Property Industry Ireland

Government urged to rethink housing policy as Brexit nears

Oireachtas report criticises aspects of Government policy, including HAP scheme

Make houses cheaper: Government urged to reduce rate of VAT on new houses

Developments must be ‘viable for the housebuilder and affordable for the consumer’

Housing experts warn Government against short-term measures to address crisis

More incentives for buyers will only inflate land values, say experts ahead of budget day

Property group calls for retention of Help-to-Buy scheme

Property Industry Ireland claims it is too early to assess value of initiative

Fast-track planning system for large-scale housing begins

Developers could obtain permission from An Bord Pleanála before end of year

Senior economist leaves ESRI to lead Property Industry Ireland

Dr Duffy will take up the new role as chief executive of PII early next month

Mortgage rules likely to hit supply of new homes, warns ESRI

Body predicts a fall in house prices, reduced profits in construction and fewer units completed

New mortgage rules will come - but not anytime soon and they won’t be radical

Central Bank lending review hearing pleas from all sides about raising borrowing limits

Modest rise in housing supply but still well below target level

Study by Property Industry Ireland suggests construction rate failing to meet demand

Call for first-time buyer deposits of 10% up to €400,000

Property Industry Ireland wants limit lifted from €220,000 and 4.5 times salary mortgages

Almost 6,000 student beds in the pipeline for Dublin

Developers expected to provide 7,500 additional student spaces in the coming years

Time to end Ireland’s ‘failed developer-led property market’

Ireland has an emergency and the new Minister for Housing is promising a powerful response. What’s at stake?

Lobby group urges lower VAT rate on new houses

Property Industry Ireland says lowering VAT to 9% would boost housing supply

New housing construction increases but market still ‘depressed’

Report finds number of construction notices for new housing reached 8,000 in 2015

Analysis: Smaller flats on the way as new planning rules come into effect

Changes are aimed at bringing down apartment construction costs

Industry criticises failure to test size of apartments

Ibec’s property division says it called for working models to test Government guidelines

Apartment size matters, but so does affordability

Critics of proposals to build smaller units are missing the bigger picture

Homes built in Dublin last year only met half of the demand

Housing Agency says that there is a ‘persistent mismatch’ in property market

Opposition to new mortgage rules rises ahead of deadline

Submissions on proposed changes which will require a 20% deposit close at midnight

Central Bank urged to modify proposed mortgage rules

Property Industry Ireland recommends new limits be introduced gradually

Government to axe 80% development land windfall tax

Capital gains relief on property dealsto be abolished at the end the year

“Blind pool” reits nearing their end, conference hears

JP Morgan reit bookrunner says investors will seek track records

First the glut of new homes, now the shortage

Conference hears of need to avoid escalating property prices by tackling ‘potentially serious problem of undersupply’

Call for risk development finance ‘to catch the wave’

One More Thing: Property lobby group builds for the future

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