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 the housing market.

We echoed the Construction Industry Federation for a call to end ‘Part V’ contributions as this is a 20% tax levied only on new homes which is meant to provide for social housing. This is a mistake, social housing is a society wide responsibility and should not be put only on the shoulders of new home buyers.

Other ideas included ending development levies and dropping the VAT rate while also being mindful of the rented sector.

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RTE Drivetime: ‘Talking Money’ to buy or not to buy a property?

This week on RTE Radio 1’s ‘Drivetime’ our regular Monday edition of ‘Talking Money’ covered the issue of buying a home. Many first time buyers are starting to feel pushed into the home buyer cohort when they have other options such as renting or buying in a cheaper area, this can make a huge difference and we outlined some of the costs and concerns.

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Talking Money, on ‘Peer to Peer’ lending, RTE Radio 1, 28th July 2014

On this week’s installment of ‘Talking Money’ on RTE’s ‘Drivetime’ show we looked at ‘Peer to Peer’ lending (also abbreviated as P2P).

There are downsides and upsides to it so we thought it would be worth fleshing that out, Audrey Carville who was the presenter on the day even started off with an interesting factoid that neither Jill nor Karl knew about!

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Pat Kenny Show: Myles Duggan talks to Karl Deeter about mortgage defaults 31st July 2013

On the 31st of July we spoke to Myles Duggan who was covering for Pat Kenny (same day as Pat’s big announcement!) about mortgage defaults, compliance and changes to the ability of banks to repossess homes.

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