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
What about those multipliers? What do prices look like when considered from a GDP per capita point of view? (in advance I'll let the GNP crew know that we'll include... Continue reading
Dublin Chamber of Commerce on Property Tax Dublin Chamber sent out an email yesterday with their opinion on introducing a property tax which we wholeheartedly agree with, a Natio... Continue reading
Estate agents who may be unqualified? Edel Morgan has an interesting article in the Irish Times today about estate agents having problems getting their licenses set up - the... Continue reading