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Brisk business at the top end of the housing market once more
The latest Daft.ie Wealth Report shows that – as prices continue to rise – so does Ireland’s housing wealth. There were over 800 transactions of at least €1m during 2017 and by all accounts there will...
View ArticleGood news or bad news? Housing and the latest population figures
Five years ago, as many wondered whether the green shoots were actually emerging, the Central Statistics Office published its population projections for the future. The numbers were based on a detailed...
View ArticleYes, we are building more – but not the right type of homes
On the face of it, little appears to have changed in many of the figures in this Daft.ie House Price Report. Sale prices – whether measured by listed prices or using the Property Price Register – are...
View ArticleWorrying about soft or hard landing misses the point
Earlier this week, the ratings agency S&P issued a report on Ireland. That report included a diagnosis of the housing market that was interpreted as predicting a “soft landing”. Sure enough, many...
View ArticleTaking back control
This week saw protests on the streets of Dublin about the housing shortage. It was prompted by the eviction of protesters occupying an empty building on North Frederick Street. Later in the same week,...
View ArticleNo need for hot and cold seasons in property
The figures from today’s Daft Report confirm both that the country’s housing shortage persists but also that – at least for the family home segment in and around Dublin – things are improving steadily....
View ArticleDownsizing central to our housing solutions
Earlier this week, it was reported that the Independent Alliance TDs – who form part of the Government – are proposing a ‘granny flat grant’, that would help convert family homes into two units, as one...
View ArticleHow we spend, not what we spend, is key
This year’s Budget is something of a Rorschach test: asking people what they think of it will tell you more about them than it does about the Budget itself. The government itself tried to portray the...
View ArticleLight at the end of the tunnel
As the year has progressed, the story of the property market has evolved. This time last year, the easiest way to summarize the Irish housing market – across sale and rental segments, in Dublin and...
View ArticleIs there any hope for Rent Pressure Zones?
The figures from the latest Daft.ie Rental Report earlier this week confirm the growing divide between the fortunes of the country’s sale and rental markets. In the sale market, new construction is...
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