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# Housing Market

This year
2023
Voices
Analysis: Government and the Central Bank can take steps to free the 60,000 mortgage prisoners
Mark Coan of Money Sherpa says more needs to be gone at the regulatory level to help those in insecure mortgage positions.
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May 14th 2023, 7:30 AM
# Ciarán Lynch
‘Disaster’ coming if housing isn’t fixed, head of 2008 crash inquiry warns
Ciarán Lynch has warned of a disaster ‘coming down the tracks if this problem isn’t fixed’.
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Apr 30th 2023, 6:30 AM
Voices
Opinion: 'Telling my child she'd missed a school place broke my heart'
Mum Margaret Lynch says she and her family are no closer to owning their home, after years of trying.
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Jan 16th 2023, 10:30 AM
Last year
2022
# Housing Crisis
Average Irish rent soared by 85% compared to 18% EU average between 2010 and 2022
The cost of buying has also increased more than the EU average.
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Dec 6th 2022, 6:00 AM
Voices
Extract: 'Governments made decisions that led to your housing situation - you are not to blame'
Housing expert Dr Rory Hearne shares an extract from his new book ”Gaffs’ released this week.
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Oct 4th 2022, 7:00 PM
# Housing
Median asking price for houses in Dublin rises to €403,000
Homebuyers in the second quarter of the year were bidding up transaction prices 6.6% above asking price
The MyHome.ie/Davy property price report found asking prices rose 5% compared to the previous quarter.
Author of the report, Conall MacCoille said that price inflation should slow down in the second half of the year.
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Jun 24th 2022, 12:05 AM
# Mortgages
Mortgage seekers need 'significantly' higher earnings than 10 years ago to secure financing
Median household income of first-time buyers increased from €71,000 to €77,000.
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May 24th 2022, 6:15 AM
All time
# the good information project
Open Newsroom Event: Time to talk about the housing crisis
Watch our live Open Newsroom event discussing the housing crisis and how we can start to find solutions.
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Jun 8th 2021, 1:00 PM
Voices
Dr Rory Hearne: The Government does not want you to be able to afford to buy a home
The housing expert says the investor takeover of homes is no accident – it’s Government policy.
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May 5th 2021, 10:00 PM
# Housing Market
First-time buyer mortgage drawdowns at highest Q1 level since 2007 - BPFI
Figures show overall mortgage drawdowns in Q1 were at their highest since 2009.
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Apr 29th 2021, 12:34 PM
Voices
Opinion: Every government has a choice - this one could ban cuckoo funds from buying up Irish homes
Pitting first-time buyers against cuckoo funds is a recipe for disaster, writes Cian O’Callaghan of the Social Democrats.
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Apr 22nd 2021, 11:02 AM
Voices
Opinion: Our Central Bank mortgage lending rules are vital guards against booms and busts
Vasileios Madouros of the Central Bank says the 2015 lending regulations have helped us brace against the Covid-19 shock.
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Dec 8th 2020, 6:30 AM
# Shutdown
'It was shaping to be a very strong year': How will the coronavirus crisis impact people buying houses?
All of these indicators suggested a market that was growing, with supply remaining low relative to demand.
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Apr 2nd 2020, 12:02 AM
# property ladder
First-time buyers in Dublin are now spending an average of €375,000 for a home
Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown in Dublin had the highest average house price for first-time buyers, costing €520,000.
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Nov 13th 2019, 6:15 AM
# Housing
Irish house prices stabilise as househunters show 'nervousness' ahead of Brexit
New CSO figures for August show that property price growth is continuing to slow.
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Oct 10th 2019, 10:28 PM
# Housing
Irish property prices show slowest increase in six years
The latest figures from June show Irish property price growth is slowing.
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Aug 14th 2019, 3:28 PM
# Boom to Bust
Taoiseach says there's 'no evidence of a land bubble' in Ireland
Leo Varadkar said it is something the government will keep an eye on.
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Aug 2nd 2018, 6:15 AM
# the tiger called
Like it's 2008 - Irish people set to break the €100 billion barrier in consumer spending this year
Spending will be at a greater level than the previous high-water mark in 2008, if the forecasts are to be believed.
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Apr 12th 2018, 8:08 AM
# For Sale
Rise in house sales along commuter belts due to lack of affordable homes in Dublin
A MyHome.ie study shows the number of house sales has increased by 8.4% in the first half of 2017.
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Sep 11th 2017, 6:00 AM
# crowded market
Almost a quarter of renters now pay more than €1,300 a month for accommodation
The Residential Tenancies Board publishes its annual report for 2016 today.
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Aug 30th 2017, 6:00 AM
# like hot cakes
Three-bed semis in Dublin are now selling within three weeks
Properties in the capital that were taking seven weeks to sell last year are now changing hands inside 21 days.
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Jun 26th 2017, 8:10 AM
# hasn't helped
Help-to-buy scheme may be scrapped admits Housing Minister
Eoghan Murphy said that the possibility the help-to-buy scheme had had the opposite effect to that intended is “a concern”.
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Jun 18th 2017, 4:06 PM
# stock horror
One city has seen a huge hike in house prices - and it isn't Dublin
The big issue at the end of 2016? Housing stock at a ten-year low.
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Jan 3rd 2017, 12:01 AM
# skyrocketing prices
Out of reach: 'Young people now have nowhere to rent in the city that they work in'
The government is set to oppose Sinn Féin’s bill on rent certainty.
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Nov 30th 2016, 2:22 PM
Voices
Rental crisis: 'The room itself is about 4m x 8m, not much bigger than a prison cell'
If we keep going in this same direction, young people will be forced to study at universities abroad, writes Billy Vaughan.
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Nov 26th 2016, 8:10 AM
# For Sale
Do you have to move out because your landlord is selling up? Now they'll have to prove it
The aim is to stop landlords putting properties back on the market for higher rent.
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May 3rd 2016, 6:20 AM
# shovel ready
This week’s vital property news: Rents on the up and house prices on the down
Everything you need to know in one quick guided tour.
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Mar 26th 2015, 5:51 PM
# abandoned
Some of these derelict sites in Dublin have been vacant for years
Many of these buildings could help address the current housing crisis.
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Feb 15th 2015, 8:15 AM
# Recovery
House prices have increased sharply, but "are still around fair value" (apparently)
That’s according to a new report from Goodbody.
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Feb 6th 2015, 7:00 AM
# north of the border
Could Belfast be the answer to your property woes?
The property market in Northern Ireland’s first city is set for growth in 2015.
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Jan 15th 2015, 11:46 AM
# movin' on down
7 of the most bizarre Irish rentals spotted online
We’ll stay where we are, but thanks.
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Sep 22nd 2014, 9:34 PM
# Housing Market
Sold: €5m worth of property and land snapped up in "intensive" Galway auction
Organisers said it displayed “continued confidence” in the Galway property market.
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Jun 27th 2014, 9:29 PM
# risk aversion
Investor house purchases have more than trebled in a year - but why?
Investors are buying up property to feed the rental market, which is full of people who don’t want to take on too much debt.
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Jun 11th 2014, 12:29 PM
# ESRI
It's true...Ireland IS affected by housing market changes more than other countries
New research shows that households in debt are only likely to reduce if if they are comparatively well-off.
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Jun 10th 2014, 6:30 AM
# heating up
Warning over 'microwave' housing market
First time buyers are being forced out of the market and need to beware of taking on too much debt.
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May 28th 2014, 2:31 PM
# bubble bubble
Half of house hunters are willing to spend up to €350k on a home
Three out of four property buyers want to buy within the next six months.
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May 21st 2014, 9:03 AM
# Running the rules
Regulation controversy drives construction rates up
House building commencements are 192 per cent higher than last year.
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Apr 29th 2014, 10:57 AM
# home buyers
NAMA drops 80:20 home buyer scheme citing improving market conditions
Under the 80:20 deferred payment initiative, buyers pay 80 per cent of the value up front with a valuation then carried out after five years.
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Jan 16th 2014, 5:39 PM
# all mod cons
House for sale in England - with the dead owners buried in the back garden
Yes, yes, but does it have a deck area?
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Jan 10th 2014, 6:00 PM
# Buy and Sell
Dublin property prices up 15 per cent as rest of country shows some positive signs
Although Dublin continues to outpace the rest of the county, today’s figures show that properties outside the capital are showing some early signs of turnaround.
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Nov 27th 2013, 2:35 PM
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