Are repossessions good or evil? There tends to be two views on repossessing family homes, the first is that it is wrong, that doing this is committing an act which is ... Continue reading
Continuing slowdown in growth of arrears is welcome, says IBF Below is a statement from the Irish Bankers Federation regarding today's arrears figures. Continuing slowdown in growth of arrears is ... Continue reading
How negative equity mortgages work (the bit banks won’t tell you) There is a lot written about negative equity mortgages, what nobody seems to cover is how they actually work or get underwritten so her... 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
Central Bank says engaging with lenders works best. Central Bank research shows that borrowers with mortgage arrears who engage early and meaningfully with their lenders get the best poss... Continue reading
TV3 The Morning Show presents ‘The Insider’ – dealing with banks that hassle you with calls Continue reading
Taxation of debt forgiveness – is it a liability in waiting? The writing-off of a debt, for example, by a bank, is not a disposal for Capital Gains Tax purposes. We have already queried this with ... 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