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Housing in Ireland: the ‘disaster movie’

Housing in Ireland: the ‘disaster movie’

April 23, 2014

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 […]

Category: Housing | Tags: housing market, housing i, Ireland

The Ups and Downs of housing in Northern Ireland

The Ups and Downs of housing in Northern Ireland

April 14, 2014

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 […]

Category: Housing | Tags: housing investment, housing market, Northern Ireland

Private landlords will need to check the immigration status of tenants or face hefty fines under the immigration bill. Photo: Gareth Fuller/PA Archive/Press Association Ima

Six reasons why the UK immigration bill needs to be amended

February 11, 2014

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 […]

Category: Housing, Migration | Tags: private rented sector, migration policy, housing benefit, housing market, immigration checks

The increase in the number of mortgages for first-time buyers is evidence of a sluggish rental market rather than a surge in development. Photograph: Bloomberg/Getty Images

Housing market recovery is not proof of a housebuilding boom

August 23, 2013

Don’t confuse a rise in house prices and mortgage lending with an increase in supply. The figures tell a different story.

Category: Housing | Tags: housing investment, housing market

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