‘Sure what’s not out of budget at the minute?’: First-time buyers view new estate in Dublin
Help to Buy
Housing demand
Grafton returns to UK profit growth despite weak home improvements market
Irish distribution unit was alone in four long-standing markets of Woodies parent to post like-for-like sales growth
Average Dublin City Council tenant pays just €77 rent per week. That may have to rise
Low rents, 40% discounts to tenants who buy and local authorities snapping up private new builds – the social housing model is broken
Dublin City Council defends housing and zoning targets against minister’s directions
Already sufficient capacity in development plan to meet city’s housing needs, says senior council official
Housing commencement figures down nearly 80% so far this year
Government unlikely to meet housing target this year, Department of Housing data suggests
Ireland’s quiet prosperity boom: Number of those earning more than €100,000 doubles
Many high earners spend to match their income and now there are signs of nervousness as Trump targets tech sector
New rules could see developers obliged to provide workable creche buildings
Some mandated childcare facilities in new housing estates remain empty because of fit out costs or unsuitability
Four Dublin student accommodation centres report €19m combined turnover in 2024
Students charged from €243 to €320 a week for bedrooms in shared accommodation
‘I felt treated like a dog’: The Dublin landlord behind evictions, fines, short contracts
Tenants have complained about Leevin Ireland, the property company offering ‘a place to call home’ for international students and professionals
‘We are sleeping in cars and serial couch-surfing’: Dublin students appeal to homeowners to rent out rooms
UCD students’ union takes to streets to tell public they can earn up to €14,000 tax-free under rent-a-room scheme
Ruling on controversial development beside St Anne’s Park due after legal action withdrawn
An Coimisiún Pleanála set to rule on plans for 580 apartments beside Raheny park next month
Student accommodation scams: ‘People try to get you to pay deposits for a viewing’
Consumer Protection Commission warns of increase in rental scams during summer months
Plenty of people will happily live in a smaller, darker unit if the price is right
Restrictions have been lifted in response to developers’ demands. But what exactly are we all getting for this risk? Who will hold them to account?
Donegal’s Titanic: The sinking of a housing estate built on a peat bog
Fifteen homes at Radharc An Seascan in Dungloe have been left to rot since they began subsiding 15 years ago
Apartments with fewer windows sound okay, until you live in one
We might accept new apartment standards if the minister or developers traded in their homes to rent one
Continuing supply crisis sees house prices rise 7% over last three months
Risk of EU-US trade war has not taken heat out of Ireland’s property market, says MyHome.ie
‘Our cities are dying’: Large turnout at Dublin housing demonstration
'My dad was a civil servant and owned a home at 23. It was a completely different world,’ says one protester
Government cannot afford to deliver the homes Ireland needs without big investors
Return for private sector from housing needs to compensate for risks taken and foregone returns from investment in other countries
Ballymore in €7.8m off-market deal for Naas Racecourse lands
Developer Sean Mulryan aiming to build hundreds of new homes on 13-acre Kildare site
Park Developments pays €15m for Balbriggan site
19.2-acre site is zoned for residential use and has potential to accommodate over 300 new homes
Developers are bluffing when they say lower prices would undermine viability of house building
Government should desist from fanning the flames of demand with subsidies such as Help to Buy and the First Home Scheme
Some local authorities inspecting ‘just 10%’ of new builds for compliance with safety regulations
‘Systemic problem’ leading to big backlog in checks for compliance with building safety regulations, conference hears
Median value of homes bought by first-time buyers has risen to nearly €372,000
Mortgage drawdowns by this cohort exceeded €7.8bn last year, the highest since 2006
I’m smack bang in middle age with no property, ageing knees and a scant pension
Modest, former council houses are pushing seven and eight hundred grand
Drogheda lands with full planning for 198 new homes guiding at €8m
28.52-acre site near town centre readily accessible via newly constructed Port Access Northern Cross Route
Planning objections now a legal industry as ‘people run down to Four Courts’, official claims
New 12-person taskforce is attempting to unblock barriers to key projects
Is it possible to give up to €400,000 tax-free to each of your children as a gift while you are alive?
A gift to adult children starting out in life can be even more valuable than an inheritance
‘If you hang tough, good things do happen’: 17 people get keys to independent living apartments
Limerick accommodation a stepping stone for some returning from ‘rock bottom’
This is a housing strategy written by Flann O’Brien
Renters such as students who have to move each year will get hammered by this provision, while other tenants are more likely to stay put
Government had to choose tenants over investors
Housing is increasingly taking on the characteristics of a public good such as health or education in voters’ minds
Government focuses on tenants over landlords in rent crisis moves
Landlords will be classified as big or small for the first time under changes being proposed to Cabinet today
Plan to slash number of workers needed for housing targets through modern methods of construction
Coalition hopes new methods could reduce number needed by as many as 10,000
Rent Pressure Zones: Pressure on Government as it proposes to link certain rents to inflation
Cost-rental tenants may benefit from lower rents in future
HAP caps should be revised regularly to reflect rental market, Ombudsman says
Investigation finds duplication of work done by local authorities on HAP applications, resulting in potential delays
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