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2021 Irish Property Market chat - *mod warnings post 1*

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  • #1102
    hometruths
    Registered Users, Subscribers, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,162 ✭✭✭hometruths


    Timing belt wrote: »
    The only people to benefit from rising property prices are landlords or someone that is planning on emigrating.

    For the normal householder it makes no difference because if the sell they will get more but likewise will need more to buy another place. Likewise for the individual looking to buy a 'home' will have lost out if they have capital at their disposal and continue to pay rent. To be financially better off house prices would really need to collapse by 50%+.

    Totally agree. Have said numerous times on these forums that high property prices are not the be all and end all for the vast majority of people. The only thing that matters is the relative difference between current property and next one.

    But when we were discussing that all fixes to the current problems involve a trade off, I posted this:
    schmittel wrote: »
    It seems like any honest debate that might lead to the conclusion that the trade off is lower property prices, is not palatable as people are unwilling to accept this.

    And you replied:
    Timing belt wrote: »
    Most people waiting to get onto the property ladder will see this as very palatable but you need to remember that in Ireland 2/3 of people own their property so the idea of lower property prices is up their with large tax increases ("with no benefits for the tax paying population"). Why would anyone choose to reduce their net wealth?

    That's the sort of attitude I am talking about.
    Timing belt wrote: »
    The idea of wanting the economy to collapse so that prices fall would only benefit someone who was shielded from a loss in income and on a guaranteed job for life.

    Plenty people of sufficient means and security that they don't feel the effects of a downturn as much as the next man.


  • #1103
    hometruths
    Registered Users, Subscribers, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,162 ✭✭✭hometruths


    Cyrus wrote: »
    Hoping for a substantial downturn in the economy , which lets face it will impact the lower paid the worst as these things always do, strikes me as a very strange sentiment and very selfish.

    I personally don’t care if prices rise or not, as my house is a home not an asset , and if I sell it whatever I want to buy will have increased also so I won’t be any better off.

    Any why are you answering for him anyway ?

    It's a discussion forum.


  • #1104
    Cyrus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20,202 ✭✭✭✭Cyrus


    schmittel wrote: »
    It's a discussion forum.

    It’s become more like a crystal ball gazing forum .


  • #1105
    combat14
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,271 ✭✭✭combat14


    schmittel wrote: »
    combat14 may have substantial capital at his disposal, and would welcome a downturn in economy in order to invest that capital in assets at cheaper prices hoping to increase his net wealth. The suffering of others or society at large does not concern everybody.

    If so, it would be a perfectly rational outlook for an individual to have.

    No different to those who hope that property prices continue to rise hoping to increase their net wealth. They are not concerned whether rising prices causes the suffering of others or society at large.

    no just unfortunately clearly remember the pain so many in this country suffered the last time people here paid too much for housing and can see it happening all over again

    also any one who is single trying to buy a house here must be finding it an absolute nightmare at current prices

    anyone renting in dublin must be finding it very hard to save for house depoits at these rates

    all analysis of house valuations keep assuming that buyers are a couple who will never split up or have children in the future .. every valuation justification seems to max house valuations out to the last and dont seem to cover real world eventualities


  • #1106
    Timing belt
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,567 ✭✭✭Timing belt


    schmittel wrote: »
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Timing belt View Post
    Most people waiting to get onto the property ladder will see this as very palatable but you need to remember that in Ireland 2/3 of people own their property so the idea of lower property prices is up their with large tax increases ("with no benefits for the tax paying population"). Why would anyone choose to reduce their net wealth?

    That's the sort of attitude I am talking about.

    That is a fact that I was calling it out as a reason why people would not have a discussion on lower prices. There is no attitude in that... You assume there is attitude just like you have assumed that I want higher prices.... I like many on here would greatly benefit from lower prices but I don't see the market pointing that way for the reason's I have been calling out.
    schmittel wrote: »
    Plenty people of sufficient means and security that they don't feel the effects of a downturn as much as the next man.

    If people have sufficient means and security and have not bought a 'home' and rented instead in the hope that property prices fall then they have lost out financially and like a gambler trying to double down to try and recoup losses they will continue waiting....Who know's maybe the outsider comes in at 100 to 1 and they are financially better off.


  • #1107
    Timing belt
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,567 ✭✭✭Timing belt


    combat14 wrote: »
    no just unfortunately clearly remember the pain so many in this country suffered the last time people here paid too much for housing and can see it happening all over again

    also any one who is single trying to buy a house here must be finding it an absolute nightmare at current prices

    anyone renting in dublin must be finding it very hard to save for house depoits at these rates

    all analysis of house valuations keep assuming that buyers are a couple who will never split up or have children in the future .. every valuation justification seems to max house valuations out to the last and dont seem to cover real world eventualities

    100% agree a single person finds it very hard to buy but this has always been the case. For someone that has split up it is near impossible unless you can buy without a mortgage. Even if they had savings that would allow them to buy with a mortgage it is not a possibility because any maintenance payments will dramatically reduce the mortgage they would get.

    Wishing a economic crash on everyone makes no sense... As I said in a previous post :
    In america they look at the guy in the big house on the hill and say this time next year I will be up there with him. In Ireland people look up and say this time next year he will be back down here with the rest of us.


  • #1108
    combat14
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,271 ✭✭✭combat14


    Timing belt wrote: »
    That is a fact that I was calling it out as a reason why people would not have a discussion on lower prices. There is no attitude in that... You assume there is attitude just like you have assumed that I want higher prices.... I like many on here would greatly benefit from lower prices but I don't see the market pointing that way for the reason's I have been calling out.



    If people have sufficient means and security and have not bought a 'home' and rented instead in the hope that property prices fall then they have lost out financially and like a gambler trying to double down to try and recoup losses they will continue waiting....Who know's maybe the outsider comes in at 100 to 1 and they are financially better off.

    guess they were better off waiting 2008-2012 but not anymore, very hard to impossible to foolish to time any market but need some restraint too


  • #1109
    PropQueries
    Registered Users Posts: 2,203 ✭✭✭PropQueries


    Cyrus wrote: »
    It’s become more like a crystal ball gazing forum .

    Nothing wrong with “crystal ball gazing”. That’s the whole idea of this particular forum. Taking all available information and making guesses on where it will lead.

    I assume someone buying Alphabet’s (Google’s) stock today is “crystal ball gazing” on both their revenues/profits over the next 20 years, interest rate movements etc. etc.


  • #1110
    combat14
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,271 ✭✭✭combat14


    Timing belt wrote: »
    100% agree a single person finds it very hard to buy but this has always been the case. For someone that has split up it is near impossible unless to get a mortgage even if they had savings that would allow them to buy with a mortgage because any maintenance payments will dramatically reduce the mortgage they would get.

    Wishing a economic crash on everyone makes no sense... As I said in a previous post :
    In america they look at the guy in the big house on the hill and say this time next year I will be up there with him. In Ireland people look up and say this time next year he will be back down here with the rest of us.

    i dont want to bring the guy in the big house on the hill back down but neither do we want to see everyone at the bottom of the hill end up in the gutter drowning in debt - there are still a significant number of people in this country still in negative equity from the last crash which 12 years later is hard to believe


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  • #1111
    hometruths
    Registered Users, Subscribers, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,162 ✭✭✭hometruths


    Timing belt wrote: »
    That is a fact that I was calling it out as a reason why people would not have a discussion on lower prices. There is no attitude in that... You assume there is attitude just like you have assumed that I want higher prices.... I like many on here would greatly benefit from lower prices but I don't see the market pointing that way for the reason's I have been calling out.

    I wasn't assuming that you hoped for higher prices.

    Just agreeing with you that many people would consider the idea of lower property prices up there with large tax increases - i.e they are not keen.

    No assumption in that.


  • #1112
    Timing belt
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,567 ✭✭✭Timing belt


    combat14 wrote: »
    i dont want to bring the guy in the big house on the hill back down but neither do we want to see everyone at the bottom of the hill end up in the gutter drowning in debt - there are still a significant number of people in this country still in negative equity from the last crash which 12 years later is hard to believe

    I don't see how wishing a economic collapse would help all these people..


  • #1113
    combat14
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,271 ✭✭✭combat14


    Timing belt wrote: »
    I don't see how wishing a economic collapse would help all these people..

    nobody is wishing for an economic collapse and it doesnt look like we will have one either if we manage our national debt repayments well which we have so far

    but house prices utimately feed into national competitiveness and wage demands so it is not in the national interest to see a repeat of 2008 bubble level prices


  • #1114
    Cyrus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20,202 ✭✭✭✭Cyrus


    PropQueries wrote: »
    Nothing wrong with “crystal ball gazing”. That’s the whole idea of this particular forum. Taking all available information and making guesses on where it will lead.

    I assume someone buying Alphabet’s (Google’s) stock today is “crystal ball gazing” on both their revenues/profits over the next 20 years, interest rate movements etc. etc.

    Well I would expect you to be of that opinion , of course there is taking available information and then there is making up that information to support your own hypothesis .


  • #1115
    Cyrus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20,202 ✭✭✭✭Cyrus


    combat14 wrote: »
    i dont want to bring the guy in the big house on the hill back down but neither do we want to see everyone at the bottom of the hill end up in the gutter drowning in debt - there are still a significant number of people in this country still in negative equity from the last crash which 12 years later is hard to believe

    Are there reputable figures on number of home owners still in negative equity ? If they have been paying their mortgage I can’t see that it would be a massively high number .


  • #1116
    Timing belt
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,567 ✭✭✭Timing belt


    combat14 wrote: »
    nobody is wishing for an economic collapse and it doesnt look like we will have one either if we manage our national debt repayments well which we have so far

    but house prices utimately feed into national competitiveness and wage demands so it is not in the national interest to see a repeat of 2008 bubble level prices

    I agree the situation we are in at the moment is not good for national competitiveness and hence why I have been advocating building more house and increasing supply as this will lead to lower rent and house prices if a sufficient supply is delivered.

    Wishing prices to just drop or to give out about people immigrating here that help grow the economy and wishing lower immigration numbers or an economic collapse is just stupid and short sighted and not looking at what is best for the majority of people.


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  • #1117
    combat14
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,271 ✭✭✭combat14


    Cyrus wrote: »
    Are there reputable figures on number of home owners still in negative equity ? If they have been paying their mortgage I can’t see that it would be a massively high number .

    not sure where you could get those numbers just know genuine people never missed or reduced a payment who bought for nothing mad 260k in 2008 who are still in negative equity about 70k 12 years later despite paying about 1200 a month or more on there mortgage all that time

    there must be more people out there probably outside dublin

    would be interesting to see the numbers even if greatly reduced from 8 years ago


  • #1118
    Cyrus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20,202 ✭✭✭✭Cyrus


    combat14 wrote: »
    not sure where you could get those numbers just know genuine people never missed or reduced a payment who bought for nothing mad 260k in 2008 who are still in negative equity about 70k 12 years later despite paying about 1200 a month or more on there mortgage all that time

    there must be more people out there probably outside dublin

    would be interesting to see the numbers even if greatly reduced from 8 years ago

    So are you saying a house that was 260k in 2008 is only worth 80k today ? Because on a 260k mortgage with those kind of repayments (assuming it was 100 percent ) there should only be circa 150k left on the principal after 12 years .


  • #1119
    combat14
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,271 ✭✭✭combat14


    Cyrus wrote: »
    So are you saying a house that was 260k in 2008 is only worth 80k today ? Because on a 260k mortgage with those kind of repayments (assuming it was 100 percent ) there should only be circa 150k left on the principal after 12 years .

    about 190k in value and about 200k left in payments apparently


  • #1120
    Timing belt
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,567 ✭✭✭Timing belt


    combat14 wrote: »
    about 190k in value and about 200k left in payments apparently

    So in 12 years the repaid 172k on a property the bought for 260k and have 200k principal left and the property is only worth 190k. Have I got the facts right. They have paid 112k in i interest in 12years


  • #1121
    combat14
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,271 ✭✭✭combat14


    Timing belt wrote: »
    So in 12 years the repaid 172k on a property the bought for 260k and have 200k principal left and the property is only worth 190k. Have I got the facts right. They have paid 112k in i interest in 12years

    about 102k interest from those numbers - 100% mortgage and interest rate is a bit higher as a result, but thats only one celtic tiger 100% mortgage would be interested if anyone else had latest figures on negative equity appreciate it has thankfully dropped in last 3 years more than likely (fingers crossed)


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  • #1122
    Ursabear
    Registered Users Posts: 84 ✭✭Ursabear


    combat14 wrote: »
    about 102k interest from those numbers - 100% mortgage and interest rate is a bit higher as a result, but thats only one celtic tiger 100% mortgage would be interested if anyone else had latest figures on negative equity appreciate it has thankfully dropped in last 3 years more than likely (fingers crossed)

    It's a pretty horrible situation to be in . The situation that plenty of people now in there mid- late 30s,early forties , find themselves in where they have paid a lot more then 102k in rent over the past 12 years and can't get a foot on the ladder is also pretty awful.


  • #1123
    Timing belt
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,567 ✭✭✭Timing belt


    combat14 wrote: »
    about 102k interest from those numbers - 100% mortgage and interest rate is a bit higher as a result, but thats only one celtic tiger 100% mortgage would be interested if anyone else had latest figures on negative equity appreciate it has thankfully dropped in last 3 years more than likely (fingers crossed)

    I am surprised that a 260k property is only worth 73% of its value from 2008 considering that house prices are 20% bellow there peak according to the NTMA investor presentation. But then again that is only 18k of a difference in valuation but would make the difference of not being in negative equity.

    Based on my calculation's and assuming that the NTMA presentation is correct and house price are now 20% of there peak it would mean that:
    • Anyone that took out a 100% mortgage for 20 yrs would only be in negative equity if they had a mortgage rate of over 20%
    • Anyone that took out a 100% mortgage for 30 years would only be in negative equity if they had a mortgage rate of over 6.5%

    Obviously anyone that feel into arears will have a different story and likewise as in your example there will be places where property values have not risen in line with the average but these will all be exceptions.

    The other think to consider is that the above calculations are based on a Fixed term interest rate for the whole period. The majority would have been on a variable rate so would be considerably better off.

    So I think it is safe to say that 95% of people that were in negative equity that never missed payments are no longer in negative equity.

    At least they had the opportunity to get on the property ladder unlike a lot of the younger generation today.


  • #1124
    Timing belt
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,567 ✭✭✭Timing belt


    combat14 wrote: »
    about 102k interest from those numbers - 100% mortgage and interest rate is a bit higher as a result, but thats only one celtic tiger 100% mortgage would be interested if anyone else had latest figures on negative equity appreciate it has thankfully dropped in last 3 years more than likely (fingers crossed)

    Just to be clear can you explain where the 70k negative equity comes from because you are saying that the property is worth 190k they paid 260k for it and have 200k left on the mortgage. Unless I am mistaken they are 10k in negative equity and the value of the property is 70k lower that what they paid for it.


  • #1125
    combat14
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,271 ✭✭✭combat14


    Timing belt wrote: »
    Just to be clear can you explain where the 70k negative equity comes from because you are saying that the property is worth 190k they paid 260k for it and have 200k left on the mortgage. Unless I am mistaken they are 10k in negative equity and the value of the property is 70k lower that what they paid for it.

    you are right the house (not in dublin, but a nice house in a nice estate in another irish city outside the capital) is only down about 26.9% in value 12 years later - i.e. 70k down in value but in terms of negative equity at this stage only approx. 10k in negative equity but still this is an issue in terms of getting a better interest rate deal on the mortgage - but hopefully for them not too much longer

    luckily we dont seem to have 100% mortgages over 30-35 years any longer just shows how crazy the celtic tiger bubble was hopefully wont be repeated again


  • #1126
    Timing belt
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,567 ✭✭✭Timing belt


    On the topic of Mortgage drawdowns.... This is the latest data from the CBI
    (Still missing dec figures)

    What is interesting is the no of mortgages for house purchases are down but no drop on people switching mortgages to get better terms.

    539739.JPG


  • #1127
    Villa05
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,723 ✭✭✭Villa05


    Timing belt wrote:
    The idea of wanting the economy to collapse so that prices fall would only benefit someone who was shielded from a loss in income and on a guaranteed job for life.

    combat14 wrote:
    but house prices utimately feed into national competitiveness and wage demands so it is not in the national interest to see a repeat of 2008 bubble level prices


    Just a thought
    In an effort generate inflation, money is created/printed and enters the system at the top and expected to trickle down. The trickle down effect is not happening and instead asset prices are in a bubble spiral creating greater risk of a mega crash in the future

    Why not print the money in smaller amounts and let it pay for an after school care scheme for the EU for example
    Why
    Use existing schools to deliver the care
    Employ qualified childcare specialists at reasonable rate. Current rates are a joke
    Saves young families 100euro per week per child.
    Young families spend all their income as it is a high cost period of a person's life
    The money gets recycled within the economy spurring growth, employment and tax generation
    EU has serious demographic issues, schemes that incentivse having children would benefit the area greatly.


    Much more reasons too numerous to mention, but the underlying point if you wanted to generate inflation, this would be a no brainer and if you wanted to cool inflation, you start charging for the service, it would still be considerably cheaper than the current child care system in Ireland


  • #1128
    Timing belt
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,567 ✭✭✭Timing belt


    Villa05 wrote: »
    Just a thought
    In an effort generate inflation, money is created/printed and enters the system at the top and expected to trickle down. The trickle down effect is not happening and instead asset prices are in a bubble spiral creating greater risk of a mega crash in the future

    Why not print the money in smaller amounts and let it pay for an after school care scheme for the EU for example
    Why
    Use existing schools to deliver the care
    Employ qualified childcare specialists at reasonable rate. Current rates are a joke
    Saves young families 100euro per week per child.
    Young families spend all their income as it is a high cost period of a person's life
    The money gets recycled within the economy spurring growth, employment and tax generation
    EU has serious demographic issues, schemes that incentivse having children would benefit the area greatly.


    Much more reasons too numerous to mention, but the underlying point if you wanted to generate inflation, this would be a no brainer and if you wanted to cool inflation, you start charging for the service, it would still be considerably cheaper than the current child care system in Ireland

    If the government spend they need to borrow and that would increase debt to gdp. So will leave ok for one-off spending as opposed to reoccurring expenditure.

    Childcare is a major expense unless you have family to help out. I remember at one stage paying close to 2.5k a month. It cost us to go to work as would have been cheaper to quit work but then it would have been difficult to find similar just job


  • #1129
    Villa05
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,723 ✭✭✭Villa05


    Timing belt wrote:
    If the government spend they need to borrow and that would increase debt to gdp. So will leave ok for one-off spending as opposed to reoccurring expenditure.


    I will be the first to admit that I am a bit out of my depth on these macro economic issues, however no matter how technical a subject is an injection of logic and common sense can resolve alot of issues.

    If the institutions of the western world are trying to generate inflation and printing truckloads of money to do so. Can those various institutions bang heads together and devise solutions that target that money for projects that benefit society as a whole.

    The current system which has been in operation for over a decade is not working and is creating new records in asset price bubbles


  • #1130
    Timing belt
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,567 ✭✭✭Timing belt


    Villa05 wrote: »
    I will be the first to admit that I am a bit out of my depth on these macro economic issues, however no matter how technical a subject is an injection of logic and common sense can resolve alot of issues.

    If the institutions of the western world are trying to generate inflation and printing truckloads of money to do so. Can those various institutions bang heads together and devise solutions that target that money for projects that benefit society as a whole.

    The current system which has been in operation for over a decade is not working and is creating new records in asset price bubbles

    Fully agree...I think we will see it happen in relation to environment spending


  • #1131
    Villa05
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,723 ✭✭✭Villa05


    Timing belt wrote:
    Fully agree...I think we will see it happen in relation to environment spending


    Could you see a debt forgiveness program for spending related to spending on covid fight


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  • #1132
    Marius34
    Registered Users Posts: 1,173 ✭✭✭Marius34


    https://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=115260157&postcount=8731
    Early Prediction: CSO Property Price Index to turn positive for 2020 Q4.

    https://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=115420662&postcount=9652

    Update 2
    So most of the 2020 Q4 has been added on PPR (~90%), it appears transaction level is back to Pre-Crisis level.
    There are no big change over December, slight decrease on Median price in Dublin, and slight increase outside Dublin, when comparing to my last post in November, on PPR data, but still well above 2019.
    The CSO Price Index is scheduled for Tuesday. I expect it will be the month when negative to turn positive Nationally, it probably still will appear negative on report for Dublin due to Data Smoothing, thus Dublin Co. may turn positive a month later.

    Dublin:

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    Ireland(ex-Dublin):

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  • #1133
    mcsean2163
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,839 ✭✭✭mcsean2163


    I've been bewildered by the amount of new builds where we live in Dublin 8.

    This helps to explain what's going on

    https://outline.com/q7fqAJ

    A detailed analysis of the Residential Tenancies Board (RTB) register by the Business Post has shown nearly four-fifths of the 246 apartments in phase three of Clancy Quay in Dublin 8 are empty.

    This is what we've been seeing for ages, empty apartments all around Dublin. I guess when covid19 is over they'll fill up fast?

    Amazed small landlords haven't been selling. If I had a few apartments, I'd definitely be letting go some....


  • #1134
    PropQueries
    Registered Users Posts: 2,203 ✭✭✭PropQueries


    mcsean2163 wrote: »
    I've been bewildered by the amount of new builds where we live in Dublin 8.

    This helps to explain what's going on

    https://outline.com/q7fqAJ

    A detailed analysis of the Residential Tenancies Board (RTB) register by the Business Post has shown nearly four-fifths of the 246 apartments in phase three of Clancy Quay in Dublin 8 are empty.

    This is what we've been seeing for ages, empty apartments all around Dublin. I guess when covid19 is over they'll fill up fast?

    Amazed small landlords haven't been selling. If I had a few apartments, I'd definitely be letting go some....

    Here’s the link to the article you refer to in the SBP today:

    “Hundreds of luxury apartments lie vacant at two of Dublin’s most prominent rental blocks controlled by a billion-dollar US fund.

    A detailed analysis of the Residential Tenancies Board (RTB) register by the Business Post has shown nearly four-fifths of the 246 apartments in phase three of Clancy Quay in Dublin 8 are empty.

    Nearly half of the apartments in Capital Dock, a 190-apartment, 22-storey built-to-let tower in Dublin’s Docklands are also vacant.”

    Link to SBP article here: https://www.businesspost.ie/houses/hundreds-of-luxury-apartments-controlled-by-us-fund-lie-vacant-in-capital-7993e066


  • #1135
    Bass Reeves
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,966 ✭✭✭✭Bass Reeves


    mcsean2163 wrote: »
    Amazed small landlords haven't been selling. If I had a few apartments, I'd definitely be letting go some....

    That why you haven't

    Slava Ukrainii



  • #1136
    MacronvFrugals
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,028 ✭✭✭MacronvFrugals


    PropQueries wrote: »
    Here’s the link to the article you refer to in the SBP today:

    “Hundreds of luxury apartments lie vacant at two of Dublin’s most prominent rental blocks controlled by a billion-dollar US fund.

    A detailed analysis of the Residential Tenancies Board (RTB) register by the Business Post has shown nearly four-fifths of the 246 apartments in phase three of Clancy Quay in Dublin 8 are empty.

    Nearly half of the apartments in Capital Dock, a 190-apartment, 22-storey built-to-let tower in Dublin’s Docklands are also vacant.”

    Link to SBP article here: https://www.businesspost.ie/houses/hundreds-of-luxury-apartments-controlled-by-us-fund-lie-vacant-in-capital-7993e066


    Isnt this article from February 2020 about the exact same site? If so thats 2 years of vacancies



    100 luxury apartments in Capital Dock are vacant one year on




    https://www.businesspost.ie/residential/100-luxury-apartments-in-capital-dock-are-vacant-one-year-on-a44265c4


  • #1137
    MacronvFrugals
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,028 ✭✭✭MacronvFrugals


    Councillors to Dig Deeper into Bills for Building Social Homes

    Architect and housing commentator Mel Reynolds says the council is paying way over the odds for basic two-bedroom homes.

    “You can build a passive plus” – meaning really well-insulated – “detached, four to five bedroom house, A rated and your tender price would be under €300,000,” he says.

    That house would be in Dublin in a built-up area and would include several bathrooms and kitting out a “five-star kitchen with Miele appliances”, he says.
    The Department of Public Expenditure and Reform should carry out a review of the council’s procurement and tender practices, says Reynolds, the architect.

    “Given that current spend levels are being quoted as justification for elevated purchase prices in PPP [public private partnership] arrangements this review is urgently needed before any large scale commitments are entered into,” he says.


    https://www.dublininquirer.com/2020/12/16/councillors-to-dig-deeper-into-bills-for-building-social-homes


  • #1138
    Knex*
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    I really hope we see something done to disincentivize mass vacancies like this.


  • #1139
    Timing belt
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    MacronvFrugals wrote: »
    Isnt this article from February 2020 about the exact same site? If so thats 2 years of vacancies



    100 luxury apartments in Capital Dock are vacant one year on




    https://www.businesspost.ie/residential/100-luxury-apartments-in-capital-dock-are-vacant-one-year-on-a44265c4

    All European cities have this issue....

    Paris dealt with it via property tax
    https://www.fastcompany.com/3067918/paris-has-some-bad-news-for-people-who-keep-a-second-home-in-the-city


  • #1140
    MacronvFrugals
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    Knex* wrote: »
    I really hope we see something done to disincentivize mass vacancies like this.




    Barcelona: Fill vacant rental units with tenants or we will take over your properties, the city is warning landlords.


    https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-07-16/to-fill-vacant-units-barcelona-seizes-apartments


    Is vacant property an issue in Dublin? We only ever hear of these high end sites, it would be different if a normal block of apartments was lying empty but i don't think that's the case.


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  • #1141
    Knex*
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    MacronvFrugals wrote: »
    Barcelona: Fill vacant rental units with tenants or we will take over your properties, the city is warning landlords.


    https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-07-16/to-fill-vacant-units-barcelona-seizes-apartments


    Is vacant property an issue in Dublin? We only ever hear of these high end sites, it would be different if a normal block of apartments was lying empty but i don't think that's the case.

    I believe it is an issue with REITS deliberately restricting supply to keep yields high


  • #1142
    Dwarf.Shortage
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    MacronvFrugals wrote: »
    Barcelona: Fill vacant rental units with tenants or we will take over your properties, the city is warning landlords.


    https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-07-16/to-fill-vacant-units-barcelona-seizes-apartments


    Is vacant property an issue in Dublin? We only ever hear of these high end sites, it would be different if a normal block of apartments was lying empty but i don't think that's the case.

    The people who'd be living in these if they were rented out are renting somewhere else instead, supply is supply.


  • #1143
    hometruths
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    Timing belt wrote: »
    All European cities have this issue....

    Paris dealt with it via property tax
    https://www.fastcompany.com/3067918/paris-has-some-bad-news-for-people-who-keep-a-second-home-in-the-city

    Well that escalated quickly.


  • #1144
    Timing belt
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    schmittel wrote: »
    Well that escalated quickly.

    What do you mean?


  • #1145
    Browney7
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    MacronvFrugals wrote: »
    Councillors to Dig Deeper into Bills for Building Social Homes







    https://www.dublininquirer.com/2020/12/16/councillors-to-dig-deeper-into-bills-for-building-social-homes

    The Scribblestown road PPP with Sisk is an example of this. Approx 225k per unit for build costs on the council land but the consortium manage the development and maintain and the state are due to pay 1 million a month for 25 years. The saving grace of this deal is the state get the asset ownership in 25 years but still an expensive build model but better than HAP. This looked quite a straightforward site


  • #1146
    hometruths
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    Timing belt wrote: »
    What do you mean?

    Just seems from discussions on here like it was not long ago there was supposedly no issue with vacancies in Dublin which now has rapidly escalated to having a serious vacancy issue in common with all European cities.


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  • #1147
    MacronvFrugals
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    Knex* wrote: »
    I believe it is an issue with REITS deliberately restricting supply to keep yields high


    Hibernia REIT owned these at the time of the article, i wonder whats the current status of them


    A Block of Homes in Dublin 4 Has Been Empty for Two Years



    https://www.dublininquirer.com/2019/11/20/a-block-of-homes-in-dublin-4-has-been-empty-for-two-years


  • #1148
    Graham
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    schmittel wrote: »
    Just seems from discussions on here like it was not long ago there was supposedly no issue with vacancies in Dublin which now has rapidly escalated to having a serious vacancy issue in common with all European cities.

    I'm not convinced 2 or 3 specific high-end developments are particularly representative of the rental market in general. More so as we don't know the motivation of the REITS that own them.


  • #1149
    Ozark707
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    MacronvFrugals wrote: »
    Hibernia REIT owned these at the time of the article, i wonder whats the current status of them


    A Block of Homes in Dublin 4 Has Been Empty for Two Years



    https://www.dublininquirer.com/2019/11/20/a-block-of-homes-in-dublin-4-has-been-empty-for-two-years

    It looks like they have never taken down the To Let sign at least (I pass it regularly enough). Whether that is just laziness or it is genuinely still vacant I don't know.


  • #1150
    Ozark707
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    Graham wrote: »
    I'm not convinced 2 or 3 specific high-end developments are particularly representative of the rental market in general. More so as we don't know the motivation of the REITS that own them.

    I suspect it more than just 2 or 3 specific high end developments. The first 5 pages on daft have numerous examples which have been there for more than a year


  • #1151
    Timing belt
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    schmittel wrote: »
    Just seems from discussions on here like it was not long ago there was supposedly no issue with vacancies in Dublin which now has rapidly escalated to having a serious vacancy issue in common with all European cities.

    Where did I say we have a serious vacancy issue.... I said it is a common issue in nearly all European cities. I showed where the vacant properties were concentrated in Dublin via a piece of analysis a while back. Unlike you I think we need to build to increase supply.... The Vacant properties are only a small amount in the grand scheme of things!!!!!


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