Media: Rents at all-time high, supply all-time low - RTE

jamesthepeach

Henbabani wrote: »

honestly i have to say that im consider the relocation really good those days. hope things will get better until next May.
But still, Ireland is cheaper than Israel and you can check it out, every measure that the OECD makes, Israel on the top 3 expensive places.
in Irealnd, you may pay a lot on apartment(again is Israel is more expensive), but at least the food, gas, clothes  - doesn't cost you so much.
Here in Israel everything is cost you a fortune.

Man you are in for a shock when you get here. I worked in Netanya for a spell on 2015 and I remember thinking things are expensive compaeed to what I thought they would be but they were still cheaper than Dublin for sure.
I don't know what the tax rebate was because I was being taxed Irish style while I was there.

The_Conductor

Henbabani wrote: »

honestly i have to say that im consider the relocation really good those days. hope things will get better until next May.
But still, Ireland is cheaper than Israel and you can check it out, every measure that the OECD makes, Israel on the top 3 expensive places.
in Irealnd, you may pay a lot on apartment(again is Israel is more expensive), but at least the food, gas, clothes  - doesn't cost you so much.
Here in Israel everything is cost you a fortune.

Petrol - Israel = EUR1.44/litre , Ireland = EUR1.35
Diesel - Israel = EUR1.32/litre , Ireland = EUR 1.22

As for food, clothing and sundry goods- Ireland is around 10% cheaper- however- this is way offset by 60% higher healthcare costs in Ireland, and over 250% higher prescription charges in Ireland- than in Israel.

You win some, you loose some- Ireland is a bit cheaper for some things- significantly more expensive esp. for anything health related.

jamesthepeach

bluedex wrote: »

Agree. This is pretty much exactly what has been happening, IMO. As people get out of negative equity, or even close to "neutral equity", they want to sell up and get out of the awful hassle and often negative yield of renting a mortgaged property. It's only natural.

I agree . And also you have landlords who got screwed by the rent cap getting out at the first opportunity, be that selling or going short term.
And then you have new entrants dropping big time too.
Then you have tenants on low rents not moving either so anyone who has to move is going to find out the hard way how much rent really should be.
Cluster****.

But it will all somehow be blamed on the landlord and they'll bring more legislation and just make it worse again, when they should be removing all the legislation instead.

awec

bluedex wrote: »

Agree. This is pretty much exactly what has been happening, IMO. As people get out of negative equity, or even close to "neutral equity", they want to sell up and get out of the awful hassle and often negative yield of renting a mortgaged property. It's only natural.

I have nothing to back this up so I am only hypothesising, but I imagine even if it were low hassle and decent income that most would sell up regardless.

After getting burnt in the crash I imagine they'd not want to take the risk of being stuck with their unwanted property if there was another dip in prices. Sell it and move on with their lives, free from the worry of having a large debt in an unpredictable market.

Henbabani

You need to make this calculation when you know how much we earn.
During my intership as law intern i got 2,000€ for a month.
The rent here in Tel aviv is 1,300€ at least for 1Bdr apartment.
Houst in tel aviv can cost you at least 800-900k for 3-4 Bdr apartment!

jamesthepeach

Henbabani wrote: »

You need to make this calculation when you know how much we earn.
During my intership as law intern i got 2,000€ for a month.
The rent here in Tel aviv is 1,300€ at least for 1Bdr apartment.
Houst in tel aviv can cost you at least 800-900k for 3-4 Bdr apartment!

An internship in Ireland you will get less than half that, if you are very lucky.

LirW

An internship here can get you something between nothing and a few hundred a month. There are many many law interns here fighting for these positions. It's a popular degree and offices know that.

Also comparing the market in Tel Aviv with the market in Dublin is pointless, two different countries, different living costs, different taxes.
I too can compare the market with let's say Vienna, where property is basically unaffordable but the rents are cheap enough.

PhilipsR

The scariest part of this whole situation is that I don't see an end game. Prices will continue to rise as there's an outrageous shortage. Any developments ongoing within the canals at the minute seem to be all office blocks! I genuinely don't see where all these companies are coming from for all this office space. I know people say Brexit but if all these offices get filled with companies moving from the UK, I genuinely don't know where these workers will live.

It's actually a very scary situation for a person in their 20s and thankfully I'm emigrating next month. It'll be interesting looking from the inside out.

pwurple

Council don't help to be honest...

There was a 6 storey decent size mixed development planned for somewhere near Mahon Point recently in cork city... Retail, offices, and the top two floors to be residential. decent size units, 2 bed plus. On very good bus links (every 6 minutes), near loads of employment, dell offices, VMware, mater private hospital, big Tesco, couple of gyms, amenity walkways, schools nearby etc, lots of facilities, all good.

You'd think.

Except, the council made them take the top two floors of residential off it. Because they said it would hamper traffic to have residential mixed with employment hubs. Before it even GOT to the planning department stage. Imagine that. Instead of letting people live near their employment and walk there, they have to drive from a suburb instead. And that's supposed to improve traffic?

Completely unqualified councillors making this kind of decision. Boggles the mind.

Encouraging and incentivising job creation away from Dublin is something that needs to be done big time. Other parts of the country will benefit immensely from more people and more money in the communities and housing is much cheaper, traffic much less of an issue etc etc.

Henbabani

LirW wrote: »

An internship here can get you something between nothing and a few hundred a month. There are many many law interns here fighting for these positions. It's a popular degree and offices know that.

Also comparing the market in Tel Aviv with the market in Dublin is pointless, two different countries, different living costs, different taxes.
I too can compare the market with let's say Vienna, where property is basically unaffordable but the rents are cheap enough.

I guess you're right, But we're not move in to Dublin just because the prices of everything, it's also the working hours, the atmosphere, the weather in Ireland way better than the desert in Israel (today with the humidity it's rise up to 36 degrees and it the same for all July and August), Ireland is really big and you can find yourself a really nice apartment even for 100-150K E outside of Dublin/Cork/Galway - in Israel you can't.
In Ireland you can rent a car every saturday and planing a nice trip for the weekend - in Israel it's just to hot outside to go somewhere from June till October at least.
From Dublin you have really cheap flight to all over europe, for example i took a flight from Dublin to Manchester in 19.99 E for roundtrip, London for 35 E roundtrip, in Israel if you find any flight to the UK in 250-300 E you should take it immediately.
Finally, the live in Ireland looks way better than in Israel and if we don't give that chance to Ireland, every country had her own problems, in Israel there's security issues, costs of living, working hours and weather, in Ireland it's seems to be the big problem is only the costs of houses and a bit other costs of living. so i guess we gonna give Ireland a chance

LirW

Which is all fair enough and I said before I hope you find what you're looking for here. Just don't see it all through rose-tinted glasses and dismiss very good points people make about the current situation in Ireland. I did it and the awakening was rude.

Wheeliebin30

pwurple wrote: »

Council don't help to be honest...

There was a 6 storey decent size mixed development planned for somewhere near Mahon Point recently in cork city... Retail, offices, and the top two floors to be residential. decent size units, 2 bed plus. On very good bus links (every 6 minutes), near loads of employment, dell offices, VMware, mater private hospital, big Tesco, couple of gyms, amenity walkways, schools nearby etc, lots of facilities, all good.

You'd think.

Except, the council made them take the top two floors of residential off it. Because they said it would hamper traffic to have residential mixed with employment hubs. Before it even GOT to the planning department stage. Imagine that. Instead of letting people live near their employment and walk there, they have to drive from a suburb instead. And that's supposed to improve traffic?

Completely unqualified councillors making this kind of decision. Boggles the mind.

The council is made of a majority of sinn fein and the left.

It suits them to continue this housing shortage so they can keep shouting from the ditch and stay relevant.

Otherwise noone would vote for them as they bring nothing to the table.

The_Conductor

Henbabani - you have a really rose tinted view of Ireland- that most of us who live here- are probably wistful about. I wish it were the wonderful place you seem to have it pegged to be.

it's also the working hours,

Working hours here are rarely what they're alleged to be in people's contracts.

the atmosphere, the weather in Ireland way better than the desert in Israel (today with the humidity it's rise up to 36 degrees and it the same for all July and August),

We have a different climate- its not better or worse- its just different. This week for example- we had a month's worth of rain inside an hour- and even now parts of the country are cutoff with bridges down, electricity supply hasn't been fully restored in the Northwest, and there are still travel advisories in counties Mayo, Roscommon, Leitrim and Sligo.

Yes- its not the desert- and you might be nostalgic for something that's not desert- but its just a different climate.........

Ireland is really big and you can find yourself a really nice apartment even for 100-150K E outside of Dublin/Cork/Galway - in Israel you can't.

Ireland may be really big- when you compare it to Israel- however, its also remarkably small- and often very insular. Despite the fact that the land area of Ireland is over 3 times that of Israel- our population is only half Israels (about 4.5million here versus about 9 million in Israel?)

In Ireland you can rent a car every saturday and planing a nice trip for the weekend - in Israel it's just to hot outside to go somewhere from June till October at least.

Its still expensive to rent a car here- and if you're going somewhere- you'll need accommodation etc- which is also expensive.........

From Dublin you have really cheap flight to all over europe, for example i took a flight from Dublin to Manchester in 19.99 E for roundtrip, London for 35 E roundtrip, in Israel if you find any flight to the UK in 250-300 E you should take it immediately.

You might get lucky with Ryanair flights- the 19.99 to Manchester return- would be booked long in advance and most probably at a time of low demand (midweek and late at night- for example). Normal fares from airlines here- even Ryanair- are not 19.99 return to anywhere. I booked return fares to Lisbon for a family of 4 for the first of November earlier this morning- it cost EUR1,400- and they're going to have another 400 on top of that for car hire (they have free accommodation though). That's with Ryanair.........

If you find a flight for 250-300 here- depending on where its going to- times and stop-overs- 250-300 for a European flight- might be very good value........

Finally, the live in Ireland looks way better than in Israel and if we don't give that chance to Ireland, every country had her own problems,

When you live in a place- anywhere else can look very attractive. Its only when you actually move there- that you find you had very optimistic assumptions and rosy expectations.

in Israel there's security issues, costs of living, working hours and weather, in Ireland it's seems to be the big problem is only the costs of houses and a bit other costs of living. so i guess we gonna give Ireland a chance

Honestly- you're in for a shock if you think the cost of living in Ireland is going to be much lower than in Israel- and while you seem fixated on the weather- its not any better or worse here- its just different. You'll be longing to see your desert before too long.

By all means give Ireland a chance- but you do need to be realistic and not make totally arbitrary assumptions that have no grounding in fact.

By the way- if you buy one of those cheap apartments 40-50 miles outside of Dublin- you might have a 2-3 hour commute- alongside toll roads etc- There is a reason they're cheap...........

Come on over- and try it out- it'll give you a better feel for how it actually is here...........

PokeHerKing

The_Conductor wrote:

Come on over- and try it out- it'll give you a better feel for how it actually is here...........

Christ never get a job in the tourism industry.

It's a sad state of affairs when people are claiming that Israel has a better quality of life than Ireland.

Next we'll be hearing eastern Ukraine wipes the floor with our cost of living!

The opinions of the majority on here would have me quoting Bertie's famous 07 gaffe!

The_Conductor

PokeHerKing wrote: »

Christ never get a job in the tourism industry.

It's a sad state of affairs when people are claiming that Israel has a better quality of life than Ireland.

Next we'll be hearing eastern Ukraine wipes the floor with our cost of living!

The opinions of the majority on here would have me quoting Bertie's famous 07 gaffe!

I've actually lived in Israel- and to be brutally honest- wouldn't suggest its a good idea for anyone. Ireland is a brilliant place to bring up children- but its damn expensive- and someone coming over here who imagines they are going to save vast sums of money over any other place- is likely to be sorely disappointed.

The whole security aspect of living in Israel- wholly aside from any other factor- would be a massive reason for living here rather than there. Imagining you're going to save a small fortune on food, clothing, fuel, electricity etc- is 100% definitely not the case. A massive point in Israel's favour- is the remarkably good value healthcare and medicine is there- compared to here.

Living in Ireland versus living in Israel- really is not looking at two equivalents and comparing them against the same criteria- personally- I love Ireland- and I love brining up my children here- my wife and I both have good jobs- but by god, its expensive.

The first big shock the poster is going to get when they get their first paycheck here- is our tax rates (and system). In Israel- personal tax is calculated on a monthly rather than an annual basis. Up to 6,220 NIS(about EUR1,600) per month you pay 10% tax. 6,221-8920NIS (about EUR1,600 to EUR2,250) you pay 14%. 20% on EUR2250 - EUR3,600. 31% on EUR3,600 to EUR5,000. 35% on EUR5,000 to EUR10,400. 47% on EUR10,400 to EUR 13,400. 50% on all income over EUR13,400 per month (for simplicity sake- I'm saying 1 Euro = 4 NIS (Israeli Shekels)). So- they have 7 tax brackets- and the mean person only hits the 20% bracket (they have tax credits too- worth on average EUR60-70 equivalent per month). The poster is going to get one hell of a tax shock here.

jamesthepeach

Agreed. I was only there for a few months and would never want to live there. Everyone else all around you wants to kill you for a start, and it is far too hot.
But it's definitely not more expensive than Ireland by a long shot.
And if you are used to the desert you probably will have issues adjusting to amount of rain we get in Ireland. Might be a novelty for a while though.

Henbabani

The_Conductor wrote: »

PokeHerKing wrote: »

Christ never get a job in the tourism industry.

It's a sad state of affairs when people are claiming that Israel has a better quality of life than Ireland.

Next we'll be hearing eastern Ukraine wipes the floor with our cost of living!

The opinions of the majority on here would have me quoting Bertie's famous 07 gaffe!

I've actually lived in Israel- and to be brutally honest- wouldn't suggest its a good idea for anyone. Ireland is a brilliant place to bring up children- but its damn expensive- and someone coming over here who imagines they are going to save vast sums of money over any other place- is likely to be sorely disappointed.

The whole security aspect of living in Israel- wholly aside from any other factor- would be a massive reason for living here rather than there. Imagining you're going to save a small fortune on food, clothing, fuel, electricity etc- is 100% definitely not the case. A massive point in Israel's favour- is the remarkably good value healthcare and medicine is there- compared to here.

Living in Ireland versus living in Israel- really is not looking at two equivalents and comparing them against the same criteria- personally- I love Ireland- and I love brining up my children here- my wife and I both have good jobs- but by god, its expensive.

The first big shock the poster is going to get when they get their first paycheck here- is our tax rates (and system). In Israel- personal tax is calculated on a monthly rather than an annual basis. Up to 6,220 NIS(about EUR1,600) per month you pay 10% tax. 6,221-8920NIS (about EUR1,600 to EUR2,250) you pay 14%. 20% on EUR2250 - EUR3,600. 31% on EUR3,600 to EUR5,000. 35% on EUR5,000 to EUR10,400. 47% on EUR10,400 to EUR 13,400. 50% on all income over EUR13,400 per month (for simplicity sake- I'm saying 1 Euro = 4 NIS (Israeli Shekels)). So- they have 7 tax brackets- and the mean person only hits the 20% bracket (they have tax credits too- worth on average EUR60-70 equivalent per month). The poster is going to get one hell of a tax shock here.

Ok - two big problems with your information, i didn't think we gonna save a lot of money is Ireland, it's not going to happend in Israel either, we just have 100K from our parents and in Ireland we could do more with that some of money than in Israel and maybe we don't need to take 30 year mortgage.
Second - about the tax, in Israel except the tax you have to pay 10% from your salary on what called health tax. so when you addind the 10% tax with the tax that you wrote above - the picture looks a bit different.
another thing - in Ireland if only the housband working and earn for example 60K you can get tax refund because your wife doesn't working. in Israel there isn't such a thing, you pay the tax depends on what you earn no matter if the women working or not.

bluedex

jamesthepeach wrote: »

I agree . And also you have landlords who got screwed by the rent cap getting out at the first opportunity, be that selling or going short term.
And then you have new entrants dropping big time too.
Then you have tenants on low rents not moving either so anyone who has to move is going to find out the hard way how much rent really should be.
Cluster****.

But it will all somehow be blamed on the landlord and they'll bring more legislation and just make it worse again, when they should be removing all the legislation instead.

Yep, a complete mugs game for private landlords. Some of the solutions to alleviate the problem are so obvious that you have to assume the powers that be either:
1. don't want to solve it (not enough anyway) or,
2. are completely stupid.

BillyBobBS

Wheeliebin30 wrote: »

The council is made of a majority of sinn fein and the left.

It suits them to continue this housing shortage so they can keep shouting from the ditch and stay relevant.

Otherwise noone would vote for them as they bring nothing to the table.

Haha. What absolute tripe. I wouldn't vote SF or the left in a fit but how you can blame the present situation on them when they've never had a sniff of government is laughable. The policy of the present and previous government is the reason we are at this moment. It is now starting to effect companies wanting to set up in Ireland as the living spaces for their potential employees just isn't there. I know of two different cases of companies based in the UK who have decided against Ireland because of that reason alone.

jamesthepeach

BillyBobBS wrote: »

Haha. What absolute tripe. I wouldn't vote SF or the left in a fit but how you can blame the present situation on them when they've never had a sniff of government is laughable. The policy of the present and previous government is the reason we are at this moment. It is now starting to effect companies wanting to set up in Ireland as the living spaces for their potential employees just isn't there. I know of two different cases of companies based in the UK who have decided against Ireland because of that reason alone.

I have rented out an apartment to a company who have put one of their workers in it. When that worker is finished they will put the next worker in it.
Companies are either buying apartments/houses themselves and then putting their staff into them free or renting them to their staff.
A lot are doing this though the likes of Airbnb too.
Companies will always find a way.

BillyBobBS

bluedex wrote: »

Yep, a complete mugs game for private landlords. Some of the solutions to alleviate the problem are so obvious that you have to assume the powers that be either:
1. don't want to solve it (not enough anyway) or,
2. are completely stupid.

They don't want to solve it and i don't believe for a second they are stupid. This is by design but they have underestimated the scale of the problem which is now so big that even if we perform a miracle and build 20k units a year for the next 10 years will not be solved.

Wheeliebin30

BillyBobBS wrote: »

Haha. What absolute tripe. I wouldn't vote SF or the left in a fit but how you can blame the present situation on them when they've never had a sniff of government is laughable. The policy of the present and previous government is the reason we are at this moment. It is now starting to effect companies wanting to set up in Ireland as the living spaces for their potential employees just isn't there. I know of two different cases of companies based in the UK who have decided against Ireland because of that reason alone.

Oh really yeah what 2 companies where these?


The councils have been given open cheque books to build houses. The government have said this.

But the councils would rather focus on cutting property tax thus reducing funds available for homelessness and making sure the Palestinian flag is flying before allowing massive scale building which is needed.

Everyday they block developments over something ridiculous.

quadrifoglio verde

Wheeliebin30 wrote: »

Oh really yeah what 2 companies where these?


The councils have been given open cheque books to build houses. The government have said this.

But the councils would rather focus on cutting property tax thus reducing funds available for homelessness and making sure the Palestinian flag is flying before allowing massive scale building which is needed.

Everyday they block developments over something ridiculous.

The councils have been given open chequebooks but instead of buying land and developing it, they're buying houses and using it now. Long term it increases overall supply but does nothing now except send prices higher

Also 30 years ago, a council built a 50 house estate and they'd put in 50 families on the housing list. Now they can only put in 10. However rif they actually built, it'd increase overall supply now and not way down the line

The_Conductor

Henbabani wrote: »

In Ireland if only the housband working and earn for example 60K you can get tax refund because your wife doesn't working. in Israel there isn't such a thing, you pay the tax depends on what you earn no matter if the women working or not.

You might like to read up on tax individualisation in Ireland.
Here is a newspaper report on it- which highlights the additional tax a one income family pays: http://www.independent.ie/business/personal-finance/latest-news/stayathome-parents-suffer-in-tax-system-30653360.html

Once upon a time (up to 1999 in fact)- there were specific tax credits for children in Ireland (you still have them in Israel). We abolished them- in favour of a system where both spouses were seen as equals under the tax code. If a spouse stays at home- there is no right to transfer tax credits or standard rate cut-off points to partner who goes out to work..........

There are 3 different ways to have your tax assessed- and which one you choose may result in a refund of tax paid at the end of the tax year (for example- if one partner exhausts their lower tax threshold, but the other doesn't- and more tax was paid than would have been the case, was there a joint assessment). Its still not a transfer of credits or allowances though!

Some Information from Citizens Advice Bureau detailing this here

BillyBobBS

Wheeliebin30 wrote: »

Oh really yeah what 2 companies where these?


The councils have been given open cheque books to build houses. The government have said this.

But the councils would rather focus on cutting property tax thus reducing funds available for homelessness and making sure the Palestinian flag is flying before allowing massive scale building which is needed.

Everyday they block developments over something ridiculous.

Care to provide proof of that "open cheque book"?

bluedex

http://www.thejournal.ie/threshold-landlord-rent-3562441-Aug2017/

Another media article about Threshold comments, explaining how the landlords are the problem .... sigh...

The_Conductor

bluedex wrote: »

http://www.thejournal.ie/threshold-landlord-rent-3562441-Aug2017/

Another media article about Threshold comments, explaining how the landlords are the problem .... sigh...

Ironically- this is the very next article that is served when you read that one:

The number of rental properties in Ireland is at its lowest in recorded history..........

Askthe EA

The amount of people here who hold the REITs up as beacons of professional landlords is astounding. Sure, they tend to be good quality and well maintained. There's a major flaw though. Generally, REITs have no interest in houses. It's blocks of apartments. Individual units are too expensive to manage for them.

So, if as it seems, the govt are hell bent on driving small time landlords out of the market, we can say goodbye to renting houses.

The_Conductor

Askthe EA wrote: »

The amount of people here who hold the REITs up as beacons of professional landlords is astounding. Sure, they tend to be good quality and well maintained. There's a major flaw though. Generally, REITs have no interest in houses. It's blocks of apartments. Individual units are too expensive to manage for them.

So, if as it seems, the govt are hell bent on driving small time landlords out of the market, we can say goodbye to renting houses.

Very valid point- and one which many of us- myself included, have overlooked.

Browney7

Askthe EA wrote: »

The amount of people here who hold the REITs up as beacons of professional landlords is astounding. Sure, they tend to be good quality and well maintained. There's a major flaw though. Generally, REITs have no interest in houses. It's blocks of apartments. Individual units are too expensive to manage for them.

So, if as it seems, the govt are hell bent on driving small time landlords out of the market, we can say goodbye to renting houses.

But if renting out property is as dangerous and rife with tenants out to screw landlords as is made out here why do landlords continue to rent out houses worth 400k to 500k for sub 5% yields? Why not realise the value that's built up in the property?

Askthe EA

Browney7 wrote: »

But if renting out property is as dangerous and rife with tenants out to screw landlords as is made out here why do landlords continue to rent out houses worth 400k to 500k for sub 5% yields? Why not realise the value that's built up in the property?

Depends what they owe on the property. Depends if they need it as a pension. Depends if they want something to pass on to their child. Many reasons.

Browney7

Askthe EA wrote: »

Depends what they owe on the property. Depends if they need it as a pension. Depends if they want something to pass on to their child. Many reasons.

Suppose so. I just don't see the logic in it especially if you have any way significant positive equity in the property. Why not liquidate the house and if you are still happy with exposure to Irish residential property, reinvest in a reasonably new apartment for a higher yield. Suppose people could have trackers they want to keep though but I doubt anyone now would buy a house with a view to rent it for 20 years

jamesthepeach

Browney7 wrote: »

Suppose so. I just don't see the logic in it especially if you have any way significant positive equity in the property. Why not liquidate the house and if you are still happy with exposure to Irish residential property, reinvest in a reasonably new apartment for a higher yield. Suppose people could have trackers they want to keep though but I doubt anyone now would buy a house with a view to rent it for 20 years

It's happening now...risk/reward has tipped over too heavily into the risk side. People are selling up. I guess a lot were waiting to see if the govt might row back and let them charge market rates where they were locked below market rate, but it's eat now the govt are happy to crucify landlords.

So people selling up, and as you said, Noone buying houses or apartments for rental on the horizon now. Even the REITs are cool on Ireland now.

Askthe EA

jamesthepeach wrote: »

It's happening now...risk/reward has tipped over too heavily into the risk side.

Indeed.

maninasia

Macha wrote: »

maninasia wrote: »

Medium to high rise the answer.
The current situation is a disaster and the capital city needs more homes now. Apartments are just fine for families and single. Billions of people around the world live in apartments!

I'm all for apartment living but does it really have to be high rise? This is what high rise looks like:



I think medium/low rise is most appropriate for a medium-sized city like Dublin:

I live in a high rise with 24 hour security and great views over city and mountains. Garbage collectiin and indoor parking too.
Great sunlight. I pay just 800 euro a month everything included for a 3bd apt.

The population in many cities make high rise a natural choice. Within 5 mins walk I have access to a brilliant metro system and there are a rake of convenicence stores and restaurants nearby. Kids can walk to school.
I've previous lived in high rises with gyms and swimming pools too. I've also lived in some run down mid rise older apartment buildings and the modern high rise service apartments can be miles better!

Yeah I'd like a house with a garden . I could get that living an hour out of the city. I'd pay double for the privilege and have to be concerned with services and security and a long commute. So I'm just fine with the compromise.

Medium rise is a good choice too, but high rise can also be just fine.

maninasia

I forgot to mention.
Because planning laws are lax and there are less restrictions on height there are tonnes of apartments available and rents are very reasonable. Don't like a place, just look for the next one.
The housing market functions just mine as the government doesn't interfere that much, just let's developers and tenants get on with things.

Idbatterim

the cost of apartment building in general is way too prohibitive. This needs addressing! Of course the government are actually delighted with the rocketing prices. The central bank should refuse to budge again on lending rules. Make the government act. the central bank can force their hand and make them look at the ridiculous government and local authority take on a new home, without even going into build costs, which they also should, at least on the apartment front!!!

There was endless marches against water charges, that would have cost a family what? E1 a day. Yet we sit behind keyboards ranting about this scandal on an epic scale!

Idbatterim

It should be mid-rise and low-rise good quality, decent sized blocks of apartments with good communal facilities.

why shouldnt it be high rise in appropriate locations like the docklands? your hardly going to get the ballymum brigade in there wrecking the place, are you?

The_Conductor

Idbatterim wrote: »

the cost of apartment building in general is way too prohibitive. This needs addressing! Of course the government are actually delighted with the rocketing prices. The central bank should refuse to budge again on lending rules. Make the government act. the central bank can force their hand and make them look at the ridiculous government and local authority take on a new home, without even going into build costs, which they also should, at least on the apartment front!!!

There was endless marches against water charges, that would have cost a family what? E1 a day. Yet we sit behind keyboards ranting about this scandal!

The proposal- given the implementation of the HTB scheme without any consultation with the Central Bank- is to remove the favourable deposit requirements for FTBs- and put them on a level pegging with any other buyer.

Review took place earlier this summer- and is to be presented at the autumn meeting of the board (in just a few weeks).

Unless there is some sort of coordination with government- it would appear the favourable (10% deposit) requirement- could be abolished in favour of putting the first time buyers on a level pegging with non-first-time-buyers.

Investors aren't really featuring anymore- though they do still make up a significant but minority proportion (and falling) of the constrained market.

Idbatterim

to the conductor. Would you agree that the word prohibitive is the key issue? Prohibite construction costs and prohibitive density particular in dublin. The idiots in government can waffle all they like. These are the two elephants in the room...

Browney7

The_Conductor wrote: »

The proposal- given the implementation of the HTB scheme without any consultation with the Central Bank- is to remove the favourable deposit requirements for FTBs- and put them on a level pegging with any other buyer.

Review took place earlier this summer- and is to be presented at the autumn meeting of the board (in just a few weeks).

Unless there is some sort of coordination with government- it would appear the favourable (10% deposit) requirement- could be abolished in favour of putting the first time buyers on a level pegging with non-first-time-buyers.

Investors aren't really featuring anymore- though they do still make up a significant but minority proportion (and falling) of the constrained market.

20% flat or similar to pre 2017 with 10% on the first 220k and 20% thereafter?

Interesting to see what effect that would have. Would probably take at least half of FTBs out of the market at a stroke of a pen as they may have been ready to take the plunge at having a 10% deposit saved. Don't know if it will bring house prices down though as sellers would see what they went for when the market was manic in 2017 and hold out for the price they've anchored in their minds. Could get a further bounce in prices if they give any lead in period for the introduction.

Anticipate the meeja will be rife with stories of people forking out more than a mortgage payment a month but being miles off a 20% deposit and FF politicians lambasting the situation. Developers will say they can't build as they'll have no market to sell to. Can't win!

maninasia

I'd love to move the family back to Ireland and give it a shot.

But my God does Ireland make it it difficult.

Can find a place to live but no jobs.
Can get a job but no places to live.

Both make it very difficult to save money and for me to deal with the risk of moving my family around the world.

I reckon if I could get a job outside Dublin I might do it but Dublin sounds screwed completely.
Even UK or mainland Europe sounds easier.

This coming from a native Dubliner!

LirW

maninasia wrote: »

I'd love to move the family back to Ireland and give it a shot.

But my God does Ireland make it it difficult.

Can find a place to live but no jobs.
Can get a job but no places to live.

Both make it very difficult to save money and for me to deal with the risk of moving my family around the world.

I reckon if I could get a job outside Dublin I might do it but Dublin sounds screwed completely.
Even UK or mainland Europe sounds easier.

This coming from a native Dubliner!

Also your welcome home car insurance quote will blow your socks off :pac:

maninasia

I pay 10% tax on a very decent income. I pay just half the average Dublin family apartment rent and yet live in a metropolis.. Most other costs are cheaper too. My landlord never bothers us , once a year we sign the contract and get on with it. If I need to move I can find 1000s of places listed throughout the city. Take my pick.
Life is easy. Life is comfortable. We are saving good money on just one income!
And yet...family...Ireland calls.

The car insurance , the petrol costs, health insurance , tolls, tax are all more expensive in Ireland. The only significantly cheaper stuff are groceries. Food costs in Ireland are low for high quality food!

Okay the wife would hopefully earn more bucks in Ireland at least.

But, I LITERALLY would need my head examined to even contemplate moving back to Ireland and yet .....


....and yet feck it wife get out there and sort us out for the double income we'll be grand I will drink a bottle of whiskey while going through my tax affairs!

The_Conductor

Idbatterim wrote: »

to the conductor. Would you agree that the word prohibitive is the key issue? Prohibite construction costs and prohibitive density particular in dublin. The idiots in government can waffle all they like. These are the two elephants in the room...

Yes- those two are key issues- our construction costs- when viewed in an international context are indefensible, and then we have stupid rules like the height restrictions in Dublin- and elsewhere- where people actually want to live.

There is also the blanket one size fits all approach being taken to renting property- where there is no cognisance of executive lets, unfurnished accommodation, tax treatment, etc etc

The regulatory regime- both in the letting market- and in the construction market- is onerous and rife with redtape. Also- it appears various local authorities don't talk to one another- or the Department. The safety switch- which we shouldn't have to flick too often- is An Bord Pleanála. Even so- we occasionally get such monstrosities as the planning permission that Kildare Co. Co. granted at Sallins- which the Minister decided to exercise his powers in quashing.

The underlying problem- feeding into all of this- is our historical parish pump politics- there is no-one looking at the bigger picture- and what is best of Ireland Inc- its all county level stuff- or worse. Our first-past-the-post electoral system feeds into all of this...........

We've a lot of issues- costs and planning restrictions- are two items- but we have a lot of fundamental issues which we trip ourselves up on on a daily basis.

maninasia

I fully agree the main issues are the construction costs and the height restrictions.
The only other one is the stick which would be taxing idle land in some form.

There are simply far from enough properties to live in for the population.

Supply, supply, supply.

There's a whole lot of other stuff in the background but those three are what is killing the supply and they should be tackled head on.

Now one must note that all three are directly the result of government policies. Failed policies and failed government.

I don't think parish pump or local politics is the problem. Most local politicians anywhere love construction and love development for obvious reasons . The blame should be put squarely on the national government and poor city planners and managers. These guys have to get their hands dirty and rejoin the real world at some point.

The latest report has just 3000 properties listed for rent IN THE ENTIRE COUNTRY.

Idbatterim

I would highly recommend a watch of this australian documentary on property! Might aswell be Ireland they are reporting on! very informative!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XL3n59wC8kk

Dr_Kolossus

The_Conductor wrote: »

Petrol - Israel = EUR1.44/litre , Ireland = EUR1.35
Diesel - Israel = EUR1.32/litre , Ireland = EUR 1.22

As for food, clothing and sundry goods- Ireland is around 10% cheaper- however- this is way offset by 60% higher healthcare costs in Ireland, and over 250% higher prescription charges in Ireland- than in Israel
You win some, you loose some- Ireland is a bit cheaper for some things- significantly more expensive esp. for anything health related.

You have picked out only one aspect of the many costs of driving. Motor tax, periodic nct, vrt and more all subsidise the relatively low cost on fuel here in Ireland. I stand to be corrected, but I doubt that overall the cost of motoring in Ireland is cheaper than Israel.

Ireland is the land of stealth taxes. Move here and you will be in for a shock

maninasia

I missed probably the most important current reason for lack of construction.and therefore lack of supply.

The capital gains tax exemption which runs to 2019 and has been extended in some cases to 2024.

The government has been driving this ridiculous run up in price by strongly encouraging developers to sit on their arse and do absolutely Nothing while the value of their assets increase yearly and they wait for pay day, whats another two or five years .