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© The Irish Times |
13 Oct '25 |
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More than 4,100 people avail of First Home Scheme to buy a home
An overwhelming 72 per cent of live approvals have been for buyers in Dublin, Cork, Kildare, Meath and Wicklow, with the remaining 28 per cent spread across 21 counties. - Subscribe |
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© The Irish Times |
11 Oct '25 |
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The budget bet big on apartments. Will it help fix the housing crisis?
Conall Mac Coille, Bank of Ireland: “You will get an initial boost to your profit margin, but then if there’s a lack of workers, or a lack of zoned land or land with planning permission, then this - Subscribe |
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© The Irish Times |
10 Oct '25 |
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Most apartment schemes should now be viable after Budget 2026 boost, Cairn Homes CEO says
Michael O’Flynn of O’Flynn Group said Paschal Donohoe’s move to cut the VAT rate on the sale of completed apartments to 9 per cent from 13.5 per cent “will be a help towards viability”. - Subscribe |
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© The Irish Times |
06 Oct '25 |
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Cairn Homes offers €75m package to Clontarf golf club members to relocate
Ireland’s biggest housebuilder Cairn Homes has offered members of Clontarf Golf & Bowling Club a package worth €75 million to relocate the club to a Paul McGinley-designed course in Kinsealy, nort - Subscribe |
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© Irish Independent |
22 Sep '25 |
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REA survey: Former rentals making up majority of sales in many regional towns after Rent Pressure Zone extension
A flood of landlord-led home sales is sweeping across Ireland’s regional towns following changes to the Rent Pressure Zone (RPZ) rules.
The new trend means that properties just taken out of rental - Subscribe |
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© The Irish Times |
22 Sep '25 |
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What should we look for when choosing an estate agent to sell our home?
Between the two you’ve met, the fact that you already have doubts about the local agent is significant. Selling your home after 20 years is emotional, and you need someone who communicates well, ear - Subscribe |
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© The Irish Times |
15 Sep '25 |
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Electronic conveyancing could cut time taken to buy a home to as little as four weeks
The Government’s poor progress on getting a “statement of truth” document over the line are a case in point.
One of the major obstacles to e-conveyancing is the requirement for certain statut - Subscribe |
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© The Irish Times |
13 Sep '25 |
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Why is a State organisation competing with taxpayer-funded housing bodies in developing new apartments?
The Land Development Agency took umbrage this week when a Department of Finance report on funding options for the body concluded it would only make “a minor contribution” to the Government’s tar - Subscribe |
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© The Irish Times |
01 Sep '25 |
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Housing commencement figures down nearly 80% so far this year
Just 7,384 housing commencement notices were issued by builders in the first seven months of the year.
This is roughly a fifth of the 35,358 notices issued for the same period last year and less th - Subscribe |
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© The Irish Times |
01 Sep '25 |
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Housing commencement figures down nearly 80% so far this year
Just 7,384 housing commencement notices were issued by builders in the first seven months of the year.
This is roughly a fifth of the 35,358 notices issued for the same period last year and less th - Subscribe |
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© The Irish Times |
25 Aug '25 |
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Plan to turn vacant Dublin buildings into housing halted after €3m spend
Dublin City Council paid €3.55 million for a 1990s office block at 14-15 Fitzwilliam Quay on the Dodder river and plans to convert it into 15 apartments. “Ultimately we are using the resources tha - Subscribe |
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© Business Post |
24 Aug '25 |
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Colm Lauder: Ireland’s housing mix is a mess that needs to be fixed
Without binding mixed-tenure requirements and stronger policies on geographic balance, there is a clear risk of over-concentration of social housing and emergency accommodation in certain districts, e - Subscribe |
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© Business Post |
24 Aug '25 |
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Government’s new ‘mansion tax’ raises just €16m – a fraction of budget day prediction
The government, in a surprise announcement on the last budget day, hiked stamp duty to 6 per cent on homes sold for €1.5 million or above. - Subscribe |
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© The Irish Times |
24 Aug '25 |
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Dublin City Council issues 300 warning letters over short-stay rentals
A spokesman for the council said on Friday: “To date, since the initiation of the short-term letting legislation in July, 2019, a successful resolution has been achieved in respect of 1,996 cases. T - Subscribe |
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© The Irish Times |
22 Aug '25 |
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154 vacant pubs earmarked for conversion into housing since need for planning permission dropped
In a statement, Minister for Housing James Browne said planning exemptions played “a vital role in unlocking the potential of vacant commercial buildings”.
He added: “I feel very strongly abo - Subscribe |
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© The Irish Times |
11 Aug '25 |
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Few ‘quick wins’ available on housing, says Ires Reit chief
Eddie Byrne, who has helmed Ireland’s largest private residential landlord since last year, said the changes to the RPZ system unveiled in June will take months to translate into more private invest - Subscribe |
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© Irish Independent |
16 Jul '25 |
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HSE under pressure as 172 of its properties lie vacant amid accommodation crisis
The HSE has 172 vacant properties across the country, but cannot say how long they have been unused, it emerged yesterday. It said 142 of these vacant assets surplus to requirements across 102 unique - Subscribe |
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© The Irish Times |
09 Jul '25 |
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Central Bank ‘surprised’ by lack of progress in building homes
We have seen some reallocation of labour within the construction sector to housing. There is probably limited scope to see much more of this reallocation going forward, which is why productivity is so - Subscribe |
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© The Irish Times |
09 Jul '25 |
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John McCartney: Help to Buy is seen as free money but it just results in higher house prices and more tax
Help to Buy also funds more expensive homes. The PBO established that 63 per cent of claims relate to properties whose prices exceed the national average. Meanwhile the Central Bank found that Help to - Subscribe |
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© The Irish Times |
01 Jul '25 |
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The ‘emotional toll’ of buying a home in Ireland: ‘split’ deals and queueing for houses already sold
I lost count of how many emails, phone calls and, most of all, how much energy I poured into conversations with estate agents, desperately trying to secure a place in competitive launch queues. - Subscribe |
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