31 Aug A marginal rate of over 270% How can you have a marginal rate of tax that is an effective 270% against profits? Easy, be a landlord. Although this example is styled... Continue reading
27 Aug RTE Talking Money – AirBnB (making a house pay), 17th August 2015 With Revenue set to receive the names of over 9,000 AirBnB 'hosts' we looked at the implications of this as well as other ways to make ... Continue reading
19 Aug Talking Money: Downsizing your home, 3rd August 2015 Last week on Drivetime's 'Talking Money' we discussed the idea of 'downsizing' your home and what it means, how to do it, and the thing... Continue reading
19 Aug Two identical first time buyers walk into a bar, one qualifies, the other doesn’t The Central Bank rules on curtailing mortgage lending have had an interesting effect, first is that we are seeing more loans draw down ... Continue reading
How much deposit do I need to buy a house? This is a really common question, people are still unsure about how much they have to have in order to get a loan. While it is simple e... 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
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
RTE 1 O’Clock News: Irish Mortgage Brokers talk about bedsits and homelessness We were interviewed by RTE news and were making the point that removing bedsits (somewhere between 7-14,000 were occupied) simply got r... Continue reading