25 Jun Priming the property pump The issue with Irish property (in particular Dublin where demand is evident) is that the pump has been primed in many different ways, f... Continue reading
27 Nov Don’t be late! Banks announcing cut off dates for mortgage cheques Every year Santa brings a few unlucky kids some coal, the banks have a similar deal for people who are late with their paperwork and it... Continue reading
RTE News at 6: Department of Finance met to try and fix property market RTE obtained documents which showed the Department of Finance met with industry in order to suggest ways in which the property market c... Continue reading
16 Oct The nonsense of VAT reclaims for ending the black market One of the property concessions in budget 2014 was the 'home renovation incentive scheme'. This is intended to allow people to get the ... Continue reading
TV3 Midday: Sybil Mulcahy talks to Karl Deeter about proposed budget changes, 15th October 2013 Sybil Mulcahy was out and about on budget day and she spoke to Karl Deeter about some of the proposed changes in the 2014 budget. Continue reading
14 Oct The Last Word with Matt Cooper – talking property tax On the 7th we were asked to speak with Matt Cooper about the local property tax figures which showed that 25% of properties in Ireland ... Continue reading
Irish Property Owners Association – a ‘taxsault’ on property owners? This is a statement sent out from the IPOA, it makes a lot of very valid points and also raises the spectre of cost-push inflation in r... Continue reading
Property tax paying bondholders? This was something that broke while I was on annual leave, it's really infuriating to see that the property tax which was meant to be a... Continue reading
The Insider, flat rate expenses on TV3 This time around on the Insider, we looked at 'flat rate expenses' which are a tax credit that exists for many different jobs, but it i... Continue reading
Property tax exemptions – 2013 Finance Bill ammendment The list of exempted properties is in the new property tax amendment to the 2013 Finance Bill. Charities, properties held in trust, an... Continue reading