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Sunday 17 October 2021
Labour housing spokesperson Rebecca Moynihan said in a video this afternoon that she will re-introduce his Bill “word for word”.
Housing Minister Darragh O’Brien says a Bill he introduced in 2019 on the issue is “still valid”.
This year was anything but normal – so how did first-time buyers get on?
Vasileios Madouros of the Central Bank says the 2015 lending regulations have helped us brace against the Covid-19 shock.
New homes specialist Riona McCaughey gives her take on what will be popular in the market in 2021.
Buyers are increasingly looking in new areas, says Ivan Gaine of Sherry Fitzgerald.
Expert advice on narrowing your hunt to the area that’s right for you.
The 12,259 mortgages are valued at €2.7 billion.
One economist warned that this increased activity will put pressure on the infrastructural needs in these areas.
The Central Bank’s governor Gabriel Makhlouf said that the current rules are working.
Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown in Dublin had the highest average house price for first-time buyers, costing €520,000.
Minister for Finance Paschal Donohoe said the scheme has played a ‘valuable role’.
New figures show that almost €50 million was paid out as part of the Rebuilding Ireland Home Loan scheme in the first three months of this year.
Corporate investors known as so-called ‘cuckoo funds’ have spent over €1.1 billion on nearly 3,000 residential properties in Ireland last year
Concerns had been that funds for the government’s Rebuilding Ireland Home Loan Scheme have run out.
A first-time-buyer can apply for a home loan to purchase a new or second-hand property, or to build their own home under the scheme.
Originally the scheme was estimated to cost the Exchequer €50m.
Around €62 million has been paid to developers under the scheme.
Finding your dream home is only the beginning, says financial advisor Karl Deeter.
According to the MyHome.ie Q3 Property Report, increases will continue into 2018.
The scheme is under review before the benefits of the scheme have had the time to come to fruition, writes Tom Parlon.
First-time buyers can apply for a tax rebate of up to €20,000 from today
Economist Ronan Lyons gives us his take on what to expect.
The first-time buyers grant and communication with customers in rural Ireland was also discussed in committee.
The Central Bank says that the market ‘isn’t at risk of overheating’.
The least affordable area for first-time buyers is Dun Laoghaire Rathdown in Dublin, while the most affordable county is Roscommon.
The government has been forced to change one of its key budget proposals on foot of concerns raised by the Central Bank.
Under new rules,first-time buyers will receive a grant if their mortgage is 70% of the value of their home.
The first phase of a 177 new home development in Adamstown was launched this weekend.
The housing minister says first-time buyers are ‘locked out’ of the market.
Housing Minister Simon Coveney says it will come in the form of a tax rebate.
The Department of Finance thinks it’s a good idea.
New research shows first-time buyers will rely on a family contribution for a deposit.
Plans to tackle the housing crisis include a scheme to help first-time buyers.
A new help-to-buy scheme due to be announced on Budget Day will be backdated to today.
The average age of first-time home buyers is now 34.
TV LICENCES SHOULD be abolished and replaced by some form of exchequer funding for RTÉ, a new report has recommended.
The Irish Times yesterday reported that the report by the Future of Media Commission, an independent body set up by the government, proposes the licence fee should be replaced by funding directly sourced by the from the exchequer.
Figures released to The Journal earlier this month under the Freedom of Information Act show that RTÉ spent more than €1 million advertising the TV licence fee on its own television, radio and online channels in the past three years.
Television owners in Ireland must pay a €160 fee every year, which goes towards funding RTÉ’s programming on television and radio, the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland’s Sound and Vision scheme, TG4, and An Post (which gets a commission for collecting the fee).
So, today we want to know… Do you pay your TV licence?
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Share your story: voices@thejournal.ie
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