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© RTE |
26 Sep '23 |
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Are landlords really fleeing the Irish housing market?
Introducing tax breaks for landlords might at first seem an obvious way to increase the supply of rental properties, but it can also increase demand for housing, leading to higher house prices and mor - Subscribe |
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© The Irish Times |
22 Sep '23 |
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Lorcan Sirr, TUD: The hidden ways our housing could be making us sick
Housing is mostly left to the market and built wherever developers have land. Water infrastructure takes decades. And health doesn’t seem to get a look-in at a macro level. - Subscribe |
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© Irish Independent |
14 Sep '23 |
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Paul McNeive: Ratepayers must be on the ball as revaluations hit their bottom line
The rates payable by the occupier of a commercial premises to the local authority do not receive enough attention, in my view. - Subscribe |
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© Business Post |
11 Sep '23 |
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Peter Garrigan, CBRE: Residential land hoarding is more fiction than fact
While development land trades have slowed, demand for well positioned sites remains strong, particularly for residentially zoned sites. However, landowners should be aware of the need for fresh thinki - Subscribe |
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© The Irish Times |
07 Sep '23 |
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Myles Clarke, CBRE: Climate change presents significant challenge for real estate investors
Developing new assets means addressing not just the environmental impact of a building, but ensuring also that thought is given to its impact on society. Our built environment must not ostracise local - Subscribe |
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© The Irish Times |
04 Sep '23 |
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Una Mullally: It looks like a commercial property crash is looming for Dublin
Dublin city urgently needs a cohesive strategy to tackle office vacancy. In Park West, an office complex has been converted to social housing. Social housing in industrial estates on Dublin’s outski - Subscribe |
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© Irish Independent |
21 Aug '23 |
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Richard Curran: Housing crisis was years in the making, and more money alone will not solve it
Imagine if, a few years ago, the Government said it was looking at putting €8bn into a new state agency charged with building tens of thousands of affordable homes. The reaction would have been enor - Subscribe |
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© Business Post |
11 Jun '23 |
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Colin Richardson, CBRE: Speculative commercial market shows promise for second half of year
As we head towards the half-year mark, the Irish commercial real estate market remains in a transitional phase, with a confluence of cyclical and secular trends impacting deal flow and sentiment.
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© Business Post |
11 Jun '23 |
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Why the 'stretched valuation' of commercial property should make us worry
Lorcan Allen: There are now major question marks hanging over the supposed value of commercial property assets in Ireland – and the Central Bank has identified this as a threat to the health of the - Subscribe |
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© The Irish Times |
25 May '23 |
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Empty office blocks could become liveable homes, but it’s not simple
Some of the challenges are technical, and some are commercial.
The biggest technical issue is the sheer size of many office buildings. There are vacant offices in Dublin with floorplates of 28,000s - Subscribe |
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© Irish Independent |
23 May '23 |
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Eoin O’Malley: State has the power to push private developers to act in the public interest on housing
Steady house prices should be good news for us all, as developers will continue to build, and buyers don’t get spooked into waiting to buy if prices are about to become cheaper. Rapid falls would ca - Subscribe |
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© The Irish Times |
19 May '23 |
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Cliff Taylor: Are Irish house prices set to fall further, in common with many European markets?
The long price surge is over, even if the dynamics of the Irish market and the stronger financial position of households look set to provide some support to prices, avoiding a re-run of the financial - Subscribe |
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© The Irish Times |
09 May '23 |
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Fintan O’Toole: Ireland’s giant open-air experiment on property has failed
We do not have an economy that prioritises the fulfilment of people’s needs. There’s still a governing ideology that holds (a) that the market will provide housing and (b) that the market is ratio - Subscribe |
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© Guardian |
07 May '23 |
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Our cities are not museums. We must stop nimbys weaponising heritage laws to block affordable housing
There’s no denying the importance of preserving our most significant buildings. However, in recent years, heritage protections have gone too far, taking precedence over other policy goals, and being - Subscribe |
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© Irish Independent |
28 Apr '23 |
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Paul McNeive: Government hits panic button on housing supply as election looms
The Government parties must have seen this danger too, yet, despite unlimited resources, they have been unable to identify the radical actions needed to haul them from the quicksand of bureaucracy, mu - Subscribe |
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© The Currency |
23 Apr '23 |
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Ian Kehoe: The fact that Glenveagh cannot secure permission to build any houses in a calendar year is beyond the point of irony
If anyone in government has not watched the interview, they should. Because it was shocking. Stephen Garvey: “For the last 12 months we have seen no decisions come out... We did not get a single dec - Subscribe |
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© Business Post |
23 Apr '23 |
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House prices will have to fall if we don’t want our kids to emigrate
Owen Reidy of the Irish Congress of Trade Unions says homeowners must be prepared to take the possible hit on property values, as current spiralling house prices are creating a situation where we are - Subscribe |
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© TheJournal.ie |
19 Apr '23 |
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Cian O'Callaghan of Social Democrats: Owners of vacant properties should either use it, rent it or sell it
The Government needs to stop rewarding speculators who leave habitable homes vacant and drop the pretence that it has taken action on the issue. It is time to get serious about property vacancy in Ire - Subscribe |
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© Business Post |
16 Apr '23 |
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Damien McCaffrey, director investments BNP Paribas: Mood of cautious optimism prevails
Investors are regrouping and setting strategies to take into account the new monetary reality, rebalancing toward property that has enduring value, writes Damien McCaffrey - Subscribe |
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© The Irish Times |
13 Apr '23 |
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‘Dysfunctional and illogical’: Developer Michael O’Flynn on Ireland’s vacant land tax
“It’s conceptually good, but the application is dysfunctional and illogical,” he tells podcast presenter Ciarán Hancock.
Calling it a hopeless plan, the property developer says, “it hasn - Subscribe |
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