Browsing by Subject "Housing market"

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    • 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 ...

    • The Irish housing market: issues and prospects 

      Duffy, David (Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 2005)
      The housing sector represents an important micro-economic and macro-economic component of the Irish economy. At a micro level purchasing a dwelling is probably the biggest personal financial commitment an individual will ...

    • Land prices, urban sprawl and affordable housing: Dublin and the open city 

      Dascher, Kristof (Economic & Social StudiesDublin, 2001)
      Dublin?s current boom shares many features with urban booms elsewhere. In this short paper, I suggest applying an open city framework to Dublin and looking at this framework?s implications for two policies closely related ...

    • 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 ...

    • National Competitiveness and Productivity Council Bulletin 24-3 : Competitiveness and the Housing Market in Ireland 

      National Competitiveness and Productivity Council (Ireland) (National Competitiveness and Productivity Council. Department of Enterprise, Trade and EmploymentIE, 2024-05-10)

    • 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 ...

    • The NESC study 

      O'Donnell, Rory, Cahill, Noel, (Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 2005)
      This paper presents the key findings from a 2004 NESC study on the Irish housing system, Housing in Ireland: Performance and Policy. The paper begins by identifying the anxieties and concerns people have about housing. ...

    • Public Affairs Ireland Newsletter : your essential weekly guide to legislative, regulatory, and public affairs in Ireland 

      Public Affairs Ireland (Public Affairs Irelandireland, 2015-08-17)

    • Public Affairs Ireland Weekly Newsletter 

      Public Affairs Ireland (Public Affairs Irelandireland, 2016-05-23)

    • Quantifying revenue windfalls from the Irish housing market 

      Addison-Smyth, Diarmaid; McQuinn, Kieran (Economic & Social StudiesDublin, 2010)
      The speed and severity of the decline in the Irish fiscal position in recent years raises a number of important issues regarding the assessment of fiscal policy within the EU. From a position of relative strength, with ...

    • 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 ...