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No free passes for the powerful

No free passes for the powerful

The property tax system needs a radical rethink to eradicate double taxation, evenly spread the cost of social housing and ensure that the most powerful pay

Denial and inertia are the reasons for high costs - not the banks

Denial and inertia are the reasons for high costs - not the banks

Karl Deeter Talking Finance Don’t just blame the banks for your mortgage woes – it’s more complicated than that

Building your own home will cost you – and how!

Building your own home will cost you – and how!

New construction compliance regulations now contribute at least €38,000 to the building costs of every house, making them unaffordable during a critical housing crisis

2021: Ireland's next property crash

2021: Ireland's next property crash

Ireland’s next economic crash is set for 2021, unless the right questions are asked and answers found to halt the country’s boom-bust cycle

Finding solutions to the property problems

Finding solutions to the property problems

If you let individuals decide where and how they want to live, they will sort out housing for themselves

Bad policy will not control prices and stop rent hikes

Bad policy will not control prices and stop rent hikes

Circumvention is better than cure, and here’s how you might do it

Time is the critical component in house building

Time is the critical component in house building

Talking Finance: To turn the sod on a new build, developers have to clear through a thicket of red tape

Bricks and torture for a second generation

Bricks and torture for a second generation

Lending restrictions, rising rental prices and changes in bank regulations are sowing the seeds for another generation mired in negative equity

A taxing time for buy-to-let investors

A taxing time for buy-to-let investors

Unless you’re a cash buyer, the government has made sure it doesn’t make financial sense to get involved in buy-to-let

Karl Deeter: Labour pains will keep holding us back

Karl Deeter: Labour pains will keep holding us back

The construction industry lacks a trained labour force of sufficient size to execute the required strategies

With a little bit of lateral thinking, we could have new city centre homes for €30k

With a little bit of lateral thinking, we could have new city centre homes for €30k

We could solve our housing crisis if we are willing to stomach some trade-offs

Our government is operating with faulty information on rents

Our government is operating with faulty information on rents

Ireland's just had its knuckles rapped by the European Union for its use of rent control in pressure zones

Generation Rent? Try Generation Broke

Generation Rent? Try Generation Broke

For the ‘precariat’, even saving enough to get homes in a long-term rental market will prove challenging

It’s time to stop punishing small-time landlords

It’s time to stop punishing small-time landlords

With less than 1 per cent of tenancies resulting in formal complaints, why are landlords seen as the ‘bad guys’?

We have housing, just not in the right place

We have housing, just not in the right place

Unlocking state land in cities will go a long way in helping to solve the housing crisis