Property District

Making industry headlines this week… Sunday Property Roundup 25th August 2024 - Detailed stories at: https://lnkd.in/e8ReTejU -Quick look at  all the traffic changes taking effect in Dublin city today -Simon Harris will guarantee to build near 40,000 homes by end of 2024: 250,000 homes needed over the next five years -Housing Commission has given us the answers, now we need to act on them: Long-term strategies don’t win votes, but there’s no other way to solve Ireland’s housing crisis -Ireland’s culture of objecting to housing developments comes at a high cost to young people: Post-election, the new government must sweep away any impediments constraining development. Land must be made available to build on, and builders must be encouraged to build -Government says there’s a ‘record breaking’ building boom underway. New data suggests that’s overplayed. Underlying data from the CSO, as well as peculiarities in the commencements data the state relies on, suggests actual housebuilding activity might not be as high as has been suggested -Slow pace of infrastructure and skills development could seriously hobble foreign investment: Government needs to heed warnings from competitiveness council about our ability to continue to attract FDI -Housing targets at risk due to high dropout rates among apprentices, new survey warns: ‘Poverty pay rates’ and delays in workers qualifying forcing people to walk away -Government to defer the introduction of the landmark Residential Zoned Land Tax for a year -Early election looms if Greens stick to their guns on land tax: The party is adamant that there can be no deferral of the residential zoned land levy -Rent controls don’t work, global study reveals: Report for the Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA) shows impact on the private rented sector would be severe -IPAV calls for the introduction of a tax incentive in the upcoming budget to encourage private landlords and builders into the property and homebuilding market -National children’s hospital debacle shows State must avoid mismanaging mega-projects: Picture painted by PwC report is one of incompetent management by the State -Longest running Dublin strategic housing development case refused permission -Stunning drone footage shows rapid progress on three major housing developments in Cork city -Cork City Council received 10,000 maintenance requests in six months: Council is currently responsible for 10,968 social housing properties across the city -'Houses can't keep up with new jobs in Limerick' -‘Offensive’ to call active farmers land hoarders -Gaeltacht housing crisis: There is ‘a dangerous lack of long-term rental property’ in rural areas, with holiday rentals lying idle most of the year and families priced out of buying This and more in your weekly Sunday property round-up https://lnkd.in/e8ReTejU

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