Developers need more certainty if housing shortage is to be solved

Builders have been holding off lodging planning applications for developments

The house shortage needs to end Pic: Rollingnews

An end to the uncertainty surrounding housing and mortgage regulations are necessary to encourage developers to build more new homes and solve the housing shortage, according to Ross Shorten, director of Lisney.

While welcoming the recent government measures to increase housing supply in Dublin and other areas of shortages, Shorten said that builders have been holding off lodging planning applications for housing developments until they see exactly what is required under the new ...