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© The Irish Times |
30 Jul '18 |
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Eoin Drea, economist: Our property market is still broken – and that means trouble ahead
If it wasn’t so serious, this would be funny, possibly tragic.
Irish people remain as obsessed as ever with owning property. The lessons of the 2008-14 period have been neither understood nor emb - Subscribe |
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© The Irish Times |
25 Jul '18 |
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Dermot O’Leary, Goodbody: Active land management can help solve volatility and housing crux
Ministers are normally in need of quick fixes for problems. In housing there are very few of these. Minister Eoghan Murphy will not be the one to see the benefits, but he has the opportunity to start - Subscribe |
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© The Irish Times |
17 Jul '18 |
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Housing crisis likely to last for ‘foreseeable future’
The stark warning comes in an annual assessment of risks from Taoiseach Leo Varadkar’s own officials.
Even with Government measures such as the Rebuilding Ireland programme, a shortage of houses - Subscribe |
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© The Irish Times |
14 Jul '18 |
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State should sell its bank shares to tackle housing crisis
The banking bailout was an historic event that, for better or worse, gave the Irish public a permanent interest in the fate of Irish banks. In that spirit, the proceeds of any sales should be used to - Subscribe |
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© Irish Examiner |
13 Jul '18 |
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Cork housing shortage threatens foreign investment
Paddy O’Connell, managing director of Cork-headquartered Berkley Group, which works with a range of multinationals in the tech, engineering and life sciences sectors, said the lack of housing for th - Subscribe |
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© Irish Independent |
09 Jul '18 |
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Gene Kerrigan: no housing shortage among the rich, but a 94pc funding cut destabilised the market elsewhere
Wealthy people are sitting on planning permission for 25,000 houses in Dublin, waiting for prices and conditions to be improved before they'll build.
In the period 2008-2013, there was a 94pc cut i - Subscribe |
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© Irish Independent |
08 Jul '18 |
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A generation that resents being unable to buy their own homes
This is the conclusion that jumps out from research in the annual Aviva Family Finance report. It found one in four of those who aspire to own their home believe they will never be able to buy. - Subscribe |
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© Irish Examiner |
03 Jul '18 |
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Michael O’Flynn: Housing is too expensive
Housing is too expensive and the simple reason the country is in the midst of a crisis.
That was the view expressed by developer Michael O’Flynn at an Ibec event on the economic and labour challe - Subscribe |
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© The Irish Times |
02 Jul '18 |
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[Need IT sub] Mick Wallace: How to stop the developers sitting on land
This is due to the fact that the Bill is only a half-hearted attempt at tackling land hoarding. For starters, the insignificant levy of 3 per cent will do nothing to deter owners who are sitting on th - Subscribe |
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© The Irish Times |
22 Jun '18 |
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House prices sky-high due to finance not scarcity
Director of Policy Research in Macroeconomics & adviser to Jeremy Corbyn, Ann Pettifor: In a world of fixed land and mobile finance, politicians must ensure that capital flows are managed by public au - Subscribe |
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© The Irish Times |
22 Jun '18 |
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Expert warns of another boom and bust in Irish house prices
UCD academic Michelle Norris said the investment funds and foreign buy-to-let firms that own a huge segment of the market “could disappear in the morning” if conditions changed, potentially sendin - Subscribe |
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© Irish Examiner |
20 Jun '18 |
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House prices set to cool off, says Central Bank boss
Philip Lane: “We have put in place credit measures, so there’s a limit to the loan-to-value ratio and loan-to-income ratio for mortgages. We are putting risk-management parameters in place. If the - Subscribe |
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© Irish Examiner |
19 Jun '18 |
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Ibec calls for ‘site value’ tax to replace commercial rates
The Better Housing report, prepared jointly by Ibec and Property Industry Ireland, said that pent-up demand would lead to 50,000 households needed in the short-term alone, while more than 80,000 addit - Subscribe |
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© The Irish Times |
19 Jun '18 |
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House price bubble fears rejected by ESRI
While new mortgage lending is “rapidly increasing” – rising by 13.5 per cent in the first quarter of the year – the ESRI said it is not yet “unsustainable”.
However, it warned that “c - Subscribe |
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© Business Post |
11 Jun '18 |
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[Needs SBP sub] Karl Deeter: Before we all vent our spleens at vulture funds ...
The loan buyers (commonly referred to as “vulture funds”) do what all financial practitioners do: they try to buy low and sell high, a concept that’s easier said than done. Consider the followin - Subscribe |
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© Irish Independent |
31 May '18 |
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OECD raises possibility of 'another property bubble' as it warns of overheating in Irish economy
It advised that lending restrictions may need to be extended to cool credit growth.
It also raised the possibility of "another property bubble" if house price growth rates - currently at 13pc per y - Subscribe |
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© The Irish Times |
27 May '18 |
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David McWilliams: Our housing problem is an apartment problem
The solution to the apartment crisis is an economic one. Ireland needs to build lots of apartments and build up. Belfast has done this. The Belfast skyline dwarfs Dublin’s. In recent years, Belfast - Subscribe |
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© Irish Independent |
24 May '18 |
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Paul McNeive: SCSI president believes 'rigid' planning system is damaging the economy
The newly-elected SCSI president Des O'Broin's frustration is clear, as he begins to list various "blockages" in our planning system, which are hampering the development process and restricting supply - Subscribe |
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© Irish Independent |
17 May '18 |
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How real is risk of a fall in property prices? Even recession might not do it
Is there "a material risk" that the value of your home will fall? The country's top central banker warned as much last week. As Philip Lane also happens to be an internationally respected economist, h - Subscribe |
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© The Irish Times |
17 May '18 |
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Advisory body urges State to build homes on public land
The State should look to land it already owns such as former docks and rail depots as it seeks to solve the housing crisis, the National Economic and Social Council (Nesc) has said. - Subscribe |
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