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05 May '21 |
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Evidence does not support case for shared-equity housing scheme: Ciarán Hancock
It is quite something when the Housing Agency (set up by the Government in 2010), the Central Bank and the ESRI all sound warning bells on a key policy tool of the State to tackle the housing crisis. - Subscribe |
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03 May '21 |
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Joan Henry: Tech sector set to remain vital in attracting investment
Technology companies’ involvement in the evolution of the office had started prior to Covid-19, with the development of campus-style headquarters already becoming a key feature of the Dublin office - Subscribe |
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03 May '21 |
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Never mind critics: shared-equity scheme can help affordable housing: Pat Farrell of Irish Institutional Property
All the evidence shows that in the absence of some form of shared-equity scheme, apartments will be unaffordable for buyers on modest incomes, regardless of who builds them. - Subscribe |
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26 Apr '21 |
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Aidan Regan: The house price effect is shaping our society, and not for the better
The increasingly unequal distribution of wealth and property ownership is helping to remould class politics in this country - Subscribe |
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25 Apr '21 |
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An act of cultural homicide in Dublin’s south docklands: Hugh Linehan
Kelly jnr correctly criticised the widespread dereliction and under-use of land in the north inner city. But he also offered an insight into what the people who rebuilt Dublin’s docklands think they - Subscribe |
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21 Apr '21 |
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Dublin needs new buildings to serve its citizens: Simon Kelly of RQTwo development company
Old Dublin, for want of a better term, is still rife with dereliction and decay It is still the Dublin of The Commitments in 1991. Vast areas of the city have been left behind. Why? - Subscribe |
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07 Apr '21 |
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The plan to tackle Ireland’s housing crisis has failed
By noting the fall-off in home ownership, Michael Stanley may have been thinking ahead to what sort of customer base the firm will have if this polarising trend continues. Government might also wonder - Subscribe |
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31 Mar '21 |
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Hot property: Is now the right time to buy a house?
Irish residential property prices have proved remarkably resilient and, according to figures supplied by Marian Finnegan, Head of Residential & Advisory at Sherry FitzGerald, increased by an average o - Subscribe |
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29 Mar '21 |
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David McWilliams: Stay away from the property market. It holds no value
Such a dysfunctional market creates panic-buying, where the fact of rising prices panics people into buying because they are understandably unnerved, thinking that if they don’t buy “something” - Subscribe |
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21 Mar '21 |
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Charlie Weston: Property market defies all expectations of crash with ongoing price rises
The property market is laying waste to predictions of a crash with a rise in transaction levels and prices going up at a faster pace every month.
At the start of the pandemic, spiralling unemployme - Subscribe |
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21 Mar '21 |
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State’s affordable housing plan will only make things worse: Eoin Burke-Kennedy
“Affordability erosion” – from which everything else radiates – now seems locked into the system. The average price paid for a home in Dublin in the 12 months to January was €453,075 – nin - Subscribe |
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10 Mar '21 |
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Citizens should decide height of Dublin skyline, not Johnny Ronan: Michael McDowell
The axis of paralysis between local authorities and the Custom House, the supervisory department, has resulted in catastrophic underprovision of homes, whether private or social, and has resulted in a - Subscribe |
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10 Mar '21 |
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Time for investors to catch the falling knife on the retail sector?: Gavin Brennan, HWBC
For investors able to anticipate future trends, valuations in specific assets should be starting to look attractive. And prospective tenants weighing up signing a lease will find landlords more flexib - Subscribe |
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08 Mar '21 |
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Ivan Gaine: Shared equity proposal can alleviate housing mess
Just when the housing industry was beginning to increase supply of private and social housing, the industry has suffered a number of major setbacks. Not alone have Covid-19 health restrictions delayed - Subscribe |
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07 Mar '21 |
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Johnny Ronan replies to Frank McDonald: Tall buildings must be part of Dublin’s future
If we rule out meaningful height in the last significant site remaining in the city that can accommodate a development of this type? Preserving traffic congestion as it is? Upholding urban sprawl? Kee - Subscribe |
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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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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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