01 Nov Central Bank: solving the mortgage crisis by making it worse Yesterday was the proposed deadline for debt mediation firms to make their submissions to the Central Bank. The guidelines had only com... Continue reading
23 Oct RTE Drivetime: What it’s like to be inside a debtors meeting We were asked to talk to Drive Time on RTE radio about a borrower meeting we were at with a bank. This meeting was typical of the ones ... Continue reading
08 Oct Why don’t more buy to let investors sell their properties? We did some research with Marie Hunt of CBRE and Brian Lucey of Trinity College on 'buy to let' investors looking at their behaviour (i... Continue reading
Insolvency: creditors pay for it and carry cost & why some people can’t do it Something that we hear a lot is that Personal Insolvency Practitioners are expensive, while they may be costly, it is worth looking at ... Continue reading
13 Sep Some Irish mortgage statistics worth considering We all know the headline arrears figures and that they are a disaster. Take a look at some of the other figures which don't make it in... Continue reading
Arrears solution for a strategic defaulter: here’s a new plan you can ignore We make no secret of dealing with strategic defaulters, depending on the client we don't necessarily say that they are in that category... Continue reading
12 Sep Lickety split-mortgages: are they really a solution? #splitfail The calls for 'more split mortgages' are commonplace, what is often lacking is a deeper understanding of the flaws inherent. For instan... Continue reading
10 Sep Savage Sunday: Today FM 8th September 2013 The panel on this weeks Savage Sunday was Tony Williams, Kate Shanahan and Karl Deeter. The topics were Priory Hall, in particular KBC ... Continue reading
10 Sep Let’s take the emotion out of strategic default (this article originally appeared in the Sunday Business Post on the 8th of September 2013) The term 'strategic default' lacks a defini... Continue reading
09 Sep Newstalk Lunchtime: Jonathan Healy and Karl Deeter on Insolvency Service of Ireland We spoke to Jonathan Healy about the new insolvency service, how it was not going to be possible to determine its success for at least ... Continue reading