Minister urges housing bodies to engage on finance difficulties for cost-rental schemes
Most schemes undertaken by approved groups or Land Development Agency due to high debt burden
Housing crisis
Housing can be a hidden admissions officer for students - quiet, powerful and unaccountable
Denmark’s social housing model shows how government initiatives can build sustainable and affordable housing for mixed communities
Housing and infrastructure ambitions face funding challenge
While international capital is essential, there is a strong case for fostering investment among Irish households
Back-garden modular homes set to be exempt from planning rules
Homeowners will also be able to avail of tax exemptions for rental income
Interest rates poised to rise on Iran conflict uncertainty
Home building could hit 43,000 this year, says top civil servant
Ireland’s governing philosophy is learned helplessness – and it is getting worse
Every pressure group now knows it can be the unstoppable force that meets the moveable government
Dublin council to borrow €36.5m to fund additional affordable homes at O’Devaney Gardens
Move would prevent sale of any private market housing in Dublin 7 development of more than 1,000 apartments
Ireland is ‘delivering’ more social homes, but that doesn’t mean it is building them
Tipperary directly built just three new social houses. Dublin managed 72
Including cost-rental homes in private tenancy figures gives ‘false impression of growth’
When cost rental is excluded from data, increase in private tenancies is actually much lower than claimed, says Sinn Féin
Number of new homes started in first quarter doubles, says Sherry FitzGerald
Sherry Fitzgerald reports a 1.3% increase in the average value of second-hand homes nationwide, down from 2.3% last year
Dublin apartment builds up 13% but 40,000 units granted planning not ‘activated’, data shows
‘This uplift signals that permissions granted in recent years are increasingly moving into the build phase,’ Government says
Giving a plot of land to your children: what taxes might they face?
Sites given to children are tax-free if the plan is to build a home, but things get complicated if they sell it on with no home
Investing in property
Profiteering from rental income via reits and property funds during a housing crisis is inherently unethical
Dublin cost-rental scheme dropped over rising costs
Housing body Clúid says it will have to switch to 100 per cent social housing at Bannow Road development in Cabra
Planning permission granted for a third time for 562 new homes in Dublin 6
Milltown housing development to include 556 apartments and six three-bedroom courtyard houses
My greatest fear has come true – my home of seven years is to be sold
I’m not much of a believer in signs, but surely the resilience of my clematis is something to cling to
As Ireland’s population ages, Alone looks to more than double its reach in next four years
There will be 1.6 million people aged 65 and over in Ireland in 15 years’ time
Cairn Homes applies to build 715 new homes in west Dublin
Developer puts indicative price of €73.9m on 142 homes tagged for social housing
Home prices rose by 6.8% in the 12 months to February
The highest median price paid for a dwelling was €681,500 in Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown, while the lowest was €198,000 in Donegal
Rise in number of properties to rent but still below pre-Covid levels despite rule changes
Legislation overhauled RPZ system and allowed landlords to reset rents between tenancies
Irish consumers set to invest in home improvements amid housing crisis
More people deciding to work on their home instead of moving
House building hits one-year high in March despite mounting fuel costs
Building activity in the residential sector posted its second successive month of growth for the first time since the first half of 2025
Concern that housing commencements might not result in new homes coming to market quickly
Internal papers say builders rushed to take advantage of levy waivers by registering commencements but that some projects were not progressing
The Irish Times view on bridging finance : a welcome move but care needed
Part of the goal of the Central Bank policy is to make it a bit easier for smaller lenders to enter the bridging market
Debt shame: ‘I was going to lose my home ... It was one of the darkest times’
Thousands of households are trapped in long-term mortgage arrears, and now fuel debt and buy-now-pay-later schemes are affecting many more
Glenveagh plans 11m share options to motivate CEO amid ‘ambitious growth journey’
Homebuilder’s share price need to more double for all options to be in the money
Plan to rezone land at south Dublin stately home for housing scrapped
Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown council chief recommends rezoning of Woodbrook house be dropped
Drumcondra saga showcases dereliction of housing and of civic duty
It appears the plan for derelict accommodation is to dismiss the social housing option
Government and banks must back this move to help solve housing crisis
Cohousing residents would have their own front door but share amenities such as gardens and common rooms
Asking-price inflation for homes drops to lowest rate in more than two years
Median transaction was sold 7% above the original asking price in March with one in six transactions settled 20% or more above asking
‘The toilet overflows in my house’: Dublin tenant says neighbour’s sewage flows in to her home
‘Every time someone flushes in the flats above me, the toilet overflows in my house,’ says SNA
US-Israel war on Iran to hit Irish construction sector and infrastructure projects
The Gulf region is a ‘major producer’ of products such as fertiliser, plastics, and aluminium
Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown councillors urged to back housing plan for golf lands despite local opposition
Hundreds of Stepaside locals and golf course owner oppose changes to south Dublin lands
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