Housing in Ireland: the ‘disaster movie’
In this year’s UK Housing Review, Eddie Lewis, writing about the housing market in the Republic of Ireland, calls it a disaster movie. Apart from banking, housing was perhaps the sector most affected by the rise and fall of the Celtic Tiger: the boom years when Ireland appeared to slough off its economic woes, growth […]
The Ups and Downs of housing in Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland doesn’t show the same extremes as the housing market in the adjoining Republic but it’s certainly been caught in the backlash from the near collapse that has occurred south of the border. House prices in the six counties fell faster and further than anywhere else in the UK after their 2007 peak, so […]
Six reasons why the UK immigration bill needs to be amended
When even the immigration minister struggles to enforce the rules, what chance do private landlords have? Mark Harper’s difficulty in getting to grips with his own immigration rules should give all parties pause for thought. Is it really sensible to extend the checks imposed on employers so that even trickier ones have to be carried […]
Housing market recovery is not proof of a housebuilding boom
Don’t confuse a rise in house prices and mortgage lending with an increase in supply. The figures tell a different story.
John Perry lives in Masaya, Nicaragua where he works on