Low supply of apartments for first time buyers.

We recently got our AIP and were excited to look for our first home in Dublin area. We both had to change jobs and work shifts all to get mortgage approved. What a horrible times to be looking for 1 or 2 bedroom apartment in Dublin. The supply is non existent vulture funds have bought or are buying or building everything as rental properties and control the market. They buy in bulk at cheaper price and for a private buyer same property is up to 100k more expensive and we don't want to get into negative equity if prices drop in the future. Property sale prices have gone even more up since after lockdown. Government is pushing people into social walfere housing and rewarding people who don't work with lower rents and hap payments which drives rents to really unaffordable levels for normal working people. I'm really depressed we are forced paying over 1k rent for a bedroom in shared accomodation and getting another increase this year. Is anyone else in the same situation? It's so depressing looks like there's no end to prices rising 😔