Housing crisis

Inside Business podcast with Ciarán Hancock

Taoiseach accuses Mary Lou McDonald of being ‘interested in chaos’ and says she ‘couldn’t care less if we provide more houses’

The average mortgage rate in December was 3.5%, down from 3.8% a year earlier, Central Bank data shows

Industry regulator has investigated only one complaint of so-called ghost bidding in three years

Bulk purchase of houses down to 293 last year from high of 675 in 2023, says Tánaiste

New rules agreed by Cabinet will mean effective ban on such lets in areas with population of more than 20,000

Minister for Tourism says opposition from Norma Foley and Michael Healy-Rae not the reason for change of approach

Minister’s previously indicated choice, ex-Nama chief Brendan McDonagh, withdrew amid controversy over salary

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Department of Housing argues that figures show progress

ESRI Research suggests bidding system may egg on prices and that many did not trust the process

Child homelessness is the most devastating aspect of this crisis

Early Edition with Aideen Finnegan

Tendency for offers to be pushed higher in open auctions managed by estate agents, reveals ESRI study

Results show widespread impatience with Government

This deeply flawed Bill will not in any way resolve the issue of high rents, argues Alan Shatter

Set over a single night in a family home, Fair Deal uses a dispute around care and inheritance to ask not who gets the house, but what the house has already done to the people inside it

One woman took council to court after being told she had voluntarily left the home she was renting

Inside Politics podcast with Hugh Linehan

Rosa Roe says she has ‘no intention’ to sell Stepaside property as she believes late husband would not want that

Fewer than a third of voters think Government is making progress on housing, Irish Times/Ipsos B&A poll finds

Half of all voters say country’s problems are getting worse instead of better

Issue was prominent in minds of voters at time of 2024 general election and has maintained its standing

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Eoghan O’Malley has been attempting to gain possession of his property since 2024 when tenant stopped paying rent

Affordability study by Society of Chartered Surveyors Ireland finds many basic homes are still out of reach of middle-earning first-time buyers

Forming behind the party is an orderly queue of alternatives, all aware that the electorate is frustrated

Inside Business podcast with Ciarán Hancock

Threat to sue Government over no-fault eviction ban could come back to bite them hard

Cost of living still has a significant effect on prospective homebuyers, as 46% have postponed buying due to cost concerns

Sinn Féin’s Eoin Ó Broin told only 207 homes of Fair Deal residents are being rented out in their absence – far short of expected figure of 5,000

We’re continually told we’re facing a demographic crisis, but solving it is not as simple as lying back and thinking of Ireland

Proposals could sound the death knell for pension investing in property at a time when Ireland needs all the rentals it can get

Nearly a decade after a European monitoring body found the human rights of local authority tenants in the State were being violated by inadequate, unsafe housing, little has changed

Homebuilders are threatening legal action over what they say are unconstitutional measures

Rental market reforms in Ireland will come into force from March

Inside Politics podcast with Hugh Linehan

Lending to households increased by €5.5bn, or 5.2 per cent, last year, new data from the Central Bank shows

Scheme that also features a number of public amenities bought by asset manager of German multinational insurance company Munich RE

Five of the country’s biggest developers seek urgent engagement on legislation in advance of March 1st introduction