The Insider on TV3 on using the ‘investor method’ of property valuations This piece is about using rental yields to create a valuation, the way it works is to use the annual rent and assume that it represents... Continue reading
Property questions answered at the Irish Independent video blog We were delighted to take part in the Irish Independents first property video blog where we answered questions and spoke about the prop... Continue reading
28 Blessington Street, Dublin – what’s the problem? When a property is listed for an eternity it normally means there is something particular to it that prevents the sale from occurring. ... Continue reading
Who’s the baddest of them all? The Irish Property Owners Association did a survey recently asking investors about their position with banks and how their investment w... 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
Making property tax relevant to local expenditure Patrick King of Dublin City Chamber and I presented a paper to the Dublin Economics Workshop this year about how we could match a prope... Continue reading
Mortgage writedowns occurring, but how much? We often hear that banks are writing down mortgage debts, but then the lenders themselves say 'this isn't happening'. For such a large ... Continue reading
To buy or not to buy… We are constantly asked 'is now a good time to buy' and the answer as always is 'that depends'. It depends on what you are hoping for, ... Continue reading