Browsing by Subject "House prices"

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    • Credit Availability, Macroprudential Regulations and the House Price-to-rent Ratio 

      Cronin, David; McQuinn, Kieran (Elsevier, 2016-06-09)
      Quantifying the real economy effects of macroprudential policy is important at a time when such measures are increasingly being promoted as central to the prevention of future credit and house price bubbles. Recently, like ...

    • House prices in the measurement of inflation: an application using Irish data 

      O'Sullivan, Roisin (Economic & Social StudiesDublin, 2005)
      This paper illustrates the impact on Irish inflation of including a house-price series with the current components of the harmonised index of consumer prices (HICP). We construct a dynamic factor index of inflation that ...

    • Housing in Ireland: philosophy, affordability and access 

      Drudy, P. J. (Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 2007)
      This paper argues that Ireland?s housing problems stem in part from a particular philosophical orientation which supports the ?commodification? of housing and gives strong encouragement to private market provision of housing ...

    • Irish house price indices ? methodological issues 

      Conniffe, Denis; Duffy, David (Economic & Social StudiesDublin, 1999)
      This paper reviews the international literature on house price indices, looking at the basic methodologies employed, the variables chosen for the indices and the functional forms used. Ideas are sought for future improvements ...

    • Irish house prices: will the roof cave in? 

      Roche, Maurice J. (Economic & Social StudiesDublin, 1999)
      In the last few years there have been many comments made in the media about the Irish housing market boom. This paper focuses on two of these comments. The first comment is that some economists have suggested that a ...

    • Modelling credit in the Irish mortgage market 

      Addison-Smyth, Diarmaid; McQuinn, Kieran; O'Reilly, Gerard (Economic & Social StudiesDublin, 2009)
      The sharp decline in the performance of international property markets has been central to the financial distress experienced globally. The Irish housing market experienced particularly strong rates of price increases and ...

    • Negative equity in the Irish housing market 

      Duffy, David (Economic & Social StudiesDublin, 2010)
      Having peaked in early 2007 Irish house prices have fallen steadily. Negative equity occurs if house price falls result in the house value being lower than the outstanding debt. Many in negative equity will be unaffected ...

    • Public Affairs Ireland Weekly Newsletter 

      Public Affairs Ireland (Public Affairs Irelandireland, 2016-01-11)

    • Rising house prices in an open labour market 

      Duffy, David; Fitz Gerald, John D.; Kearney, Ide (Economic & Social StudiesDublin, 2005)
      We explore the consequences of rising house prices for the openness of the Irish labour market. Since many immigrants are in the household formation age group, and tend to be highly skilled, we argue that the boom in house ...

    • User Cost and Irish House Prices 

      DUFFY, DAVID (2011)
      A measure commonly used to assess house prices is the house price?to? rent ratio. This ratio captures the costs of alternative forms of accommodation, namely buying or renting. In the long run these two costs should move ...