Posted in Irish journalism, Irish housing, Property on Jan 3rd, 2008 4 Comments »
I was talking to a member of the Socialist Party recently enough who admitted, with a certain defiant air, that she had never read anything by Karl Marx. It wasn’t that she was not interested in Marx’s ideas; rather that she didn’t feel the need. Being a member of a radical Left party and having […]
Posted in Irish Times, Irish Society, Irish housing, Politics on Dec 26th, 2007 5 Comments »
On 7 December 2006 the Irish Times asked Dan McLaughlin, chief economist Bank of Ireland for his predictions for the Irish property market for 2007. He said:
‘The year 2007 will be another strong one in terms of transactions. We are likely to see something of the order of 85,000 to 90,000 houses built again. Mortgage […]
Posted in Irish Economy, Irish housing, Media on Dec 23rd, 2007 1 Comment »
The housing market is beginning to show initial and tentative signs of recovery, with prices expected to rise again outside Dublin before the end of 2008.
Since the reform of stamp duty by Finance Minister and Tanaiste Brian Cowen in the Budget on December 5, there have been initial indications that, although the slump has not […]
Posted in Irish journalism, Economy, Irish housing on Dec 23rd, 2007 1 Comment »
More than 266,322 houses, flats and holiday homes lie vacant in the Republic — enough to house a million people, the Sunday Independent has learned. Housing Minister Batt O’Keeffe claimed two weeks ago that much of the present problems in the housing market was caused by rogue builders who are “sitting” on finished properties as […]
Posted in Irish Times, Irish Society, Irish Economy, Irish housing on Dec 22nd, 2007 2 Comments »
The decision of first-time buyers to defer purchases has seen a boom in the rental market, with rents rising to an all-time average high of €1,400 a month nationwide.” (Irish Independent, 28 November 2007)
…Rents are strong in Ashbourne thanks to its relative proximity to the capital and the major expansion of retail business in the […]
Posted in Irish Times, Irish journalism, Irish Economy, Irish housing, Media, Property, Politics on Dec 14th, 2007 7 Comments »
Last week I posted a survey of the first one hundred properties listed on Daft.ie for rent in Dublin, as taken from the Daft site on 30 November 2007. Below is a survey of the next one hundred properties taken on the same day. It shows that in two weeks:
17 properties out of 100 have […]
Posted in idiotic, Irish housing, Property on Dec 9th, 2007 No Comments »
Well, how else would you explain this poll?
Posted in Irish Society, Irish Times, Irish housing, Property, Media, Politics on Dec 8th, 2007 No Comments »
This is from today’s Irish Times (sub required). It was written by Noel Whelan, and the quote at least echoes what we’ve been saying here on Dublin Opinion. Of course, the article is an opinion piece, and as such is not to be regarded in any way as fact. (The very idea!) This is the […]
Posted in Irish Times, Irish journalism, Irish Society, Irish Economy, Media, Irish housing, Politics on Dec 7th, 2007 15 Comments »
There are some people who ask: is there a conflict of interest between owning a property website and reporting the facts?
It is asked as if it is a reasonable point to hold - as if any other answer, except to say, “of course there’s a conflict of interest you fucking idiot”, is somehow possible. […]
Posted in Irish Economy, Irish housing on Dec 6th, 2007 3 Comments »
After the 2007 Budget last December, Brian Cowen was called Santa Claus by those quick witted subeditors eager to fill a snappy headline. After all, the surprisingly large tax returns, mainly provided by the rampantly inflated housing market, allowed him to provide a bumper ‘giveaway’ budget.
This year of course, with credit crunches and a […]