A Tobin tax worth considering. The Tobin tax was a transaction tax first mooted in the 70's, it was meant to be a tax that would reduce blatant speculation in currenc... Continue reading
Designing a longer term lease. The preference for letting property for 1 year is often suitable for both tenant and landlord alike, however, if we do start to see peo... Continue reading
Debt relief without moral hazard. I put on my thinking caps last week and drafted a paper called 'Designing a Debt Relief programme with minimal moral hazard to address ... Continue reading
Landlord statistics are wrong…. depending on how you read them! I had a wonderful debate today on Newstalk where we discussed the rental market, Threshold sent in their Chairperson Aideen Hayden. The... Continue reading
The ‘Cost’ of Regulation David McWilliams hit an interesting point in today's piece in the Independent about having 'too much regulation', and how it may repel ... Continue reading
What will come of it all? Eurobonds? Probably not… If you look at the dynamic of the crisis to date you see the following flow (broadly but not exactly) 1. Sub-prime mortgages in the US... Continue reading
Propertypin proves nothing on Rent Allowance (other than that their figures are wrong) There was an interesting post on ThePropertyPin that I came across on twitter and in reading the analysis I was struck by the statistic... Continue reading