Showing posts with label Irish property markets. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Irish property markets. Show all posts
Friday, October 13, 2017

13/10/17: Debt Glut and Building Dublin

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Just back from Ireland, a fast, work-filled trip, with some amazing meetings and discussions, largely unrelated to what is in the 'off...
Saturday, October 22, 2016

22/10/16: Watering Down Budget 2017 Promises?

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My article on the Irish Finance Bill for Budget 2017 is now available on Sunday Business Post  website:  https://www.businesspost.ie/opini...
Friday, January 1, 2016

1/1/16: Developers Questioning Banking Inquiry Report

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While we do not know what is in the Banking Inquiry report signed-off this week, concerns being expressed by the two developers , namely M...
Tuesday, December 8, 2015

8/12/15: Irish Rents: A Longer Term View

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Much has been written about the plight of renters in Ireland. Much of it is correct - there have been some atrocious rises in rents, prima...
Tuesday, November 17, 2015

17/11/15: Irish Rents: Welcome to More Consumer Whacking by Government

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In efficient market, pre-announced policy changes get priced into market valuations before the policy change takes place. This was the cas...
Thursday, July 16, 2015

16/7/15: Nama: The Gift of Giving That Keeps on Giving...

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While Greece is limping to its Bailout 3.0, our national heroes at Nama are busy fighting massive (California-sized) forest fires. The N...
Wednesday, December 31, 2014

31/12/2014: Irish Ghost Estates: The March of Zombies

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An interesting recent article from the Irish Independent on the sad state of Irish ghost estates: http://www.independent.ie/business/perso...
Tuesday, September 2, 2014

2/9/2014: Mortgages in Arrears Down, but Risks Rise

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Much has already been highlighted in the latest mortgages arrears data from Ireland for Q2 2014. The Central Bank's full press release...
Thursday, January 2, 2014

2/1/2014: 'Rip-off Ireland' and Local Authorities' Rents

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H/T to @SeamusCoffey for flagging the following chart from the CSO: Two things of note: The 'deleveraging' of costs in Ire...
Sunday, September 8, 2013

8/9/2013: Dublin's 'burgeoning' workforce attracts MNCs? Err... what?..

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A quick post. Recent research note from one of the highly regarded property research outfits in Ireland cited the following sources of Irel...
Tuesday, June 25, 2013

25/6/2013: Planning Permissions in Ireland: Q1 2013

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The latest data on Planning Permissions was released by the CSO under a rather cheerful headline : "Dwelling units approved up 24.7% i...
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Thursday, April 4, 2013

4/4/2013: Irish Planning Permissions 2012 data

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Per data released on March 22 by CSO, Irish Planning Permissions for Construction have continued to collapse in 2012. Full year data shows...
Thursday, March 14, 2013

14/03/2013: Irish Construction & Building Sector Activity 2012

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Latest index for Irish Building and Construction Production volumes and value is out today, confirming what I wrote about on the foot of ne...
Monday, March 11, 2013

11/3/2013: Property tax and the markets for property investment

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The Irish Government is about to bring in a property tax covering only residential property and excluding land holdings. This is the market...
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Sunday, September 16, 2012

16/9/2012: IMF on PCARs and banks recaps

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In the latest IMF Article IV Consultation paper on Ireland, the fund made some interesting observations on the ongoing Irish property bust...
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Sunday, May 27, 2012

27/05/2012: Residential Property Prices: April 2012

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Much has been made in the media on the foot of the latest (April 2012) data for residential property prices in Ireland. In light of this,...
Friday, May 25, 2012

25/5/2012: Mortgages in Arrears: Q1 2012

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Latest mortgages arrears data from the CB of Ireland came in with a slight surprise that most of the media should have anticipated. During ...
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Tuesday, January 24, 2012

24/1/2012: Residential property prices - 2011 highlights

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Latest Residential Property Price Index (RPPI) from CSO posts another monthly decline in the price series and marks deep drops in the prope...
Tuesday, December 20, 2011

20/12/2011: Residential property prices for November

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Today's data focus for Ireland is on residential property price index for November. Prior to today's release, in the 12 months...
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Thursday, December 1, 2011

1/12/2011: Sunday Times, 27 November 2011

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Here is the unedited version of my article in the Sunday Times, November 27, 2011. Since the collapse of the bubble, Irish perceptions ...