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14 Oct '18 |
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[Needs SBP sub] The real cost of social housing: Karl Deeter
The idea that we can deliver social houses in Dublin for €140,000 is a fantasy. Lately, there has been a lot of talk suggesting it is possible from a number of architects and from politicians like S - Subscribe |
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16 Oct '18 |
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Pre-let Lennox building at South Richmond in Dublin 2 on the market for €25.5m
A pre-let Dublin 2 building due for completion in January and due to produce a rent roll of about €1.383 million is on the market through Knight Frank for €25.5 million. This price level wou - Subscribe |
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14 Oct '18 |
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Fintan O'Toole: Snobbery is at the root of the housing crisis
The “lovely social housing original” that is now worth €550,000 could not be built today. This “original” social housing is now okay only for hipsters. Nobody minds at all if places like Bat - Subscribe |
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10 Oct '18 |
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Housing crisis: Government pilloried for developer-led approach
Mick Wallace: “The Government is paying an extra €100,000 per unit, at a minimum, to allow the big developers to supply the housing for it. It is not prepared to fix the problem.
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09 Oct '18 |
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Housing experts warn Government against short-term measures to address crisis
John McCartney, chief economist with estate agency Savills, said the Government needed to hold its nerve. “We are in a crisis situation now. But with earnings growth picking-up and house-price infla - Subscribe |
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08 Oct '18 |
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John Coleman, CEO of the Land Development Agency: The Agency is not a free-for-all for private developers
Similar scales of delivery have been achieved by our European neighbours using methods such as land-pooling (where multiple sites are joined together to form larger co-ordinated delivery opportunities - Subscribe |
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07 Oct '18 |
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Arguing that developers should profit from VAT reductions will not play well
The suggestion by housebuilder Abbey’s executive chairman, Charles Gallagher, that cutting the 13.5 per cent VAT rate on houses would boost both the supply of new homes and builders’ profits is bo - Subscribe |
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03 Oct '18 |
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The 10 reasons why house prices and rents must fall sooner rather than later
Influenced by a “herd mentality” or “irrational exuberance” similar to pre-crash days those seeking homes over recent years have been encouraged to purchase irrespective of whether such homes - Subscribe |
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23 Sep '18 |
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State backing for builders is under fire
House Building Finance Ireland (HBFI), which was announced in last October's budget but has yet to be set up, was given a pot of €750m to lend to the private sector at below market rates of interest - Subscribe |
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20 Sep '18 |
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Paul McNeive: Land Development Agency could be a game changer
It would be far better to see the State building social housing directly. However, boosting overall supply is planned to provide a minimum 40pc of social and affordable stock. Lowering prices and rent - Subscribe |
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20 Sep '18 |
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Couples earning up to €90,000 may avail of new affordable housing scheme after Budget
House-hunting couples who earn up to €90,000 a year may be able to avail of a new affordable housing scheme after the Budget.
Fianna Fáil is demanding the introduction of an affordable housing s - Subscribe |
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20 Sep '18 |
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Letters to Times re developers and the housing crisis
Despite the rose-tinted glasses of romantic retrospection, areas like Crumlin could be harsh places to grow up, despite the vast majority of the residents being the essence of “salt of the earth” - Subscribe |
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18 Sep '18 |
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Colm McCarthy: Why councils are unable to tackle housing
Putting local councillors and planning officials in the driving seat has failed and the Government's new plan is hostage to the same people. If the goal is the resolution of the housing crisis, it is - Subscribe |
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18 Sep '18 |
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Fintan O’Toole: It is insane to look to developers to solve housing crisis
Nama said that “if the receiver for the project had decided that the best way to maximise the value of the asset was through an open sale process . . . the agency was powerless to intervene”. - Subscribe |
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17 Sep '18 |
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Government policy making housing crisis worse, expert claims
The Government’s policy to promote more student housing, for instance, had merely “hiked up” site values, making it too expensive to build traditional apartments, which had resulted in more lops - Subscribe |
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07 Sep '18 |
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Paul McNeive: 'Red tape' getting in the way of housing delivery
Local authorities also have the ability to build at relatively low cost. A recent Department of Public Expenditure and Reform review of housing policy noted that local authorities can build dwellings - Subscribe |
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05 Sep '18 |
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Cairn CEO: Irish want to own homes, not rent them
Michael Stanley: "You're not going to turn the Irish into Germans overnight. People are arriving out at our schemes with prams, they want a back garden, they want to have their own home." - Subscribe |
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05 Sep '18 |
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Michael O’Flynn wants local authorities to zone thousands of acres of land for house building
He believes this could free up 3,000 acres of land in Dublin and Cork alone, for the building of between 40,000 and 50,000 new homes. - Subscribe |
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02 Sep '18 |
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David McWilliams: Dublin’s housing market not yet ripe for a crash
The one area where there is leverage, but foreign leverage, is the Dublin commercial property market. As this has become more and more the property of leveraged international funds, any serious slump - Subscribe |
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02 Sep '18 |
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Chris Johns: Stalling house prices are a good thing
Taxing land and property, including the unused variety, is an efficient and effective way of raising public funds. But good luck with trying to implement this. - Subscribe |
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30 Aug '18 |
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Paul McNeive: Cutting red tape with build deals and cheap land could ease crisis
Architect Mel Reynolds says that there is enough residentially zoned land in the country for 414,712 dwellings. In Co Dublin, there is enough zoned land for 116,705 dwellings. The State controls resid - Subscribe |
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