Assetbacked wrote: » I ....It's amusing that the most destructive parties to the housing market are joining together and somehow think they will fix it.
beauf wrote: » They have never tried to fix it.... From what I can see...
Hubertj wrote: Definite merit in the affordable housing model. My only concern would be the ability to scale this model within a reasonable time frame. That needs to be professionally done and not made a balls of by public servants.
cnocbui wrote: That's from 2017. Did the government ever do anything to reverse this admitted stupidity? Did they hell.
Brianmwalker wrote: » Wow that's a serious tax!
The_Conductor wrote: » We already have carbon tax- it increased by €6 from €20 per tonne to €26 per tonne on the 1st of May. The proposal is to increase carbon tax by a further €20 per tonne - to €46 per tonne (immediately) with subsequent increases in future years (to punish carbon users- or in Green Party talk- incentivise users to use alternate energy sources) In terms of petrol the €20 per tonne increase will lead to the cost of the carbon tax component of a 60 litre fill of petrol increasing from €4.42 to €7.90 (ish), and for diesel from €5.11 to approx €9.20 (thats just the carbon tax aspect- in short its another 7c on a litre of petrol or diesel) In addition it will add approx €110 to the annual carbon tax bill for someone who heats their house with gas. It will also add €2.40 to a 40KG bag of coal, €0.55 to a 12.5KG bale of briquettes and €52 to a 900 litre fill of kerosene home heating oil. For now there is no carbon tax on electricity- where we have a Public Service Levy (PSO Levy) instead- though they also want to change this...........
TheSheriff wrote: » Perhaps people just looking to sell? Is it more than previously ?
guyfawkes5 wrote: » Maybe someone was desperate for steady income in the depths of the last recession and signed a very long lease.
guyfawkes5 wrote: » I would be surprised at that, as it would completely remove the core value proposition of a fixed term tenancy if the landlord can elect to end it. It says here that a landlord can't break a fixed term tenancy unless the tenant has broken the lease or there is a break clause included in the contract: https://ipoa.ie/landlord-query-of-the-week-can-a-landlord-terminate-a-fixed-term-tenancy/
guyfawkes5 wrote: » Fair enough. If that's the case, does it logically follow that there's never a reason for a tenant to sign a fixed term lease after six months as it offers no additional protection?
Shelga wrote: » Two properties in north Dublin I have enquired about- a 2 bed apartment advertised at €285k, current offer is €275k. A 3 bed house that needs complete renovation- advertised at €285k, current offer is €230k, which has been rejected by the seller. It's not much, but combined with the price changes section of myhome.ie showing far more price decreases than increases, as pointed out by another poster, I am trying to be hopeful that prices are falling a bit already. People like myself just do not have access to the money that they are asking for.
TheSheriff wrote: » I think its easy to be anecdotal without hard data. We have our eyes on a few properties; all currently have offers over asking.
Assetbacked wrote: » I mean, that is a complaint in respect of the environment. However, to make a complaint about a political party relevant for a property market thread; FF and the Greens oversaw a catastrophic property market crash and FG in power has lead to arguably the worst housing crisis in living memory. It's amusing that the most destructive parties to the housing market are joining together and somehow think they will fix it.
The_Conductor wrote: » Thats just bringing it up to €26 per tonne, their intention is to increase it to €100 per tonne in the lifetime of this government- which would equate to roughly €32 on a 60 litre fill of petrol, or €37 on a 60 litre fill of diesel......... There is going to be a world of hurt in here- for anyone who has to drive anywhere, heat their home, or is not in a position to use public transport..........
Markitron wrote: » Recently seen a new house in a small development listed for 340k, PPR list the 3 identical houses next to it as being sold in February/march for 260-270k. Am I missing something obvious here? The houses are literally identical, same features inside, all have south facing gardens etc. Not in Dublin FWIW.
Cyrus wrote: » are you accounting for the vat?
Markitron wrote: » Is the Vat really going to be as much as 80k-ish?
cnocbui wrote: » My intention is to offload my properties and get the hell out of this country ASAP. The prime motivator being the high handed taxation regime that the populace never seems to make even a squeak about.
Cyrus wrote: » no but itll account for more than half the difference between 270 and 340.
titan18 wrote: » Anyone else assume that the extra 10% of affordable housing in new builds is just going to make the other 80% more expensive and drive prices up again?
The_Conductor wrote: » Stand to reason that the other 80% would make up the difference to keep builders margins at a commensurate level (currently 14-15%) Its hard to expect anything other than this to happen.........