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03 Mar '21 |
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Government ploughing on with affordable homes scheme – despite what experts say: Colette Browne
Minister Darragh O’Brien flatly denied there had been a notable level of criticism directed at the scheme, other than from the usual suspects. “There hasn’t actually been a lot of criticism, the - Subscribe |
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© The Irish Times |
26 Feb '21 |
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Ann-Marie McCoy of Lisney: Loan clause should be removed to stop property sale delays
Both buyer and seller could rely fully on the contract at the point of signing as opposed to sellers having to vacate properties, find temporary accommodation and still wait for transactions to comple - Subscribe |
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26 Feb '21 |
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Paul McNeive: Housing policy is a mishmash of conflicting forces
Apartments are too costly to build and the only reason that there are maybe fifty schemes under way in County Dublin is because most of those are destined for the institutional PRS market, which now r - Subscribe |
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16 Feb '21 |
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MISSED: Do not listen to estate agents – house prices will go down, not up
Eoin Burke-Kennedy: if prices and rents are moving sideways, albeit at a high level, and population growth is easing, the likelihood of strong inflation in the near term is low or negligible. If anyt - Subscribe |
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09 Feb '21 |
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David McWilliams: A solution to Irish house-price silliness
Could we provide homes at these fair prices as other countries do? Of course, we could.
But the private building sector won’t do this on its own. It needs to be coaxed with the offer of long-term - Subscribe |
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© The Irish Times |
08 Feb '21 |
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How the pandemic is forcing us to rethink the future of cities
Tim Cahill, managing director of Grayling Properties, the market leader for quality rentals, asks in this new era to come, who and what are cities for? - Subscribe |
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© Irish Independent |
29 Jan '21 |
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Paul McNeive on current market conditions
My over-arching advice to any prospective vendor or lessor, is to take time now to ensure that your property is ready to be conveyed. Checking now, for flaws in your title or planning status, can save - Subscribe |
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29 Jan '21 |
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First-time buyer in 2021? Here’s how to avoid rookie mistakes
Ivan Gaine: “Obviously, first-time buyers are older than they were 15 or 20 years ago and they are buying for the longer term. We’d be saying to people, buy for 10 years, don’t buy for two,” - Subscribe |
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25 Jan '21 |
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Mark Keenan: How Covid-19 has led to the biggest shift in home-buying habits since the crash
‘We are going through a profound once-in-a-lifetime shift in the property market,” is how one estate agent described an extraordinary period during which Irish property prices have defied all pred - Subscribe |
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18 Jan '21 |
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A bruised market readies itself for 2021
By and large, the property sector managed to withstand the ordeal that was 2020, but the new year will bring plenty of challenges of its own - Subscribe |
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17 Jan '21 |
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Missed: Property industry and house prices: Ivan Gaine, letter to the Irish Times
I do have to take issue with his broad generalisation that, “the property industry wants an equity scheme because it will increase prices” - Subscribe |
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© The Irish Times |
14 Jan '21 |
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Should empty-nesters be encouraged to move to smaller homes?
Among the options quoted over the years to encourage older people to trade down are stamp duty or other tax incentives .Such policies can provide an incentive, though they do also lead to less tax bei - Subscribe |
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© The Irish Times |
04 Jan '21 |
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Economists predicted a Covid property collapse. It hasn’t happened
The answer is simple. Those who bore the brunt of the Covid hit, those who lost their jobs and livelihoods in such large numbers, were in relatively low-paying service jobs and were not part of the ho - Subscribe |
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© The Irish Times |
21 Dec '20 |
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Pat Farrell: Idea that only councils should build social housing is nonsense
All such arguments do is distract from the real answers, leading to the cancellation of plans to deliver homes at Oscar Traynor Road and elsewhere.
Given the seriousness of the housing crisis, we n - Subscribe |
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16 Dec '20 |
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Commercial property sector demonstrates resilience in face of Covid-19: Fergus O'Farrell of Savills
With one of the lowest urbanisation rates in Europe (at 63 per cent), and with Dublin experiencing the fastest population growth of any city in Europe, it makes a compelling case for further internati - Subscribe |
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16 Dec '20 |
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Questions posed by Covid-19 will frame our approach to business in 2021: Aidan Gavin of Cushman & Wakefield
I believe the questions retail faced in the wake of Covid-19 will also mean repurposing becoming a big theme as investors seek to “future proof” their assets from an event of this scale again. - Subscribe |
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© The Irish Times |
16 Dec '20 |
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Resilience shown in 2020 paves way for robust recovery: Myles Clarke of CBRE
Although yields in sectors such as retail, hotels and student accommodation understandably softened, it has been interesting to observe the resilience of yields in sectors such as industrial, offices - Subscribe |
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14 Dec '20 |
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Some important lessons to take from the 2020 property market: Marie Hunt of CBRE
The downturn we experienced as a direct result of Covid-19, and the government’s response to it, was largely created by an inability to trade, as opposed to a liquidity crisis or an oversupply situa - Subscribe |
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14 Dec '20 |
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Prepare for a guarded return to market ‘normality’ in 2021: Keith Lowe of DNG
The first lockdown confined many homeowners to their homes for nearly three months, which focused their minds in terms of their accommodation requirements, and many made the decision to move - Subscribe |
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14 Dec '20 |
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The case for urban regions and the multi-family/PRS sectors: Donald MacDonald of Hooke & MacDonald
Human beings are generally social animals and the personal interaction that occurs in an office setting is hugely positive. As the months have gone on, many people have found the logistics of working - Subscribe |
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