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04 Jun '25 |
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Myles Clarke, CBRE: Government must bring clarity on policy to hit housing targets
Investors are committing capital to support the buildout of rental sectors in cities across Europe but can’t commit in a meaningful way to Ireland’s PRS sector as long as these rental controls rem - Subscribe |
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© The Irish Times |
02 Jun '25 |
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Nicholas Mansergh, lecturer on planning: Ireland is overdependent on apartment development
Housing guidelines should be revised to reflect construction cost realities. One quick way of doing this would be to allow local authorities amend their development plans, so small terrace houses coun - Subscribe |
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© The Irish Times |
29 May '25 |
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Clara Coakley of Interpath: Local developers have key role to play in attracting international investment for housing
We’ve seen what’s possible in delivering stock to the market with the success of our listed housebuilders, like Cairn and Glenveagh, along with privately owned Irish developers having internationa - Subscribe |
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© The Irish Times |
23 May '25 |
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Eoin Burke-Kennedy: Two and a half decades in, the housing crisis is Ireland’s most enduring failure
“The irony is that the last Government scrapped pro-supply policies just as they were beginning to show their effects – with market rents in Dublin largely static in 2023, due to lots of new compl - Subscribe |
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© The Irish Times |
12 May '25 |
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Regulatory uncertainty blocking housing investment, Elkstone warns
While the industry wants the rules loosened, Opposition parties claim they keep already high rents in check. Elkstone’s chief investment officer Karl Rogers: “Rental caps introduced with the inten - Subscribe |
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© The Irish Times |
10 May '25 |
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Minister James Browne has little power to fix the housing crisis. The status quo is in charge
Housing has been an overriding political priority since at least 2016, but at every juncture a conscious decision was made to subcontract responsibility rather than take it on. - Subscribe |
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© The Irish Times |
24 Apr '25 |
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Newton Emerson: Downsizing is fine in theory. In reality, it’s rearranging property deckchairs on the Titanic
In the real world, developers are compelled by economics to build three-bedroom semidetached houses. Little else is available to prospective buyers across Ireland, north and south. Regulation pushes d - Subscribe |
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© The Irish Times |
07 Apr '25 |
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Lorcan Sirr: More land, housing at scale and other myths about Ireland’s housing crisis
1. The ‘more land’ myth 2. The ‘housing at scale’ myth 3. The ‘more supply’ myth 4. The ‘planning problem’ myth 5. The ‘We’ve got this’ myth - Subscribe |
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© The Irish Times |
02 Apr '25 |
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John Moran, JLL: Institutional investors can help to bring an end to Ireland’s housing crisis
The Housing Commission has proposed reference rents as a solution for future regulation. I would also echo Ronan Lyons, Michael O’Flynn, and Dermot O’Leary’s response, which argues that such a s - Subscribe |
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01 Apr '25 |
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Myles Clarke, CBRE: Scarcity meets opportunity: Why Ireland’s commercial real estate market stands out
Ireland’s sell to investors in 2025 is simple: limited supply means limitless opportunity amid a global debt deluge - Subscribe |
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© The Irish Times |
27 Mar '25 |
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John McManus: Time to do a Trump on the planning process?
A precedent of sorts was set by the powers the Government granted itself during Covid to restrict civil liberties.
They were grounded legally in the State’s obligation to protect public health. I - Subscribe |
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© The Irish Times |
05 Mar '25 |
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Is the answer to Ireland’s housing crisis more apartments?
Cairn Homes boss Michael Stanley says Ireland has an irrational fear of apartments“I hear it on radio shows, in newspaper articles . . . it’s the greatest piece of misinformation that’s put out - Subscribe |
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23 Feb '25 |
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Eoin O’Malley: Dublin Docklands project can act as a masterplan for Ireland’s housing solution
The government parties are at odds over the suggestion by Taoiseach Micheál Martin that there could be a review of the legislation on Rent Pressure Zones (RPZs), or rent controls.
He suggested the - Subscribe |
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© Irish Independent |
23 Feb '25 |
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Eoin Ó Broin: Moving young people from box room to shed won’t end housing crisis – it will make it worse
The Revised Estimates for Public Services 2025 states that across the six funding programmes for local authorities, approved housing bodies and the Land Development Agency to deliver new homes, there - Subscribe |
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19 Feb '25 |
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Tax breaks for developers? Michael O’Flynn doesn’t want them
Rather than ‘nonsense’ tax breaks, the Cork developer called for increased government oversight on property valuations
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© The Irish Times |
10 Feb '25 |
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When your chance of owning a home depends on whether your parents do, the system is rigged
New minister James Browne inherits a challenging brief – on the one hand trying to meet the needs of society, and on the other grappling with the demands of a development industry that always wants - Subscribe |
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10 Feb '25 |
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‘Something’s got to give’ – Warning Trump factor could cause ‘much-needed correction’ in Irish housing market
'The market needs a correction. My layperson’s view is that the orange man in America will cause it,' said Philip Farrell of proptech firm Offr. - Subscribe |
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© The Irish Times |
10 Jan '25 |
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The Irish Times view on the mortgage market: increasing exposure for young borrowers
The Central Bank needs to closely monitor mortgage lending practices and ignore calls to loosen the lending rules further. The level of house prices needs to be recognised as a problem and this also c - Subscribe |
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13 Dec '24 |
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Paul McNeive's last column: After writing 500 columns, what is the most important issue?
Today’s tax breaks, which are failing to see sufficient houses built, and failing to reinvigorate our towns, should be quadrupled for 10 years, to unleash the market to do its work. - Subscribe |
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© Business Post |
24 Nov '24 |
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Peter Horgan, Graylings: What Ireland’s next government must do to fix the private rental sector
While Taoiseach Simon Harris has pledged to build 250,000 homes over the next five years, the government must engage with the PRS to make this a reality - Subscribe |
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