Housing Irish arm of investment fund behind controversial bid for 115 Maynooth homes to appoint liquidatorRound Hill Capital, which attempted to bulk buy homes in Mullen Park housing estate, has cast doubt over its future investment plans in Ireland
Housing Almost 16,000 homes ring-fenced for individual buyers following ban on bulk selling to fundsNew legislation was brought in following a political furore caused by a Business Post story about the planned sale of 115 new homes to an investment firm
Mullen Park homes offered to buyers, but with 25% price hike A number of houses in the Kildare estate came on the market last week, nearly a year after the outcry over a €1 billion global investment fund’s plans to bulk-buy 155 of its properties
O’Brien welcomes new plan to sell Mullen Park homes to individual buyersA plan to sell 115 houses to a global investment fund has been called off
Coalition is scrambling for ideas as the housing crisis hits home As the sense grows that the national housing crisis has reached a tipping point, many are unconvinced that the government’s latest measures will do much to solve the many problems
Michael Brennan: First-time buyers' frustrations set to continue for some time yetThe Minister for Housing and his officials are working on changes to the planning regulations that could ringfence more than 50 per cent of the units in new developments for private buyers, but there are many obstacles to be negotiated
Generation rent is not buying the political excuses anymore As would-be buyers are shut out and the political row over the bulk purchase of starter homes in Maynooth by a billion-dollar investment fund rolls on, the government is scrambling to ensure that it does not happen again
Fallout from Mullen Park continues as under-pressure government examines tax breaksLeo Varadkar says further changes to legislation may be required to prevent real estate investment trusts edging out first-time buyers