Housing crisis

Programme for government commitment to over 300,000 new homes by 2030 means building rate must increase

Median price rises by €40,000 year-on-year to €370,000

Residential property prices continue to rise as incoming Government promises to build more than 300,000 homes by the end of 2030

Almost 300 social homes to be built on land left over from Ballymun regeneration project

Four things need to happen to fix the housing crisis

Decisions taken now will shape our prosperity for decades. There is no room for further procrastination

Estate agents argue that lack of supply will continue to be an issue until at least 40,000 homes a year are built

Seen and heard: airport cap row may soon be resolved, Vit Hit’s UK sales and councils to face crackdown on housing targets

Things are good now, but there’s a worrying sense in our new government that the economy will look after itself

If we want less strain on the capacity of the country we should limit immigration

In briefing notes, chief executive Michael Lohan advised to be on guard for questions about Big Tech subsidies

Irish government blueprint contains a number of existing measures but also some new ones

Key challenges block efforts to tackle crisis, engineers say

Department of Justice will incorporate home affairs and migration

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We are going to have to decarbonise and dampen down current spending to avoid overheating the economy

Spanish prime minister unveils raft of measures to ease rents and house price inflation

Experts say Government’s new-build targets ‘made in a vacuum’ and warn ‘clear direction in policy for 10 years’ is needed to solve crisis

Over the past decade, members of Irish Institutional Property, backed largely by domestic and international pension funds, have delivered more than 55,000 new homes for sale and rent

Land Development Agency in talks with Dublin City Council over site of complex demolished four years ago

Ireland’s conservative thinking holds that because people have personal choice, they are responsible for their own destiny in life. This is a half-baked, divisive, meritocratic philosophy

If compact living is really the goal of national policy, then Ireland really needs to get a lot better at this. Our planning system rarely acts in the interests of renters

Regional Independent group and two Healy-Rae brothers set to join new government if negotiations are successful

Home builder sees sales continue to surge

The ongoing rise in house prices, requiring buyers to take out ever-bigger mortgages, is concerning

Industry experts expect switching market to grow this year

Rapid growth in highly paid multinational jobs has put significant upward pressure on housing prices

Average residential mortgage loan was €308,200 in the third quarter, up 7 per cent on the year

Helping Irish Hosts calls for accommodation recognition payment scheme to be extended so Irish households can host refugees in direct provision

MyHome report shows age of first-time buyers continues to creep up

On average, first time buyers are spending 28% of their after-tax income servicing their mortgages and they are typically two years older than their UK counterparts

Price inflation of 5%-8% expected by leading estate agent, which also says house sales last year were down 8%

An Bord Pleanála raised concerns around architecture impact, flooding, and living conditions for future occupiers

Call has been made by Irish Homeless Policy Group as Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael continue talks aimed at developing a programme for government

Tax is charged at three times the local property tax for dwellings occupied less than 30 days each year

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Series of referendums on issues such as housing and water ‘highly unlikely’, negotiators say

Many men categorised as ‘single adults without dependents’ are fathers may or may not share custody of children

If the next government wants to solve the housing crisis, then it will have to treat it as a crisis

Tenants were ordered to pay more than €4.3 million in rent arrears by RTB tribunals in the period from January to November of this year