18 Apr Irish Examiner quotes Irish Mortgage Brokers on planning The Irish Planning Institute held their national convention in Athlone and we were pleased to see one of our own as one of the opening ... Continue reading
30 Mar VAT cuts in construction, who would get the benefit and why? VAT is an end user tax, the 'cost' to businesses is zero. That fact is often overlooked in all debates about VAT, a business has input ... Continue reading
08 Mar Pay to go where? Why the elderly stay where they stay and how to keep everybody happy. We lament that older people under-occupy homes, the older people probably aren't so upset or they wouldn't do it. They have reasons for... Continue reading
03 Feb One Big Switch findings on mortgage holders There was an interesting infographic out today from One Big Switch showing what people have done in order to make their mortgage repaym... Continue reading
18 Jan A picture speaks 256,000 words The Surveyors Journal did an excellent info-graphic on how much it costs to build a house (with no land cost factored in) It's fairly ... Continue reading
01 Sep Morning Ireland airs our idea to help the homeless We were really pleased that Morning Ireland covered our joint idea with Fr. Peter McVerry on a way to help reduce pressure in the rente... Continue reading
31 Aug One of us isn’t a first time buyer, so can we get 90%? Something that comes up with regular frequency is a question about 'being a first time buyer'. The simple version is 'one of us bought ... Continue reading
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
01 Oct RTE 1 O’Clock News: Housing crisis and what can be done in the budget to help Today on the 1 O'clock News on RTE Radio 1 we were asked to consider things which the budget could do to help achieve some stability in... Continue reading