Minister for Housing reverses decision not to meet Dublin Lord Mayor
Emma Blain wrote to James Browne three times seeking meeting about tenant-in-situ scheme
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Plan for 80 homes in Leopardstown approved as part of string of south Dublin projects costing €500m
Council received 640 applications for just 30 three-bedroom homes at Woodbrook, Shankill
Regulatory uncertainty blocking housing investment, Elkstone warns
Ireland’s development pipeline is stalling precisely when new housing is most desperately needed, investment firm Elkstone claims
Reforming the planning laws: ‘It was never going to be a short-term solution to the housing problem’
Within weeks An Bord Pleánala will become An Coimisiún Pleanála - but what impact will it have and how is it changing?
An Bord Pleanála failure to decide on applications delays up to 6,000 apartments
Planning board hit by more than €1.4m in fines for failure to process over 140 ‘strategic housing development’ applications on time
Older people and downsizing: ‘We hated selling our home but it became a necessity’
Mobility issues and being closer to family are reasons to ‘right-size’ in your twilight years - but don’t leave it too late
‘Thousands’ of new homes delayed due to electricity access
ESB Networks acknowledges ‘limited’ capacity in some locations
Lottie Ryan on family life in an apartment: ‘It is very likely our forever home’
2FM presenter and others give their views on why they favour apartment living
Even at €430,000 a year, Brendan McDonagh would be nuts to take the housing tsar job
McDonagh gives the impression of being someone who does not suffer fools gladly and who believes the media by and large falls firmly into the category of fools
Housing ‘tsar’ salary might be lower than €430,000, say Government sources
Brendan McDonagh might be paid less than he earns at Nama if appointed head of Housing Activation Office
Balbriggan lands zoned for housing guiding at €18.75m
37.5-acre North Dublin holding comes for sale zoned in its entirety for residential development
Ready-to-go residential site in Bray guiding at €2.25m
Bray site has full planning permission for 12 apartments and 12 duplexes
Taoiseach understands public concern over mooted €430,000 salary for ‘housing tsar’
Plans for new Strategic Housing Activation Office as well as asylum system overhaul and military radar due before Cabinet
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My US cousins sealed their house deal with a ‘post-occupancy agreement’, can I do this in Ireland?
My US cousins offered the seller of their house 60 days post-sale occupancy for free
Price of a home in the Republic rose by 9.8% on average in the first quarter, report says
New homes and those seen as more energy efficient are commanding ‘hefty’ premiums, says Geowox
ECB interest rate cut: What does it mean for mortgage borrowers on trackers, fixed and variable rates?
Interest rates explained: Drop of a quarter of a percentage point will benefit some consumers more than others
How new Airbnb law will operate - and why were Kerry TDs objecting?
Short-term lets in towns with a population of more than 10,000 will have to be registered
Housing Minister James Browne: ‘If we don’t get this right over the next four to seven months, we’re going to be in serious, serious trouble’
The solution to Ireland’s housing crisis is ‘more supply and it is my job to get that supply moving’, says the Minister for Housing as he answers questions about how he intends to do that
Taoiseach would put Irish boots on the ground in Ukraine peacekeeping force
Martin critical of some local authorities for failing to build enough – or any – social houses
Dundrum Town Centre hands over keys to 15 homes at The Ironworks
Completion of 122-unit residential development expected in a year’s time
Call for Celtic Tiger tax breaks to accommodate students
Section 23 relief had drawn criticism for helping fuel boom-time development
Christ Church Leeson Park to see interest from developers of high-end homes at €4.75m guide
Landmark Dublin 6 property sits on prime site zoned for residential use
Drumcondra site zoned for housing seeking €2m
Plot comprising 0.448 acres occupies prime location in established, sought-after residential area
Trade war could put a brake on asking prices for Irish property, MyHome says
Irish house prices are now eight times average incomes of €51,000, their most stretched level since 2009
Investors leaving high-end housing market even as rents climb
Estate agent Owen Reilly says 60% of available properties are being sold by landlords
Who would buy gangland homes seized by the Criminal Assets Bureau?
Desire for bargain displaces fear, especially for foreign buyers, even when assets are seized from Ireland’s most dangerous men
House prices in Ireland continue to rise as shortage drives demand higher
Estate agent shows second hand home prices rose 2.3% between January and March
Cosgrave family secures €4.7m from sale of Dublin city apartments
Dublin city centre apartment portfolio sells for significantly above guide
What’s the best way to fund home renovations?
Options include topping up a mortgage or tapping the Government’s low-interest Home Energy Upgrade Loan scheme
Planning permissions fell by more than 50% in three Dublin council areas last year
Housing supply unlikely to increase unless emergency measures are introduced, says Construction Industry Federation official
Investment in public transport is key to success of revised national planning framework
Either we spend a lot more on public transport, especially in regional cities and on rail lines serving new commuter belts, or the framework will be meaningless
Downsizing: Can we leave our furniture behind and should we look for cash-buyers only?
We are in our mid-70s and are considering downsizing to our investment apartment
‘A grim situation’: Number of homeless people rises further
Some 15,378 people recorded as homeless, including 4,563 children
Average cost of second-hand Dublin homes approaches €600,000
Estate agent DNG’s price gauge points to annual inflation rate of 9.6%
House price inflation in Ireland reaches eight-year high
First quarter level of available second hand homes now at lowest since 2007
‘Nothing can happen without it’: Housing delayed by out-of-date planning policy
Ireland ‘cannot move forward’ on meeting housing targets without revised framework, expert says
Finglas village site with planning for 48 apartments seeks €2.25m
Former Dublin pub with full planning for 48 new homes
Tax breaks for developers to build apartments under consideration by Minister of Housing
Housing crisis: Paschal Donohoe warns against return similar tax incentives of Celtic Tiger years
Planning permissions for apartments drop by almost 40%
New data show all planning permissions fell more than 21 per cent in 2024
South Dublin site with full planning for 27 new homes seeks €3m
Glenageary site with full planning for 27 apartments
Have your say: Would you prefer to own a house or apartment to live in long-term?
We want to hear your views on the type of home you’d prefer to live in if supply was not an issue
UN calls for stronger measures to combat intimidation of migrants by paramilitaries in Northern Ireland
Committee highlights particular concerns around segregation and access to adequate housing
Co-housing project for over 55s could ‘free-up’ thousands of family homes
Co-housing Communities Ireland aims to fill gap in housing market it says is faced by middle-aged, older people
Receivers appoint agents to sell project at former Kevin Street DIT campus
Seen & Heard: Taxpayers ‘miss out’ on €9bn; increase stock awards for BofI chief; homes ‘never to be built’
Builders engaging senior counsel at outset of projects in anticipation of substantial legal challenges – Ifac
Economist Niall Conroy says ‘big step change’ needed to double number of homes being delivered
Ireland ‘lagging’ behind other countries on infrastructure, watchdog says
Irish Fiscal Advisory Council calls for enough construction workers to deliver projects
State must focus on building the right homes in the right places
Rush to deliver large-scale apartment schemes in response to crisis runs risk of creating ‘modern-day slums’
House prices could increase due to relaxation of garden-room planning rules, say experts
Department of Housing is considering changes to exempt free-standing modular or cabin-style homes from planning permission
New homes agents’ outlook on 2025 as market ‘remains under pressure’
Property professionals give their views on demand, Government schemes and housing completions
Proposal to relax planning rules for cabins ‘tinkering around edges’ of housing crisis, McDonald says
Minister of State John Cummins says proposal would allow more people to live independently
‘Alarming’ incidence of ‘sex for rent’ advertisements, survey of international students finds
The views of 512 international students were reported in the study for the Irish Council for International Students
Call for emergency housing plan as private rented sector grinds to a halt
Dramatic decline in apartment delivery compounding ‘deepening supply crisis’, notes report
Property group urges Government to pause proposed land value sharing legislation
Measure designed to reduce land speculation would see levy of 25% tax on land that is rezoned for housing
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