Tag Archives: financial planning

TV3 Morning Show -The working poor…

On this segment we discussed the ‘working poor’ and how it occurs due to taxation, wage cuts, debt and rising costs.

Sunday paper mentions 11th March 2012, Sunday Times (x2) & Sunday Business Post

We were quoted in three separate articles in the Sunday papers this week.

The Sunday Times mentioned the report we did with MyHome.ie on property prices for investors (here), the full report is available over on MortgageBrokers.ie on the blog (here). Our view is that for investors there is still not a highly compelling reason to get into property.

Independent: BOI prospects of credit still low

We were mentioned in the Irish Independent (via our sister company): THE fact that private investors are prepared to put money into Bank of Ireland does not mean the bank will suddenly start lending to house buyers and small businesses, experts said yesterday. Although the investment move was welcomed, fears were expressed that personal and business customers would be hit with higher charges. This was because the bank was still short of funds, director of Irish Mortgage Brokers Karl Deeter warned. And there are fears that variable rate customers will now be hit with hefty rises in rates. Mr Deeter said there would be no immediate flow of credit for house buyers and small firms.

Advisors.ie in the Irish News of the World

In last weeks instalment we started by asking you to set up two things, firstly was to fill in a ‘standard financial statement’, this is now the foundation of your budget, the second was to start a ‘spending diary’. These two items will form the twin pillars of changing your wealth.

In Greenspan we trust.

Alan Greenspan speaking to the Wall Street Journal about the US economy and how he believes that the recession is well and truly behind us.

Sunday Times – to fix or not with Jill Kerby

Jill Kerby, the widely known Personal Finance columnist with the Sunday Times mentioned our company in her piece last week about fixing a mortgage or not. ‘I asked Karl Deeter of Irish Mortgage Brokers for his view. He believes that fixing for three years at the rate of 3.89% you’ve been offered by AIB is a good deal. At just 0.2 points higher than the two-year rate, he reckons it is a premium worth paying.’

Capital Gains Tax (CGT) deadline, 31st December

Capital Gains Tax: deadline for payment is 31st December, a post by advisors.ie accountants and financial planners in Dublin, Ireland