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

Pelezico

Yurt! wrote: »

When you see Eddie Hobbs jumping up and down trying to get in on the act you know it's a spiv feeding ground. A "new social housing market" - how about that for freshly-minted industry patter.

Atrocious deal for the taxpayer, and you can take it that if the shoeshine boy Hobbs trumpeting it, this is now the way of things.

https://www.independent.ie/life/home-garden/mark-keenan-is-social-housing-set-to-become-the-new-cape-verde-37483247.html

It will more than likely end in disaster for investors. I worked in social housing in UK a number of years ago. The returns for big investors are dismal.

There were excessive damages and tenants were disengaged and diaempowered. Never again.

Browney7

Yurt! wrote: »

When you see Eddie Hobbs jumping up and down trying to get in on the act you know it's a spiv feeding ground. A "new social housing market" - how about that for freshly-minted industry patter.

Atrocious deal for the taxpayer, and you can take it that if the shoeshine boy Hobbs trumpeting it, this is now the way of things.

https://www.independent.ie/life/home-garden/mark-keenan-is-social-housing-set-to-become-the-new-cape-verde-37483247.html

I'm sure some of Eddie's investors in Brendan investments may reload....

An awful deal for the taxpayer but hard to blame investors getting some nice sovereign yield enhancement by providing a property for 20 years. The deal mentioned earlier in the thread with Standard Life in stoneybatter is the height of stupidity on the state's part but all in the name of keeping the debt off the balance sheet despite signing up to a 20 year lease with rents increasing at CPI.

PropQueries

Yurt! wrote: »

When you see Eddie Hobbs jumping up and down trying to get in on the act you know it's a spiv feeding ground. A "new social housing market" - how about that for freshly-minted industry patter.

Atrocious deal for the taxpayer, and you can take it that if the shoeshine boy Hobbs trumpeting it, this is now the way of things.

https://www.independent.ie/life/home-garden/mark-keenan-is-social-housing-set-to-become-the-new-cape-verde-37483247.html

Let’s put the cost of these long term leases to the taxpayer in perspective. Herbert Hill in Dundrum’s lease is up to €3,000 per month per apartment or €36,000 per year. There’s 87 apartments in that one block alone.

So, basically, that one deal alone is costing us the equivalent of nearly 80 additional nurses every single year.

Pelezico

PropQueries wrote: »

Let’s put the cost of these long term leases to the taxpayer in perspective. Herbert Hill in Dundrum’s lease is up to €3,000 per month per apartment or €36,000 per year. There’s 87 apartments in that one block alone.

So, basically, that one deal alone is costing us the equivalent of nearly 80 additional nurses every single year.

Your cost per nurse is just plain wrong.

hometruths

Pelezico wrote: »

It will more than likely end in disaster for investors. I worked in social housing in UK a number of years ago. The returns for big investors are dismal.

There were excessive damages and tenants were disengaged and diaempowered. Never again.

The beauty of these long term leases from an investors point of view is that the government takes on costs of damages, wear and tear etc.

Pelezico

schmittel wrote: »

The beauty of these long term leases from an investors point of view is that the government takes on costs of damages, wear and tear etc.

I used to walk into the properties with a housing officer.....always accompanied never alone and the mantra was....dont judge....never show shock.

I used to go home tormented every single day with feelings oscillating between fascism and socialism at the poverty and wasted lives.

Marius34

MacronvFrugals wrote: »

Sure build another one in Grand Canal Dock and leave 81 out of 120 apartments vacant just like the one that's already there...


https://www.businesspost.ie/ireland/the-luxury-gap-hundreds-of-high-end-apartments-lying-empty-across-dublin-ac7da06c

1) Hotel is not same as Long term rentals.
2) This is an old news, and you trust to much in those numbers provided by some journalists.
3) We are in Covid lockdown times, whatever vacancy numbers is now in city center, it will go down ones lockdowns are over.

PropQueries

Pelezico wrote: »

Your cost per nurse is just plain wrong.

Probably I know they’re paid a lot lot more than they let on to the lay person. Just trying to put a face on what these long term leases will be really costing us

PropQueries

Marius34 wrote: »

1) Hotel is not same as Long term rentals.
2) This is an old news, and you trust to much in those numbers provided by some journalists.
3) We are in Covid lockdown times, whatever vacancy numbers is now in city center, it will go down ones lockdowns are over.

When did the Covid lockdowns start? Because the Sunday Business Post reported back in February 2020 that there were “Hundreds of top-end apartments in Dublin are lying empty despite a chronic shortage of rental stock.”.

Link to Sunday Business Post article here: https://www.businesspost.ie/ireland/the-luxury-gap-hundreds-of-high-end-apartments-lying-empty-across-dublin-ac7da06c

Marius34

PropQueries wrote: »

When did the Covid lockdowns start? Because the Sunday Business Post reported back in February 2020 that there were “Hundreds of top-end apartments in Dublin are lying empty despite a chronic shortage of rental stock.”.

Link to Sunday Business Post article here: https://www.businesspost.ie/ireland/the-luxury-gap-hundreds-of-high-end-apartments-lying-empty-across-dublin-ac7da06c

I have responded to the same link already.
Lockdown/restrictions started end of March 2020. 1 year ago

Hubertj

Yurt! wrote: »

When you see Eddie Hobbs jumping up and down trying to get in on the act you know it's a spiv feeding ground. A "new social housing market" - how about that for freshly-minted industry patter.

Atrocious deal for the taxpayer, and you can take it that if the shoeshine boy Hobbs trumpeting it, this is now the way of things.

https://www.independent.ie/life/home-garden/mark-keenan-is-social-housing-set-to-become-the-new-cape-verde-37483247.html

That’s pretty bad taste on his part. Didn’t he make a balls up with property in the past? Something to do with Detroit?

Villa05

PropQueries wrote:

Let’s put the cost of these long term leases to the taxpayer in perspective. Herbert Hill in Dundrum’s lease is up to €3,000 per month per apartment or €36,000 per year. There’s 87 apartments in that one block alone.

If you gave 3000 a month to the recipients of this housing, they'd forfeit all other state benefits for that income.

I'm sure there are many working families earning less than this which goes to show the lunacy of these schemes

MacronvFrugals

Marius34 wrote: »

1) Hotel is not same as Long term rentals.
2) This is an old news, and you trust to much in those numbers provided by some journalists.
3) We are in Covid lockdown times, whatever vacancy numbers is now in city center, it will go down ones lockdowns are over.

“Some journalists” - Killian Woods is probably the best reporter on housing in the country!

Marius34

MacronvFrugals wrote: »

“Some journalists” - Killian Woods is probably the best reporter on housing in the country!

That's your opinion. I don't have any opinion about him, nor did I saw him awarded.
It still very old article on back than very new development, and it says they simply tried to find numbers of RTB, not really checking if their was vacant on long term at that time.
There is no surprise that new builds especially during Covid has high vacancy. But the same buildings are very unlikely to stay 50% unoccupied, ones restriction removed.

Pelezico

Big article in Indo today says house prices will increase due to fewer builds and large savings.

Covid is certainly cruel with an adjacent article suggesting that 25% of people are really struggling.

Wanderer78

Pelezico wrote:

Big article in Indo today says house prices will increase due to fewer builds and large savings.

McWilliams recommending people not to bother buying now, due to these conditions, he's probably right to, brutal time for buyers

tombliboo83

Wanderer78 wrote: »

McWilliams recommending people not to bother buying now, due to these conditions, he's probably right to, brutal time for buyers

Very well for McWilliams but rent is killing people right now, so much so that it is far cheaper for many to pay over the odds if your mortgage is 25% cheaper than rent.

Villa05

Wanderer78 wrote:

McWilliams recommending people not to bother buying now, due to these conditions, he's probably right to, brutal time for buyers

tombliboo83 wrote:

Very well for McWilliams but rent is killing people right now, so much so that it is far cheaper for many to pay over the odds if your mortgage is 25% cheaper than rent.

That's why they call it the rental trap. Every good bubble has a firm stick to beat you into submission.

I'd agree with McWilliams advise, it's an absolutely awful time to be buying. Could the wfh cohort protect themselves somewhat by temporarily renting in a lower rent area.

Definitely make sure your registered to vote as this is a 90 to 99% government created mess

If only there was a way to unite all renters and citizens who believe these issues are of paramount importance. This would create a large voting bloc that could challenge these policies

fliball123

Villa05 wrote: »

That's why they call it the rental trap. Every good bubble has a firm stick to beat you into submission.

I'd agree with McWilliams advise, it's an absolutely awful time to be buying. Could the wfh cohort protect themselves somewhat by temporarily renting in a lower rent area.

Definitely make sure your registered to vote as this is a 90 to 99% government created mess

If only there was a way to unite all renters and citizens who believe these issues are of paramount importance. This would create a large voting bloc that could challenge these policies

Yeah but people need to understand if they do take the risk of buying then its very hard for the banks to take the property off them if they fall on hard times....Hardly the same when your renting if you stop paying the landlord gives you notice and your gone ...

Cuddlesworth

Pelezico wrote: »

Big article in Indo today says house prices will increase due to fewer builds and large savings.

Covid is certainly cruel with an adjacent article suggesting that 25% of people are really struggling.

Covid has hit the lower income earners primarily, particularly anybody involved in entertainment or hospitality. The tax figures for 2020 show this, with very little drop in income tax for the number of people put on the Covid payment scheme.

As far as I can tell, everybody else for the most part has just been saving money, mostly from reduced commuting and entertainment expenses. A few people I know have dropped the second car, finally realising how much money it was costing them.

JimmyVik

fliball123 wrote: »

Yeah but people need to understand if they do take the risk of buying then its very hard for the banks to take the property off them if they fall on hard times....Hardly the same when your renting if you stop paying the landlord gives you notice and your gone ...

Not for about 2 years if you dont feel like moving

Villa05

fliball123 wrote:

Yeah but people need to understand if they do take the risk of buying then its very hard for the banks to take the property off them if they fall on hard times....Hardly the same when your renting if you stop paying the landlord give you notice and your gone ...

This further disadvantages renters and taxpayers which furthers the requirement for them to have a voice and input in the determining of housing policy

fliball123

JimmyVik wrote: »

Not for about 2 years if you dont feel like moving

I think the most is 8 months if your there for a long period of time and of course there are no evictions during covid but once this is lifted I reckon tenants who acted the b0ll0x during covid will be given their marching orders

fliball123

Villa05 wrote: »

This further disadvantages renters and taxpayers which furthers the requirement for them to have a voice and input in the determining of housing policy

Tax payers yes renters ehhh well I think the current system favours a lot of tenants its very hard to evict someone straight away even if they are a nightmare tenant these days. There needs to be a complete overhaul that helps good tenants and landlords and stops giving advantages to those on both sides who try to take advantage

JimmyVik

fliball123 wrote: »

I think the most is 8 months if your there for a long period of time and of course there are no evictions during covid but once this is lifted I reckon tenants who acted the b0ll0x during covid will be given their marching orders

I know several landlords who are well over two years now trying to get tenants out who dont want to leave.
I know covid is an issue now, but even before covide people were taking 2 years plus to evict tenants who would not comply with the notice to leave.

fliball123

JimmyVik wrote: »

I know several landlords who are well over two years now trying to get tenants out who dont want to leave.
I know covid is an issue now, but even before covide people were taking 2 years plus to evict tenants who would not comply with the notice to leave.

I thought the most they could stay was for 224 and thats only if the tenant is in the house 8+ years . Is there some other way (besides covid) of someone staying in a rented property for longer?

https://www.threshold.ie/advice/ending-a-tenancy/how-your-landlord-may-end-your-tenancy/

JimmyVik

fliball123 wrote: »

I thought the most they could stay was for 224 and thats only if the tenant is in the house 8+ years . Is there some other way (besides covid) of someone staying in a rented property for longer?

https://www.threshold.ie/advice/ending-a-tenancy/how-your-landlord-may-end-your-tenancy/

Thats the most they can stay before you have to go to the RTB.
After that they can stay a couple of years before a landlord can finally get rid of them.
They pay no penalty for this service The landlord does.
If SF have there way, they'll be allowed to stay forever.


Someone buying a house in another thread yesterday cant proceed because the tenants wont move out of the house.

fliball123

fliball123 wrote: »

I thought the most they could stay was for 224 and thats only if the tenant is in the house 8+ years . Is there some other way (besides covid) of someone staying in a rented property for longer?

https://www.threshold.ie/advice/ending-a-tenancy/how-your-landlord-may-end-your-tenancy/

yes, that's the time laid out i the legislation. Doesn't mean that a tenant will leave on the 224th day. It's still hard to get them out after that if they've no intention of leaving - you're not allowed to just change the locks.

Villa05

fliball123 wrote:

Tax payers yes renters ehhh well I think the current system favours a lot of tenants its very hard to evict someone who is a nightmare tenant these days. There needs to be a complete overhaul that helps tenants and landlords and stops giving advantages to those on both sides who try to take advantage

Bad tenants and bad mortgages effect all tenants.
It is in the interest of all tenants that all renters comply with rental agreements otherwise good ones get charged a premium to subsidise losses for bad ones. It's about common sense rather than giving one party an advantage over another
Bad mortgages keep supply off the market and allow some people live for free while renters endure double digit inflation in their most expensive outgoing

All state sponsored bad practice which hurts almost everyone to reward failure

timmyntc

fliball123 wrote: »

I thought the most they could stay was for 224 and thats only if the tenant is in the house 8+ years . Is there some other way (besides covid) of someone staying in a rented property for longer?

https://www.threshold.ie/advice/ending-a-tenancy/how-your-landlord-may-end-your-tenancy/

If they refuse to leave, you have to go to the RTB and then a court order to get sheriff involved to evict IIRC?

Can take up to 2 years in some cases.