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Housing

your stories

How do people manage to buy a home? We want to hear your stories

Updated 14 Jan

21.8k

Home Sweet Home

Homes being sold for an average 9% above asking price, as first-time buyers take on more debt

9 Jan

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Housing

Average price of second-hand home rose by €50k in Dublin last year, with further increase expected

8 Jan

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Oscar Traynor Housing

Inspections find problems at site of major Dublin City Council housing project

7 Jan

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Analysis

The unspoken assumption with Ireland’s pension system is that you own a house

Paul O'Donoghue

5 Jan

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Daft.ie

Housing prices rose by an average of 9% in 2024

Updated 2 hrs ago

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The Morning Lead

Mortgage repayments near Celtic Tiger levels as ESRI warns house prices may be overvalued by 10%

On average, households spent 33% of their disposable income on mortgage repayments between July and October this year.

It's the highest share of spending on mortgages that Ireland has seen since 2007 and early 2008.

Year-on-year growth in property prices reached as high as 10% in the months of August and September this year.

12 Dec 2024

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regulator report

'Significant failings in governance and financial management' at Peter McVerry Trust

The charity is required to undergo an intensive oversight and monitoring programme.

Updated 10 Dec 2024

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Renting

The average rent for new tenancies in Ireland has grown to over €1,600

5 Dec 2024

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GE2024ge2024

To the politicians: 'My generation lives with a housing crisis that will last a lifetime'

Sylvia Power

Updated 28 Nov 2024

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GE2024Housing Crisis

Here's what Ireland's political parties are promising for renters and prospective homeowners

28 Nov 2024

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GE2024FactCheck

FactCheck: The final debate of the campaign, with claims on housing, inflation and manifestos

Stephen McDermott

27 Nov 2024

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ge2024

Opinion: If housing is the election issue then dereliction should be near the top of that list

Jude Sherry and Dr Frank O’Connor

Updated 21 Nov 2024

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Central Statistics Office

House prices rise by over 10% in the year to September

20 Nov 2024

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ge2024

To the politicians: 'The housing crisis has trapped us in adolescence'

Sarah Moran

Updated 19 Nov 2024

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Housing

Bank of Ireland announces 0.5% cut to fixed rate mortages starting today

19 Nov 2024

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GE2024Housing

FF's 'Rent Back Boost’ to allow buyers factor in rent payments to avail of Help-to-Buy grant

17 Nov 2024

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GE2024no green light

O'Gorman defends 'legitimate' objection made by Green Party housing TD to 330 homes in Dublin

16 Nov 2024

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GE2024renters

Labour and Social Democrats vie for renters' vote (with very similar plans) as prices skyrocket

13 Nov 2024

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GE2024FactCheck

FactCheck: Four claims from last night's General Election housing debate

12 Nov 2024

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GE2024Housing

Affordable homes, homelessness and help-to-buy concerns feature in first TV election debate

Updated 11 Nov 2024

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GE2024Housing

Help-to-Buy? What experts are saying about the contentious housing schemes

Updated 11 Nov 2024

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ge2024

Donohoe responds to Eoghan Murphy's claims his housing plans were derailed by senior figures

11 Nov 2024

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GE2024Housing

Help-to-buy grant and Rent Tax Credit to get a boost under Fine Gael's housing plans

The party wants to roll out cost-rental for frontline workers.

Christina Finn

Updated 11 Nov 2024

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FactCheck

FactCheck: Has work begun on nearly 60,000 new homes in the last 12 months?

10 Nov 2024

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Housing

Sinn Féin says Fianna Fáil's plan to boost the Renters' Tax Credit is 'reckless'

8 Nov 2024

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GE2024FF MANIFESTO

Fianna Fáil pledges to 'at a minimum' double the Renters' Tax Credit in the next government

Under Fianna Fáil’s plans, the tax credit could be boosted to at least €2,000.

Christina Finn

8 Nov 2024

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Eoghan Murphy

Former housing minister Eoghan Murphy says he wanted to resign when homeless figure hit 10,000

6 Nov 2024

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Housing

Housing minister eyes widening First Home Scheme to secondhands as politicians set out election stalls

5 Nov 2024

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Housing

Coalition leaders agree target of 303,000 new homes between 2025 and 2030

4 Nov 2024

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ge2024

Green's manifesto proposes Help-to-Buy expansion to renters who want to buy home from their landlord

3 Nov 2024

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Coalition tensions

'Cop on a bit': Martin hits back at unattributed briefings from FG that he's 'tetchy and grumpy'

Updated 3 Nov 2024

20.6k

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Watchdog report

Estate agent sanctioned for charging house hunters €2,000 'priority deposit'

1 Nov 2024

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Report

80,000 workers needed to address 'significant' shortfalls in four key areas of infrastructure

30 Oct 2024

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Housing

Harris says housing delivery figure for this year will be 'well upwards towards 40,000'

25 Oct 2024

8.7k

Housing Crisis

Homelessness: Record 14,760 in emergency accommodation, including 4,561 children

25 Oct 2024

11.9k

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Red lines

Harris says he won't go into Govt with a party that wants to scrap Help-to-Buy and First Home schemes

22 Oct 2024

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Housing Crisis

Only 33 rentals available through HAP across 16 local authority areas

Updated 22 Oct 2024

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Oireachtas Housing Commitee

Regulator to pursue 1,500 HAP landlords who have not registered tenancies

15 Oct 2024

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Analysis

Extension of mortgage relief shows Ireland's housing spending increasingly based on vibes

Look at many of the government’s housing policies, and a similar pattern emerges.

Paul O'Donoghue

13 Oct 2024

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