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© The Irish Times |
09 May '24 |
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Inside Business podcast: Does Dublin have a problem with vacant offices?
In part one John McCartney, Director of Research at BNP Paribas Real Estate Ireland, discusses a significant surge in Dublin’s office vacancies. In part two economics columnist Cliff Taylor looks at - Subscribe |
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© Business Post |
08 May '24 |
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Rent caps ‘impeding’ Ireland’s ability to attract property investment
Speaking at the Glenveagh AGM Stephen Garvey, the property developer’s chief executive, questioned whether the caps were the having the desired effect - Subscribe |
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© The Irish Times |
08 May '24 |
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In today’s Ireland, the rich live in houses that were built for the poor
Quite apart from the societal effect of pushing poor people out of their old neighbourhoods, funnelling so much money via mortgages into housing has reversed the inventive structure of our economy. - Subscribe |
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© The Irish Times |
22 Apr '24 |
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David McWilliams: One sector of Ireland endures housing as a crippling monthly cost while another enjoys it as an appreciating asset
If many Irish first-time buyers – once Bertie’s Fusiliers – are locked out of the house party, the housing issue could be converting them from potential supporters to potential enemies of the ce - Subscribe |
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© Irish Independent |
06 Apr '24 |
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Mark Keenan: Less than one-third of all new homes built last year were made available to ‘regular’ buyers
Government will expect an upbeat reception to data showing a decent uptick in new-home completions as outlined by the Central Statistics Office (CSO). It reports a 10pc rise in Irish new-home output - Subscribe |
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© The Irish Times |
03 Apr '24 |
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Response to David McWilliams from Dublin Democratic Planning Association: "I do not know where his data originates, but it does not match ours."
In my lifetime work as an architect, I never heard of judicial review of housing planning decisions until the advent of SHD. Our research shows that these “legal objections” were indeed based on a - Subscribe |
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© The Irish Times |
02 Apr '24 |
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David McWilliams: An entitled minority are giving two fingers to the rest in Ireland’s housing crisis
Restrictive land-use regulations, burdensome building requirements and the reliable flurry of objections from “aggrieved” local residents all serve to constrain the potential supply of housing – - Subscribe |
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© The Irish Times |
29 Mar '24 |
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John Fitzgerald: Ireland’s system of rent regulation stifles expansion of accommodation supply
There is very limited access to bank funding to support a builder expanding activity – they have to put up a lot of the capital themselves, rather than relying heavily on borrowing. This could be go - Subscribe |
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© Business Post |
10 Mar '24 |
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Questions remain for Nama as state looks to finally close door on financial crash
Ireland’s ‘bad bank’ will finally be wound down in 2025 after significant controversy over its activities - Subscribe |
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© The Irish Times |
07 Mar '24 |
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Pat Davitt: I fear a very different kind of property crash
We could be heading for a new form of “crash”, not this time in terms of falling prices but in social solidarity and social cohesion. The shape of this one, should it be allowed to happen, will be - Subscribe |
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© The Currency |
21 Feb '24 |
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Ronan Lyons: Don’t blame hotels for Dublin’s housing shortage – build more instead
Dublin City Council has refused planning permission for central hotel developments on the grounds that they’re not needed in the areas, missing the point that failure to build hotel rooms puts renew - Subscribe |
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© The Irish Times |
12 Feb '24 |
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Una Mullally: The wheels have come off the Irish commercial property market
The number of new workers that would be required to fill this space betrays the complete absence of any kind of cohesive planning, not just regarding labour market projections, but especially regardin - Subscribe |
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© The Irish Times |
05 Feb '24 |
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Michael O'Flynn: Even with State subsidies, it is not realistic to expect house prices in Dublin to come down dramatically
Is it too much to ask that our political parties would put their differences aside and come up with emergency plans to address the current requirement and the deficit in housing? - Subscribe |
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© Irish Independent |
26 Jan '24 |
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‘It should not be allowed to happen’ – Anger as Ryanair buys bulk of Swords housing estate to accommodate staff
“Whilst I acknowledge their workers deserve and should have a roof over their heads. It's a bit of a slap in the face to the local residents given the lack of communication.” - Subscribe |
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© The Irish Times |
23 Jan '24 |
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Is it time to say goodbye to Help to Buy?
This cohort could have likely funded their house purchase without Help to Buy as they had almost three times the required 10 per cent deposit. The caveat here is that putting more money down may have - Subscribe |
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© Business Post |
22 Jan '24 |
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Colm Lauder: How early movers will yield big results in 2024’s property market
As we start the fourth week of 2024, most agents have now wrapped up their “outlook” events for the remaining 11 months of the year. A consistent takeaway from these research notes was that 2023 w - Subscribe |
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© Business Post |
22 Jan '24 |
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Ex-Dublin Port chief: Hurlers on the ditch are clueless – moving port for housing is nonsensical
Eamonn O’Reilly: ‘I was continually bemused when commentators and politicians floated the idea of moving the state’s single most important transport infrastructure asset out of the city’
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© The Irish Times |
22 Jan '24 |
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Mark FitzGerald: Planners are consistently a step behind demand when it comes to zoning for housing
There appears to be a deeply ingrained, misplaced public service scepticism towards housebuilders. Like every segment of Irish society, housebuilders are not perfect but this generation are, by and la - Subscribe |
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© The Currency |
13 Jan '24 |
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Ronan Lyons: Inflation, interest rates, and Irish property: The housing market in 2024
With interest rates high, many would-be owner-movers will stay put to keep their low-interest rates for another couple of years yet. We should expect that 2024 will be another year of tight supply. - Subscribe |
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© Business Post |
07 Jan '24 |
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Analysis: How the private housing marketing got hooked on state cash to function
With so many different state schemes to make housing affordable for developers, renters and buyers, the Irish market looks set to be reliant on taxpayers’ money for a long time - Subscribe |
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