McWilliams: Ireland must avoid another property bubble

Demographics, supply and demand of property and income growth in the economy will determine the speed at which deals will be done

A housing estate in Carlow

Today, I am writing abouttrends in the property market against the background of moving house, and so this article will be a little bit of testimony as well as proper analysis.

For the record, we are also moving from one area of south Dublin to another. Therefore, trends in the south Dublin market have been of acute personal, rather than professional, interest.

Luckily, we don’t have to move quickly, because it seems to ...