Continue reading