Monthly Archives: March 2017

Headline rents make headlines, the truth is more like a byline

Our Government is Operating with Faulty Information on Rents Karl Deeter: Ireland’s just had its knuckles rapped by the European Union for its use of rent control in pressure zones The European Union has been critical of Ireland’s use of rent control in rent pressure zones, a regulation that now covers more than half of […]

The construction industry lacks a trained labour force of sufficient size to execute the required strategies

House prices have been rising and are showing no signs of coming under control, at least in terms of the price inflation rate emulating the general rate of inflation. We hear about demand-pull inflation all the time. It’s easy to understand: you have a relatively fixed supply (in this case housing) and as demand for […]