Category Archives: Advisors.ie In the Press

Banks to abolish fixed-rate mortgages in bid to cut costs

“Banks and building societies are planning to abolish fixed-rate mortgages because they are too expensive for lenders to provide, according to a leading mortgage expert. Banks would prefer to have borrowers on products with variable rates, which can be increased whenever lenders want, according to Karl Deeter of Irish Mortgage Brokers — who correctly predicted last year’s rises in variable rates.

TV3 ‘The Morning Show with Sybil & Martin’ features Karl Deeter

We were delighted to be part of TV3’s ‘The Morning Show, with Sybil & Martin‘. We are fans of the show and enjoy the relaxed nature of the conversational commentary style they are so adept at. In this clip we spoke about the costs of finance and the potential removal of fixed rates, while Marian Finnegan (of SherryFitzgerald) covers housing, her background is in urban economics and she lectured at both NUIG and UL before moving to SherryFitzgerald. We hope you enjoy the clip.

Banks planning to scrap fixed rates? (RTE coverage)

RTE Business news covered a story that appeared in the Independent, the story was based upon our sister company’s report (Irish Mortgage Brokers) in which it was forecast that fixed rates may cease to exist this year because of funding pressures in the banks.

Irish Examiner: Homeowners face a 1% interest rate hike in 2011

We were quoted in the Irish Examiner today in an article by Niamh Hennessy, extract is below.

“The Irish Mortgage Brokers expect banks to push up interest rates by another 1% this year. Any move would add €1,280 a year to a €200,000, 25-year loan. They said rate increases may start this month.

Mortgage Market Outlook for 2011

Irish Mortgage Brokers (a sister company to Advisors.ie) has brought out their annual Mortgage Market Trend Outlook for 2011, a report that considers the likely trends of the Irish mortgage market in the coming year.

EBS arm to hike mortgage rates

Advisors.ie and Irish Mortgage Brokers Operations Manager Karl Deeter was mentioned in an article by Charlie Weston of the Irish Independent about Haven homeloans, a branch of the EBS

Irish Independent: mention our firm ‘Deferred interest scheme ‘Doomed to Fail”

The Deferred Interest Scheme which was launched by the Expert Group on Mortgage Arrears is ‘Doomed to Fail’ says the Irish Independent and Karl Deeter of Advisors.ie and Irish Mortgage Brokers