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
08 Dec Vultures are a key part of our housing recovery When we hear talk of 'vultures' and 'vulture funds' it's usually in highly negative overtones. That's why the name-calling exists in th... 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
29 Sep Even supply doesn’t fix a supply issue. Housing is confounding, we are at a frustrating juncture where after a massive property crash brought about in part by a glut of housin... Continue reading
28 Sep Newstalk: Pat Kenny show features Irish Mortgage Brokers The Pat Kenny Show on Newstalk had Karl Deeter in studio to discuss the property market today. We tried to make the point that there ar... Continue reading
Why are houses so expensive? This is an excellent piece which really spells out one of the issues that we face in the Irish housing market. The default position of ... 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