Plans for almost 1,000 social and affordable homes at the Central Mental Hospital in Dundrum, south Dublin, have been lodged with An Bord Pleanála by the Land Development Agency (LDA).
The level of debt being taken on by Approved Housing Bodies (AHBs) is too high, with organisations unable to take on more borrowing to fund their role in meeting accommodation
Plans for 190 apartments in a complex ranging from one to 12 storeys high have been lodged for a site in Cork’s south docklands. The Tiznow Property Company, part of
The way is now clear for the debt-laden Cork County GAA Board to lodge ‘fast track’ plans to An Bord Pleanala for 309 residential units planned for Cork GAA lands.
The Court of Appeal has dismissed a businessman’s appeals in a case where he sought to assert a beneficial interest in the former home of himself and his ex-wife
Deloitte Ireland’s latest Real Estate Planning & Development Statistics report shows that commencement notices were lodged on 24,304 units in 2021, in residential schemes comprising more than 20 units.
Major developers have cast doubt over Dublin City Council’s housing targets, calling into question the potential to deliver the scale of new homes needed to tackle the housing crisis. Developers
Land deals to the value of €648 million were transacted in 2021, representing growth of 11% on the previous year, a report from property consultants Savills Ireland concluded. Demand for
Focus Ireland has called for ‘generation rent’ to be saved as Ireland has been cited as one of the most poorly regulated rental sectors in western Europe. Dr Richard Waldron,
Up to 5,000 new homes could be built on the grounds of Clontarf Golf Club if the 75-acre site is rezoned for residential purposes, and if members of the club
A new system of calculating grants for Mica homeowners will be considered by Government as a controversial sliding scale looks set to be dropped. The Cabinet last year approved an
Growth in the Irish construction sector accelerated at the start of the year as the impact of the Omicron wave of Covid-19 subsided and demand rose. This is according to
The Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications said he believes there is huge public interest in the Government retrofitting plan and the SEAI website was “overwhelmed” with public interest
A narrative has taken hold in certain quarters in the housing crisis that says scores of apartments in high-end build-to-rent (BTR) schemes are being left vacant by their developers, who
The Government’s push to get hundreds of thousands of homes retrofitted has become more urgent, as the cost of fuel rises and the clock ticks down on climate action targets.
Killiney planning: ‘There is no way housing built on that strip of land would help solve the crisis’
There is a steady stream of walkers and cars passing along Vico Road, Ireland’s answer to Italy’s Amalfi Coast, on an overcast but pleasant afternoon on Wednesday. People stop to
Darragh O’Brien has admitted house prices will continue to rise this year. The Minister for Housing has conceded that the crisis in housing, which is seeing Generation Rent trapped in
The state agency established to fund delivery of new homes more than doubled loan approvals to €835m in 2021. It was up 111% on the €395m approved by the end
You might be someone in your late 20s, 30s or 40s who’s still living with parents, wondering how they managed to get a secure home and you can’t. You might
A quarter of all new homes completed in Ireland in 2021 were apartments according to new data from the Central Statistics Office (CSO). This is the highest proportion ever recorded
The Minister for Housing has said that increasing housing supply alone will not be enough to reduce prices. Speaking at the launch of the second quarterly progress report on the
The government today published the second quarterly update on progress of the implementation of Housing for All. It shows significant progress towards the government’s plan to increase the supply of
While lack of supply is often cited as the main issue in the Irish housing market, a mortgage broker has said the real issue is inflation and that this will
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THE NEW DUBLIN City Development plan is set to restrict the construction of new Build to Rent (BTR) developments in
The number of residential property transactions increased by almost 19% to 44,110 in the 12 months to October 2021, according
Property prices are expected to rise by about 5 per cent this year as supply shortages, pent-up demand and pandemic
Funding approval had been obtained from the Department of Housing for a group housing scheme at the adjoining Ellis’s Yard
An examiner appointed to a construction firm that has been building a planned social housing development in Limerick has so
Irish Residential Properties Reit (Ires) yesterday announced the latest expansion in its portfolio on apartments for rent with the acquisition
Prospective homebuyers face further difficulties in the housing market with increasing prices and record low supply. According to the latest
Glenveagh said it generated total revenue in 2021 of €476m, up from €232m in the previous year which was most
Bank says money will finance 3,000 new units AIB is launching a new €500 million fund to back the development of
Square-foot caps on rebuilding costs will still leave many property owners out of pocket Homeowners caught up in the mica
Darragh O’Brien to bring memo to Cabinet on revised scheme for rebuilds in Donegal and Mayo The Government finalised a
Plans have been submitted for a strategic housing development on the north side of Cork City. O’Flynn Construction wants to
First-time buyers (FTBs) are being squeezed out of the market for new homes, with cash-rich purchasers and cuckoo funds snapping
Donegal family, whose house must be demolished, ready for second Dublin protest In Quigley’s Point in Co Donegal, the Noone family has the
Castle View, a brand-new housing estate with 100 residential units in Lucan, Co Dublin, was completed in May. Pristine and
The Department of Housing has not engaged with officials in other countries regarding properties afflicted with construction problems involving defects
A Government plan to build affordable housing has been described as an “absolute failure” after it emerged only eight homes
The average price of a house is now almost €24,000 higher than it was a year ago, with the rise
DCU criticises Government plans as student housing construction deemed ‘uneconomic’ The Government must declare shortages of student housing and high
Housing conference hears many young people slaves to rent because of mortgage rules A belief that increasing housing supply –
90% of Irish adults who took part in a recent poll don’t know the Irish forest industry produces enough wood
Minister for Housing Darragh O’Brien has defended the Housing for All plan as a “different” and “multifaceted” strategy in which
Social housing in Ireland is at crisis levels due to a booming population and a limited supply of residential properties.
The first submissions to the Government’s working group on defective homes indicate that the cost of remedying Celtic Tiger-era building
Regeneration and rejuvenation of city centre areas will fail to occur without major Government intervention, according to leading figures in
Senior Government ministers are understood to have reached agreement on the summer economic statement, which is now due to be
Fire-safety defects estimated to cost more than €5 million to fix have been discovered at a large Celtic Tiger-era apartment
A PERFECT STORM (literally, in some cases) of factors have conspired to turn up the pressure on Ireland’s housebuilders. Building
Motivated by comfort and warmth as well as energy savings, homeowners across Ireland are looking to invest in home improvements
The Ulster Bank Construction Purchasing Managers’ Index® (PMI®) – a seasonally adjusted index designed to track changes in total construction activity – posted
Commenting on the Central Bank report on retail interest rates for December, Brokers Ireland said Irish mortgage holders are paying
The Ulster Bank Construction Purchasing Managers’ Index® (PMI®) – a seasonally adjusted index designed to track changes in total construction activity – posted
According to the Central Statistics Office (CSO), 6,450 new dwelling completions were recorded in the fourth quarter of 2019, an
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