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Housing crisis
Development fee waiver scheme to be extended with €250m fund
Money is part of allocation of €696 million announced by Cabinet last week for housing
Development land sales sink to lowest in more than two years
Greater housing policy clarity ‘should help restore market confidence’ and result in stronger transaction activity, Sherry Fitzgerald says
Student accommodation: UCD has the most expensive campus room at €11,888
Cheapest on-campus option at UCD is a shared bedroom in Village 1 at €5,722
How affordable housing in Dublin’s north inner city has rapidly changed to homeless accommodation
History of Drumcondra building highlights ‘unvirtuous circle’ in Dublin city housing, says councillor
Few ‘quick wins’ available on housing, says Ires Reit chief
Dublin-listed company intends to sell 315 apartments over three to five years as part of a capital recycling programme
Who is Seamus ‘Banty’ McEnaney, the man who made over €200m from housing the homeless and refugees?
In the News podcast: How family firms linked to Séamus ‘Banty’ McEnaney have been paid large sums for emergency accommodation
How many TDs and Senators live in rented homes?
A survey by The Irish Times suggests landlords outnumber renters by some distance among the politicians in Leinster House
How much do landlords in Ireland really earn? You might be surprised
We hear a lot about ‘accidental landlords’ making ‘pin money’. The data tells a very different story
Séamus ‘Banty’ McEnaney family group was paid €24m in three months for homeless and refugee housing
McEnaney Group growing fast with tens of millions in turnover and growing property portfolio, public documents show
A promising start for Jim O’Callaghan, not so for James Browne: How has the Cabinet performed in its first six months?
Jim O’Callaghan and Peter Burke have made promising starts, James Browne has a lot of catching up to do
An answer to Ireland’s housing crisis is right behind us
Yimbyism: in North America, families taking the housing crisis into their own hands and building in their gardens, so why not here?
Consumer watchdog calls for new laws compelling home sellers to disclose more information
Vendor should provide any public information on environmental risks that could be associated with property, says Competition and Consumer Protection Commission
Irish house prices up by 51% since 2020, Geowox data shows
The median Irish home price rose €32,000 or 9.5 per cent in the past year
Is it sensible to buy a house together in Ireland if you’re not married?
Sharing a home is a significant way to commit to someone, but mixing property and finances when you’re not married can get tricky
Local authorities told to zone more land for housing, as national target more than doubles
Councils to be asked to collectively zone enough land to hold 83,000 new homes per year
Seamus ‘Banty’ McEnaney group earns more than €10m in three months for housing Dublin homeless
Change in council policy sees first disclosure of payments to providers of emergency accommodation for homeless
More than half of Irish estate agents see house prices levelling off soon
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Irish house prices will rise 5% in next year then level off, say estate agents
Irish residential property prices have soared almost 165% from their post-crisis lows in 2013
The Ministerial phones are off and the bags are packed. You couldn’t begrudge them the holiday
It has been a peculiar, frazzled political term since the Coalition was formed – and there’s much more to come
Homeless numbers hit new record high of 15,915
Latest figures do not include rough sleepers or unaccommodated asylum seekers
Mortgage drawdowns hit highest level since 2008
Drawdowns topped €6.2 billion in the first six months of the year
New dwelling completions up 35% in second quarter, data shows
Median residential transaction in July was settled 8.6% above the original asking price, which was a fresh high, Bank of Ireland says
Rise in young people’s mental health difficulties partly due to housing insecurity, says charity
Youth mental health charity Jigsaw delivered more than 62,000 clinical contacts last year
Majority of calls to housing charity concerned about tenancy being ended
Most callers who contacted Threshold were working professionals, with 46% stating wages as main source of income
How will the updated National Development Plan shape Ireland in years to come?
Inside Business podcast with Ciarán Hancock
I’ll soon have a second house. How do I tell my friend who just had to move back in with her parents?
Tell Me About It: I feel awful for my friend in her situation and don’t want her to feel like I’m rubbing her nose in it
Sinn Féin calls on Minister to back up claim apartment standards compare favourably with Europe
New design standards reducing the minimum size of apartments were issued by James Browne last week
We need to confront the reality that the housing shortage can’t be solved
Recent data indicates the population is growing much faster than assumed
National Development Plan main points: how much is being spent and what are the big winners?
NDP is a total investment of €275.4bn from 2026-2035
Ireland’s infrastructure to be ‘transformed’ over next decade with €200bn plan
Ministers to be warned to rein in current spending
Budget to focus on long-term gains at cost of short-term pain
Spending on infrastructure to rise as cost-of-living measures unlikely to feature
Plans to invest €200bn in Ireland’s infrastructure over next decade set to be unveiled
Revised National Deveopment Plan being billed as one of largest ever capital expansion programmes in State’s history
Ministers sought multiples of available funding as part of national plan review
Spending on five key areas yet to be resolved in advance of launch of revised National Development Plan next week
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