Housing demand

Cost of refurbishments of boarded-up Dublin council homes to hit €50,000 each

Council chief Richard Shakespeare says ‘not realistic’ to keep borrowing to cover costs

First-time buyers: ‘Should we buy an apartment or a doer-upper?’

We live in a Dublin commuter town and there are not many homes coming up for sale

Cairn Homes asks High Court to quash development refusal of 329 dwellings in Co Wicklow

The developer’s proposal had been given the green light by Wicklow County Council, but this was overturned on appeal

Fine Gael pledges to deliver over 300,000 homes over next six years

Party says it will ensure about 50,000 homes are built each year under €40bn plan

Election housing debate should not be about ‘shouting numbers’, Simon Harris says

Election 2024: Fine Gael leader promises more ‘interventionist’ State on child care and ‘firmer’ migration system

New housing target to be set at average of 50,500 homes a year

Minister for Housing brings revised draft of national planning framework to Coalition leaders for approval

Snapshot analysis: Budget and State spending take focus away from social issues

Respondents reveal a greater concentration on the value for money of Government expenditure than on topics such as the housing shortage and immigration

Snapshot poll: Budget aftermath and Government spending draw most voter attention

Housing remains a key topic as general election looms; immigration falls to its lowest ranking this year

The €500,000 suburban three-bed is now the house at the centre of the property price surge

This kind of house is attracting bids both from those seeking to move and from first-time buyers

Dublin’s O’Connell Street has just one resident left. What the area lacks most is not guards, it is people

Dublin’s north inner city could become one of Europe’s most happening addresses in a reasonably short space of time

Twenty-two apartments in ‘luxury’ D4 development secured for social housing

Co-operative Housing Ireland ‘delighted to deliver 22 much-needed social-rental homes’ to families and individuals at Elmpark Green

What’s happening with house prices?

August was the 12th consecutive month to see an increase in property price inflation, a worrying trend for prospective buyers

Dublin’s Liberties has everything. Except vision, planning, care and attention

It’s difficult to imagine any other European city allowing the development that has blighted the Liberties

Stopgap mortgages remain a bridge too far for Irish banks despite new ICS product

Banks still chastened by the crash are unlikely to offer such financing

Budget will provide six-month sugar rush - but perhaps only incremental change on housing and health

Budget 2025: Will it alter our shaky trajectory on housing? Will it end emergency department overcrowding in hospitals?

Is now the time to buy a new home? Politicians may not provide the answers you need

The arrival of a new government will have little impact on the supply of housing or on its affordability

Higher earning first-time buyers gain most from Help To Buy scheme

Central Bank says scheme, which offers tax rebates of up to €30,000, cost Revenue €938m to the end of 2023

Buying a new home? Keep these 10 tips in mind, from borrowing to build quality

We’ve put together a guide to help you navigate the biggest purchase of your life

Fact check: Are immigration and homelessness figures linked?

Taoiseach appeared to conflate rising homelessness with increased numbers seeking asylum and international protection in weekend interview

Restrictive rent control must be relaxed to bring in funding for new homes

Current regime is proving to be punitive and discouraging for institutional investors

Foxrock home and site with planning for prime residential scheme for €4.5m

Foxrock Villa, a substantial home on Torquay Road, is for sale with approval for four large houses on its grounds

Planning granted for hundreds of homes in Cork on land owned by GAA

Lands on which 319 homes can be built will be sold to offset the costs of redeveloping Páirc Uí Chaoimh

Could granny flats offer a sustainable, €70,000 solution to the housing shortage?

There are about 300 St Stephen’s Greens’ worth of private garden space in Dublin city. Garden offices are allowed, but garden homes are not. This is a missed opportunity

House flippers are a curse, tarting up homes as cheaply as possible and selling for maximum profit

Home improvement TV breathes undeserved confidence into a generation of flippers

If you want to know whether Sinn Féin’s housing policy will work, look at what it achieved in the North

There’s one unifying factor to the party’s entirely different strategies in the North and South: both approaches ultimately aim to secure power to advance a united Ireland

Dermot Bannon’s Super Spaces review: Starchitect lights up the screen like sunlight through a megabucks extension

Television: New series exploring ‘spaces where we work, live, socialise’ occasionally lacks sensitivity in this housing crisis era

Can Sinn Féin make a real difference to the housing crisis?

Its plan to increase State spending, instead of incentivising private developers, would be a significant departure

Housing shortage: Not making a will leaves thousands of vacant homes in limbo

More than 27,000 properties in the State are vacant because their former residents have died

Report estimates it would cost nearly €35bn to build social housing for all those in need

Parliamentary Budget Office calculates there were 115,425 households with an ‘ongoing need’ for permanent, State-supported housing at the end of 2023

Donegal homeowners moving into mobile homes as Government defective bricks scheme kicks in

Severe shortage of rental accommodation on Inishowen peninsula affecting families who want to have their defective homes rebuilt

Buying a home on your own: Here is how to navigate the perils and pitfalls

More and more home buyers are single. Here are the things to watch for if buying solo

House price inflation jumps to 8.2%, new figures show

Latest barometer shows Dublin prices rose an average rate of 8.6% in 12 months to May this year

New building standards watchdog to be set up under plans to be considered by Ministers

Proposals to reform probate and conveyancing and strategy expected to go to Cabinet

What’s happening to Airbnb and holiday lets?

Give me a Crash Course in... Airbnb and changes to the planning system for short-term lets

Solving the housing crisis requires new body empowered to clear blockages in system

Housing Delivery Oversight Executive recommended by Housing Commission would exist for five years and have the power to tackle barriers to housing supply

Construction activity contracts but housing output remains on upward curve

BNP Paribas’s latest index for the construction sector here fell to 47.5 in June as work on commercial projects fell

Lone Star nears sale of most of Quintain Ireland property assets to TPG

Company among the initial wave of overseas investors to buy here

Renting in Ireland: ‘I’m constantly living with the fear that I can be homeless’

There are about 330,000 properties being rented in the private sector, but no tenant is immune from the possibility of losing the roof over their head

How do we go about buying our first home?

So far we’ve managed to save about half of the 10 per cent deposit we’ll need to buy a small house

More workers may be needed to finish house builds, says banking group

Construction activity has risen sharply in 2024 but ‘increased labour capacity’ may be required to keep delivery of units in line with commencements

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