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20 Jul Buying a home vs. Renting: Which is better? Buying your home is one of the biggest financial decisions of your life. However, it is a big commitment and there are a lot of hidden ... Continue reading
08 Jul Why are investment funds buying up Irish Property? Large-scale private rented sector (PRS) investors, sometimes called vulture or cuckoo funds, have rapidly become a major force in the I... Continue reading
01 Jul Central Bank warns of New Home shortage House prices have been surging in Ireland lately, and the new home market has been hit especially hard. The rise in house prices has be... Continue reading
30 Jun What is the Help to Buy Incentive? The Help to Buy incentive is a program from the Irish Government that provides relief to first time buyers of a new home or apartment. ... Continue reading
15 Jun What will the Local Property Tax changes mean for you? On 2 June 2021, Finance Minister Paschal Donohoe confirmed the details of the Local Property Tax (LPT) changes. Once the changes go int... Continue reading
14 Jun Costs you Should be Aware of before Buying a House There are more costs associated with buying your first home than just the 10% deposit. There are many additional fees, duties and taxes... Continue reading
11 Jul Proving property tax exemptions The Irish Revenue Commissioners, a government funded agency, is responsible for a multitude of financially related activities; some of... Continue reading
18 Jan The Tonight Show on VMT, 14th January 2019 We were pleased to see our points about property tax on the Tonight Show on VMT given time to get worked through. The full show is avai... Continue reading
10 Dec Property Tax: We need to talk about sticks. People often discuss economic incentives in terms of 'sticks' and 'carrots', it's an adage that refers to getting a donkey to work, you... 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
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
20 May Should we consider scrapping any gains tax on sites temporarily? If we are to look at housing (at least in Dublin) as being of a crisis nature then perhaps we should consider some bold moves that migh... Continue reading