bubblypop wrote: » But cant afford to buy? Anyway, the housing crisis in Ireland involves homeless people. Families in hotels etc It's a social housing crisis. People who are on lists for social houses are not going to start buying private houses.
Hubertj wrote: » You’re incorrect. There is a shortage of accommodation to support new home/household formation. That covers all sectors of the population
bubblypop wrote: » where is the proof of this though? and where are these new home/household formations coming from?
bubblypop wrote: » But cant afford to buy? Anyway, the housing crisis in Ireland involves homeless people. Families in hotels etc It's a social housing crisis.People who are on lists for social houses are not going to start buying private houses.
Adelyn Late Sportsmanship wrote: » At some point, people have to buy. There's rarely an ideal property on the market, at the perfect time. Maybe for a handful at most. Buy when you can afford it and see yourself living there for at least 5-10 years. You'd drive yourself nuts on this thread trying to get everything right and end up with nothing.
OttoPilot wrote: » Why do people have to buy? I'm 26. It's possible my house, if I bought now, would not hold (nevermind increase) its value like my parents house has. We aren't going to have the expanding population they had to support house prices. Especially if you are not buying new.
Limpy wrote: » The gov/housing department purchased 3 houses in my estate last year. 2 are occupied now, they put plenty of money into the 3rd one. Its been idle for 4 month's. Its was the first time in awhile I heard of housing dept buying houses, I wonder how many and how much they spent (Nationaly). Two were auctions AFAIK.
Adelyn Late Sportsmanship wrote: » Well no one has to buy. I'm talking about people in this thread who want to buy, eventually they will have to do so at some point. Any property now will be worth more in 20 years, especially in Dublin.
OttoPilot wrote: » Have pre boom peaks been reached yet, in real terms?
Hubertj wrote: » what does realt terms mean? I think 1 of the recent reports said something like prices were still 17% below 2007 rates. I can't remember if that was for nationwide or Dublin prices etc...
sarahzxe wrote: » Hey looking for advice. Myself and husband have mortgage approval both incomes not affected thankfully. We viewed a house we both love and had an offer on it accepted for 325k. However we decided to hold off as it was the week lockdown started. The house has actually been on market since last August and unoccupied originally up for 345k but seller has reduced it gradually this year. We are wondering how to approach this and how much to negotiate off? We are keen to buy this year as paying high rent and husband nearly 35. House is outside of Dublin. Thanks all.
snotboogie wrote: » 32 posts over 10 years and every single one of them asking for something. Why not contribute to the forum once in a while?
Pivot Eoin wrote: » Interesting Web Visitor Stats of Mortgages.ie, DAFT.ie, MyHome.ie and Bonkers.ie over last few months: Been slated a little here before for using web stats to back up a point, but there is a common 15-20% drop off for March usages and Sometimes 30% Year on Year Drop off. Be interesting to see if April is the same. With a 15-20% decrease in people looking, coupled with a probable 20-30% increase in Mortgage Rejections, you have to imagine you will see a drop in competition for houses in certain sectors (Prob the affordable fixer upper 3 bed market). I still think the good properties, turn-key 3/4 beds will hold the majority of their value though, which is the market I'm in.