We spoke to Martin King and Claire Brock (covering for Sybil) about property prices because Moody’s said prices would drop 20% while the ESRI said that prices would likely go up in cities.
We were asked to comment on the recent CSO figures which showed that prices are still dropping but that there is perhaps a different dynamic in cities. In Dublin (the only city separately considered by the CSO) house prices have not dropped for two months in a row – actually rising.
In this piece Noleen Blackwell from FLAC and Karl spoke to Mark and Sinead about mortgage arrears and figures that were due out from the Central Bank. This was our first time to go on Ireland AM and as always everybody was lovely but not afraid to offer challenging debate on the topic.
Filed in Accountancy, Banking, Economics, Mortgages
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Also tagged banking, capital provisions, finance, financial advice, ireland am, mark cagney, mortgages, noleen blackwell, sindead desmond, strategic default, technical finance
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Tuesday, January 10, 2012
We were pleased to feature on this story by Paul Colgan of RTE about banking and rates charged by different lenders. He also considered whether or not future ECB rate cuts would be passed on to borrowers.
Filed in Accountancy, Advisors.ie In the Press, Banking, Debt, Financial Advice, Mortgages, Wealth
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Also tagged aib, bank rates, financial news, michael dowling, mortgage rates, mortgages, paul colgan, ptsb, rte news, variable rates
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Wednesday, January 4, 2012
In this clip we gave some opinion on the property and credit market, and how it is affecting prices.
Filed in ACCA, Accountancy, Accountant, Advisors.ie In the Press, Economics, Financial Advice, Mortgages, Property, Wealth
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Also tagged cso index, property index, property prices, property report
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Wednesday, January 4, 2012
This time on the Morning Show we talked about ideas for personal finance in the new year, how to get ‘financially fit’ and some simple steps to help get you there.
Filed in ACCA, Accountancy, Accountant, Advisors.ie In the Press, Credit Cards, Debt, Financial Advice, Insurance, Investment, Savings
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Also tagged credit cards, debt, financial advice, financial planner, martin king, money, mortgages, personal finance, sybil mulcahy, tax advice, tax planning, the morning show, tv3
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Thursday, October 27, 2011
We were mentioned recently in the Irish Times by Frances O’Rourke in a piece about first time buyers. Mortgage broker Karl Deeter is just as certain of the trend towards houses: “The overwhelming majority of our clients, over 90 per cent, are not looking to buy apartments.” He doesn’t think people are – or should – make a decision to buy on the basis that their mortgage repayments would be similar to their rents. Many people will stretch a little to pay the mortgage on a house they plan to live in forever “or at least the foreseeable future”. (He also reminds would-be buyers that mortgages taken out next year will get a reduced rate of mortgage interest tax relief before it disappears after 2012.
Filed in Accountancy, Advisors.ie In the Press, Financial Advice, Mortgages, Property, tax relief at source, Taxation
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Also tagged finance, frances o'rourke, irish times, mortgages, property, trs
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Tuesday, October 25, 2011
We were happy to comment on this piece by Martina Fitzgerald of RTE
Monday, September 19, 2011
Our sister company Irish Mortgage Brokers was mentioned in the Guardian online about ‘negative equity insurance’. Our comment on the piece is below:
“The vendor has to fund this out of their own cashflow,” says Karl Deeter of Irish Mortgage Brokers. So it will only suit those that have a very small mortgage – mainly older people and those that bought long before the peak – because those are the only ones who will make a profit on their property sale. Deeter is sceptical the insurance is the way to kick-start the moribund Irish market. “It’s part of the general medical box but it’s not the cure,” he says. Deeter is of the view that the government needs to bring in a personal insolvency laws urgently, like Chapter 13 in the US AKA, “wage earners bankruptcy”.
Filed in Accountancy, Advisors.ie In the Press, Banking, Insurance, Property
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Also tagged accountants, advisors.ie, financial advice, ifg, lisa o'carroll, mortgages, negatiive equity insurance, negative equity, property
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Thursday, August 25, 2011
We were delighted to help out again on The Morning Show on TV3 with Martin King & Aisling O’Loughlin who was sitting in for Sybil Mulcahy. We spoke about credit cards and then ran a live twitter personal finance clinic
Filed in Accountancy, Advisors.ie In the Press, Credit Cards, Debt, Financial Advice, Taxation
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Also tagged aisling o'loughlin, credit, dublin financial adviser, financial advice, martin king, money help, personal finance, the morning show, tv3, twitter clinic
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