Affordable housing proposed for vacant Ballymun shopping centre site
Land Development Agency in talks with Dublin City Council over site of complex demolished four years ago
Housing crisis
Housing crisis in Ireland cannot be solved by taxpayer funds alone – it also needs capital from private investors
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
Having a job is no longer a guarantee of being able to house yourself. That breaches the social contract
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
Dundrum apartments decision a symptom of broken planning system
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
Intensive government coalition talks to get under way today
Regional Independent group and two Healy-Rae brothers set to join new government if negotiations are successful
Glenveagh operating profit soars 86% as house sales and margins rise
Home builder sees sales continue to surge
The Irish Times view on the mortgage market: increasing exposure for young borrowers
The ongoing rise in house prices, requiring buyers to take out ever-bigger mortgages, is concerning
First-time buyer mortgage approvals hit record levels in November
Industry experts expect switching market to grow this year
Higher pay for public service staff to afford homes should be time limited and phased out
Rapid growth in highly paid multinational jobs has put significant upward pressure on housing prices
The Irish property market in five graphics
Average residential mortgage loan was €308,200 in the third quarter, up 7 per cent on the year
‘Misuse and abuse’ of State payment by some hosts of Ukrainian refugees, charity warns
Helping Irish Hosts calls for accommodation recognition payment scheme to be extended so Irish households can host refugees in direct provision
No let up in pain for would be home buyers
MyHome report shows age of first-time buyers continues to creep up
Average mortgage loan now exceeds €300,000 with first-time buyer market ‘particularly hot’, MyHome report finds
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
Average cost of second-hand homes in Dublin likely to reach €630,000 this year, says DNG
Price inflation of 5%-8% expected by leading estate agent, which also says house sales last year were down 8%
Permission refused for ‘monstrous’ 881-apartment scheme in Dundrum
An Bord Pleanála raised concerns around architecture impact, flooding, and living conditions for future occupiers
Next government urged to end long-term homelessness by 2030
Call has been made by Irish Homeless Policy Group as Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael continue talks aimed at developing a programme for government
Vacant homes tax raises €2.3m from almost 4,000 properties in its first year
Tax is charged at three times the local property tax for dwellings occupied less than 30 days each year
High rental costs mean Dublin ranks in top 10 most expensive cities in Europe
The best news, analysis and comment from The Irish Times business desk
Homeless fathers ‘not seen as fathers’ by services, pushing them farther from children - report
Many men categorised as ‘single adults without dependents’ are fathers may or may not share custody of children
New roads investment planned by Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil after Green exit
Series of referendums on issues such as housing and water ‘highly unlikely’, negotiators say
Rent arrears, overholding and a combination of both accounted for 42% of disputes lodged with RTB
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
We need to see an explosion in house building and new ideas this year
If the next government wants to solve the housing crisis, then it will have to treat it as a crisis
Rate of home-building set to slow this year
Ending of levies will lead to ‘significant decline’ in new home starts
Number of homeless people passes 15,000 for first time since records began
Some 4,658 children are in emergency accommodation as Darragh O’Brien says addressing crisis is ‘an absolute priority’
House prices surge with supply of second-hand homes at lowest level since 2007
Prices rise by 9% to average of €332,000 across the State, says Daft.ie, with Dublin average just below €443,000
Second-hand home prices likely to jump 10% next year, Sherry FitzGerald expects
No end in sight for rising house prices as demand continues to exceed supply
Could social housing be the next property bubble?
High costs, high borrowings, high risk, high exposure: it’s all very 2006
Ireland’s economic future is bright, apart from a housing crisis, a sick health service and Donald Trump
A negative cost/price dynamic is alienating consumers and pushing many businesses to the brink
Restoration of Notre Dame shows hard things can be achieved if we’re not afraid to be ambitious
We must stop mistaking a lack of ambition in planning and building for caution and rule-following
Housing Agency buys 120 homes with tenants in situ for up to €645,000 each
State scheme aims to buy houses from landlords in cases where their plans to sell up could result in homelessness for tenants
Parents struggling to meet rising cost of student accommodation among complaints to Minister
Minister for Higher Education hears of burden of high cost of rental homes for students in letters of complaint at the start of the academic year
Housing crisis: Can the cost-rental tenant in situ scheme be deemed a success, or does it lack ambition?
While 120 properties have been acquired in about 20 months, it is arguable that without published targets this policy measure is at best opaque
More than 80 homes in Limerick to be placed on cost-rental market next month
State-subsidised model offers long-term tenures and stable rents at about 25 per cent below local rates
Emigration to Australia is at its highest level for a decade. We need to ask why
Those being pummelled by the cost of rent are living through a form of austerity, their take-home wages and disposable incomes decimated
Housing remains a big problem, but I worry the real disaster lies ahead
I fear our property problem will be solved in a brutal way, with a recession so severe, hundreds of thousands will emigrate again
Taylor Swift tops the economic charts, electoral victory for Centrist Dads and Apple’s awkward €13bn
If the 2024 election result marked stability, safety and conservatism, the biggest gig of the year underscored that same middle-brow innocuousness
Record 4,600 submit applications for south Dublin cost-rental apartments
Just 195 Land Development Agency apartments are available at Shanganagh Castle near Shankill
Corkman leading €11bn development of Battersea Power Station in London: ‘We’ve created a place to live, work and play’
Donagh O’Sullivan is in charge of the redevelopment of one of the British capital’s most iconic structures
Typical price paid for home by first-time buyer up €88,000 on five years ago
Median income of first-time buyers buying a new property is now €90,000, Banking and Payments Federation Ireland report says
Renters and households with children most likely to have income that doesn’t match needs - ESRI
New study finds Irish households on average need 45% of disposable weekly income, after housing costs, to cover basic expenditure
Labour Party pulls out of talks on forming next government
Ivana Bacik communicates decision to leaders of Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael
The Irish Times view on rising house prices: the warning signs are there
The next government must accept that a new approach is needed if housing really is to be a priority
Average price of Dublin home is now over €600,000
Latest CSO figures described as ‘very depressing but not surprising’ by Sinn Féin’s housing spokesman Eoin Ó Broin
Housing in Ireland is among the most expensive and most affordable in the EU. How does that happen?
Despite high property prices and rents, Eurostat finds Ireland faring much better when it comes to affordability
Minister concedes in High Court challenge to order facilitating asylum-seeker housing in Athlone
Roderic O’Gorman’s plan for site to rear of direct provision centre in Lissywollen to be considered an ‘unauthorised development’
EU needs to step up financing to support collective security and accelerate productivity and growth
Europe is at crossroads and the choices we make will determine our voice in the new global order
Banking lobby group warns that house building has stalled
Industry body says industry needs boost to beat crisis
ESRI again highlights regulator’s role in fanning house prices
Think-tank not backing off previous suggestion that loosening mortgage rules boosted the property market
Irish house prices overvalued by 10%, increasing risk of a ‘painful correction’, ESRI warns
Economic think tank cautions that increasing number of Irish households are carrying ‘elevated’ levels of mortgage debt
‘No magic wand’ to bring down prices of cost-rental homes, says Housing Agency director
New schemes testing affordability limit with some units in Dublin costing up to €1,775 a month for three-bed property
Living in rural Ireland shouldn’t be an impossible dream
Balanced regional development means more than plonking cities here and there - other factors have to be taken into consideration, as Fianna Fáil has signalled
YOU MAY ALSO LIKE...
Crosswords & Puzzles
Crosswords & puzzles to keep you challenged and entertained
Stardust
Inquests into the nightclub fire that led to the deaths of 48 people
Common Ground
How does a post-Brexit world shape the identity and relationship of these islands
Family NoticesOpens in new window
Weddings, Births, Deaths and other family notices