There are lots of residential properties on the market that are returning in the double digits. Whether the property market is moribund or not this kind of yield gives a compelling case for considering them as an income source. There is one particularly hated, and therefore often overlooked sector of the market which I think [...]
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Catch up TV3’s “The Morning Show” and their Property Watch team where Sybil Mulcahy and Martin King talked to Angela Keegan, Managing Director of MyHome.ie and Karl Deeter of Irish Mortgage Brokers about Nama Mortgages.
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Yesterday Financial Services group IFG launched a Home Price Protection (HPP) Plan that will protect buyers against negative equity arising from future house price falls. Speaking at the launch of the new product the Chairman of IFG Ireland, Frank Ryan, said, “All of our research tells us that a major contributing factor preventing potential purchasers [...]
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I ask people about the value of their homes all of the time in the course of my work and the most common response I get is ‘how do you value anything in this day and age’…. That’s when it starts, invariably I have to describe the investor method of valuations, and today I’ll share [...]
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The results of part II of MyHome.ie’s holiday survey released today shows that Kerry is head and shoulders above all other counties when it comes to favourite holiday destinations with over 24% of the vote of those surveyed. Galway on 17% and Cork on 15% are ‘the Kingdom’s’ main rivals while Wexford and Donegal, both [...]
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Nothing seems to inspire as much ire as a talk about debt forgiveness. I say that as a person who once described it as ‘Madness!’ (think ‘madness’ as in from the film 300 when the guy says ‘this is Sparta!). My road to Damascus moment came when I saw the huge mortgaging of our nation [...]
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Ahead of Leaving Cert /CAO points being released and the upcoming academic year, the Union of Students in Ireland (USI) yesterday warned students to be aware of “rogue landlords”. The USI said “On average, students pay at least €3,500 on rent over the academic year and also have to hand over a large deposit”. However [...]
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A new survey by MyHome.ie shows the recession is (unsurprisingly) having an effect on holiday planning with 25% of respondents indicating they had changed their holiday plans due to worsening financial circumstances. The figures… Of those surveyed: 27% of Irish people are taking their main holiday in Ireland this year 40% are going abroad, down [...]
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Catch up TV3’s “The Morning Show” and their Property Watch team where Sybil Mulcahy and Martin King talked to Angela Keegan, Managing Director of MyHome.ie and Karl Deeter of Irish Mortgage Brokers about the Deferred Payment Scheme recently announced by NAMA As discussed on the show is the household charge / tax, which has also [...]
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Last week NAMA published proposals that aim to help and attract potential homeowners buy in the current market. Following a release of an initial list of 850 properties in receivership or administration by NAMA, they announced the introduction of a deferred payments scheme whereby they would initially seek 80% of the purchase price of any [...]
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Revenue has developed an interactive online property tax valuation guide, available here . The gu...
The SCS, the largest construction and property industry body in the country, publishes the guide ...
