As a young, small and fast-growing economy, Ireland has relied on foreign investors to fund its growth. The model is changing now. Is the Government capable of stepping in?
The geography of the housing construction industry is changing. While record numbers of new homes are being built, that is not the case in Dublin’s commuter counties, raising questions for planning policy.
The housing need demand assessment artificially suppresses housing in the east of the country. It needs to go.
The block sale of an almost entire Dublin housing estate to a buy-to-let investment fund triggered "a media and social media storm". Seller Greg Kavanagh explains why he made the decision.
Questions are often asked about who will build housing, how it will be built, in what quantity it will be built, what form it will take, and when it will be built. There’s much less discussion over where it will all be built.
With interest rates high, many would-be owner-movers will stay put to keep their low-interest rates for another couple of years yet. We should expect that 2024 will be another year of tight supply.
Just before Christmas, Vision Capital made its move: It called for an extraordinary general meeting of Ires shareholders. We now have Ires's response.
Beyond immediate shelter, more and more people need complex assistance to escape entrenched homelessness. Price competition between charities has pushed the sector to the brink, but procurement policy is now changing.
A plan to build 1,000 apartments has been hit by disputes and delays for nearly 20 years. It is finally moving but only after Dublin City Council recut key aspects to make it viable for Bartra, its privately-owned developer with a Hong Kong guarantee.
Over the next 30 years, the country will have to double its housing stock if it is to meet demand. Yet, sadly, the nation’s housing policy is still firmly rooted in trying to limit excess supply as opposed to wrestling with the more significant issue of cost.
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