25 Mar What is happening with fixed rates? We have been asked a few times about fixed mortgage rates and why they are lower than standard variable rates at the moment. This has ... Continue reading
Irish Mortgage Brokers at the inaugural Euromoney Conference The EuroMoney conference was held for the firs time in Dublin last week and opened by the Minister of Finance Michael Noonan. It had a ... Continue reading
02 Feb RTE Sean O’Rourke Show: Karl Deeter & Ronan Lyons on Central Bank rules Last week on the Sean O'Rourke Show Karl Deeter and Ronan Lyons (Trinity College & Daft.ie) had a good robust debate about lending ... Continue reading
UTV Ireland Live at 10: Chris Donoghue speaks to Irish Mortgage Brokers Chris Donoghue interviewed Karl Deeter of Irish Mortgage Brokers regarding the rule changes that were brought in by the Central Bank an... Continue reading
28 Jan The Anton Savage Show: Anton speaks to Irish Mortgage Brokers Anton had Karl Deeter on to discuss the proposed mortgage loan caps that were being discussed by the Central Bank. Our view is that som... Continue reading
RTE: The Week in Politics on Central Bank mortgage rules We were asked to comment on the Central Bank mortgage loan proposals, we believe they are as blunt an instrument as you could use and t... Continue reading
20 Jan The problem of over-saving Just when we thought we heard it all in terms of the strange scenarios you encounter in credit, up pop's something new, the problem of ... Continue reading
12 Jan Mortgage rates set to drop and competition to increase in 2015 We have commented several times since last year that the trend for mortgage rates in 2015 will be to see them drop. With spreads of c. ... Continue reading
05 Dec Our submission to the Central Bank on CP87 – Mortgage lending caps We submitted a paper to the Central Bank on the mortgage cap proposal they have put out for consultation. Our view is that apart from b... Continue reading
11 Nov Primetime: excessive interest rates Last night's Primetime had a well thought out piece on variable interest rates. The general thesis was that variable rates are 'too ... Continue reading