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© The Irish Times |
26 Mar '25 |
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Michael McDowell: No European city would tolerate the decay and dereliction visible in Dublin
We need statutory agencies with effective and speedy powers to compulsorily purchase land which is or can be serviced near urban centres so that it can be developed under long building leases as affor - Subscribe |
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© The Irish Times |
17 Mar '25 |
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As many as 40,000 retail premises could be converted into homes with right incentives, lobby group says
The abolition of capital gains tax (CGT) on the sale of retail premises could lead to 20,000 of these being converted into housing, it has been claimed. In addition extending the vacant property refur - Subscribe |
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© The Irish Times |
17 Mar '25 |
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Coalition’s housing solutions warrant a degree of cynicism
Glenveagh chief executive Stephen Garvey: “You need ways of controlling costs,” he said. “You need capacity, which is land, services and infrastructure. And you need capital.” Deliver those th - Subscribe |
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© The Irish Times |
17 Mar '25 |
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Seán Moncrieff: The estate agent quoted a jaw-dropping figure for what he thought our house would go for
The reverberations of the housing crisis are felt everywhere. We guessed we probably wouldn’t have too much trouble selling the house, but finding one to buy would be extremely tricky. At the time o - Subscribe |
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© The Irish Times |
07 Mar '25 |
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Co-housing project for over 55s could ‘free-up’ thousands of family homes
CCI, which has about 20 interested members mortgage-free and homeowners, has identified a site in Dublin 6. It plans to develop about 20 A-rated homes in a self-contained development, which could incl - Subscribe |
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© Irish Independent |
23 Feb '25 |
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New Housing Minister James Browne will appoint ‘maverick’ fixer to ‘kick open doors’ and tackle homes crisis
Government sources say the individual will be a “maverick” and an “outsider” who will not come from the current pool of senior civil servants. - Subscribe |
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© Irish Independent |
19 Feb '25 |
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Exempting ‘back-garden homes’ from planning rules part of Government plan to increase housing
Cabin-style homes in back gardens are to be exempt from planning rules under new Government plans.
It is hoped that this will help provide more housing options and allow households to downsize. - Subscribe |
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© Business Post |
19 Feb '25 |
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SCSI president calls for unity amid housing crisis and urges Government action on infrastructure
Kevin Hollingsworth said the annual median national rate of inflation has stabilised and called on the government to seize the opportunity that offered - Subscribe |
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© Business Post |
19 Feb '25 |
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Higher housing targets should be welcomed as Ireland attracts global investment
Government bodies/local authorities and housing associations have been the main buyers of new housing stock as they can acquire at levels higher than investors can justify in the current market, accor - Subscribe |
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© Business Post |
19 Feb '25 |
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Housing Commission members welcome renewed interest in report
Commission member Michael O’Flynn said Micheál Martin acknowledged the government hadn’t had a ‘huge look’ at its 258-page report - Subscribe |
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© Business Post |
10 Feb '25 |
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Officials call developers to crisis talks after housing target collapse
Officials were also told the government’s target of 40,000 new homes was never achievable and that there was no sectoral research in the middle of 2024 - Subscribe |
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© The Irish Times |
10 Feb '25 |
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Why are so many properties derelict in Dublin city centre during a housing crisis?
There are only about 130 sites on the register, about half in the central postcodes of Dublin 1, 2, 7 and 8, roughly the area between the Royal and Grand canals. If this number seems low, the council - Subscribe |
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© The Irish Times |
10 Feb '25 |
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Dublin’s vacant buildings: ‘It’s my property, I’ll do whatever I want with it’
“There should be a requirement for all properties to have a registered owner with the Land Registry – it shouldn’t be an onerous process to say you are the owner of a property and provide your p - Subscribe |
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© Business Post |
16 Jan '25 |
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Build out, build up, and build in: how Ireland can follow New Zealand’s housing success
The director of housing policy at the Collison-brothers back think-tank Progress Ireland argues that there is a ready-made blue print for the new Irish government
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© Business Post |
16 Jan '25 |
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Buying unsellable apartments and pilfering Google’s cost rental idea: 6 new government housing policies
The final draft of the document contains fresh proposals to beef up the power of the LDA and promote one-off rural housing - Subscribe |
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© Irish Independent |
12 Jan '25 |
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Housing Commission members urge next government to adopt their proposals for more new homes
The report recommended increasing capacity in the homebuilding sector, establishing locations where homes can be developed rapidly at scale, doubling the size of the social and cost-rental housing sec - Subscribe |
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© The Property Week |
08 Jan '25 |
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JLL: Ireland’s Commercial Real Estate 2024 - Retail Investment Surges Amid Mixed Market Performance
JLL Ireland today unveiled its latest research findings on commercial real estate investment activity for 2024, highlighting a year of contrasting sector performances. The research shows that total in - Subscribe |
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© The Irish Times |
17 Dec '24 |
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Ireland's housing costs double the EU average – but that’s only part of the story
With such high housing costs, one would expect an affordability crunch in Ireland. However, this is not the case. According to the housing cost overburden rate, Ireland has among the lowest rates. - Subscribe |
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© The Irish Times |
22 Nov '24 |
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CSO launches new housing portal: https://www.cso.ie/en/releasesandpublications/hubs/p-hh/housinghub/
“The purpose of this new housing hub is to collate statistics on housing in Ireland from the CSO and other public sector organisations in one easy to find location,” the agency said. - Subscribe |
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© The Irish Times |
29 Oct '24 |
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Austin Hughes: Ireland’s housing crisis is not unique: some of its proposed responses are
Research recently presented at an ECB conference suggested that a sustained fiscal stimulus might instead boost private sector activity by making firms more confident of a continuing demand for their - Subscribe |
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