Category: Housing
"This is a system in deep trouble"
Sinéad Pentony 15/08/2011
Sinéad Pentony: In The Guardian, Larry Elliott argues that “only a new way of managing the global economy can prevent more mayhem in the market …
Never a reckless lender be
Tom McDonnell 26/11/2010
Tom McDonnell: One of the images below is from Patrick Honohan's paper in the Economic and Social Review June 2009. If you combine the two you can …
House Swap on Ghost Estates
26/10/2010
Nat O'Connor The Department of the Environment has published a report into the state of 120,000 dwellings in Ireland's unfinished, 'ghost' housing …
Bacon's Mortgage Suggestion Does Not Add Up
Nat O'Connor 18/10/2010
Nat O'Connor: Peter Bacon has suggested that semi-state assets be sold, and the money used to pay off the negative equity part of mortgages, where …
The 'Prodigal Son' Dilemma in Irish Mortgage Debt
Nat O'Connor 07/07/2010
Nat O'Connor: Mortgage payments are on a lot of people's minds these days, and there has been a fair deal of coverage in the media about negative …
Portable Mortgages
Nat O'Connor 22/06/2010
Nat O'Connor: Two contradictory pieces in the news about mortgages. On the one hand, it was reported that some lenders are preparing to offer …
Property Tax
Nat O'Connor 18/05/2010
Nat O'Connor: The Taoiseach has been talking about the introduction of property tax (Irish Independent, Irish Times). A part of this is tax on …
More on vacant houses ....
29/01/2010
Last week, Nat O'Connor posted on vacant houses and the research carried out by the ntional Institute for Regional and Spatial Analysis. click here …
Counting Vacant Houses (And Their Cost)
Nat O'Connor 22/01/2010
Nat O'Connor: A lack of reliable information about the housing market contributed to the housing bubble and subsequent crash. The National Institute …
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