As of Q3, housing prices across the country are 2.2% above the highest level recorded, back in Q2 2007. After a five-year decline, from 2008 to mid-2013, prices have been rising ever since (with the exception of one quarter in the early days of the pandemic). For how long might this upwards trend continue?
Read MoreThe national rhetoric has landed firmly on the State building homes directly. And yes, this is a legitimate solution to a portion of one type of housing - social housing. But it is only one part of the overall solution, for only one tenure of housing. The private sector cannot continue to be hamstrung by poor policymaking.
Read MoreThe latest housing figures are in for Q2 2022 and the picture is looking mixed. While overall production is on track to meet the yearly targets, social housing figures are failing short. With social housing a key component of the Irish government's Housing for All strategy, the ongoing supply crisis is likely to continue.
Read MoreThe preliminary results of Census 2022 were published by the CSO earlier this summer and they confirm the population of the Republic of Ireland increased by 7.6 percent in the six years between 2016 and 2022. It is the highest population recorded in a Census since 1841 and the first time the population exceeded 5 million since 1851.
Read MoreLast year, during the height of the pandemic uncertainty, Ireland was identified by the European Commission as having “macroeconomic imbalances”. These imbalances, according to a report in The Irish Times, stemmed largely from the nation’s relatively high levels of private and public debt.
Read MoreAs Ireland’s housing crisis deepens and the chronic storage of all types and tenure of housing persists, the delivery of new housing continues to dominate political and media commentary.
For our part, the Castlehaven Finance team has ramped up our financing of both private and social housing across Ireland…
Read MoreNow, with the worst of the pandemic behind us (hopefully), we are beginning to see that home design may be forever changed by the past couple of years’ upheaval, with a changed demand for spaces that suit new behaviours and family habits.
Read MoreThe latest EY (Ireland) report on construction activity describes the outlook for Ireland’s construction sector as “cautiously optimistic”, despite the still-unfolding impacts of Brexit, the pandemic, and the ongoing war in Ukraine.
Read MoreWhile many other lenders closed their doors to new business, the Castlehaven team continued to lend throughout Covid. This has led to new client relationships and a deepening of existing relationships.
Read MoreTotal social housing delivery for 2021 was 5,142, which falls significantly short of the Government’s target of 9,500. This underdelivery has been attributed to the pandemic restrictions and associated delays.
Read MoreIt has been a busy week of residential property reporting across Ireland with the two main property portals releasing their latest figures, together with two of the country’s estate agency franchises.
Read MoreThe team at Castlehaven Finance is delighted to support Murphy New Homes with the delivery of much-need new housing in the Tower area of Blarney.
Read MoreAnnounced last year, Ireland’s ‘Housing for All’ plan estimates that Ireland needs an additional 33,000 homes to be constructed each year until 2030 in order to meet the goals outlined in the National Planning Framework.
Read MoreCastlehaven Finance is delighted to support the team at Dwellings Developments Carrigaline Limited as they deliver 54 much-need new homes at Garrán Ferney in the picturesque town of Carrigaline in County Cork.
Read MoreCastlehaven Finance is delighted to support the team at SMGK Developments as they deliver 18 A-rated, luxury new homes at Leighton Manor, Two Mile Borris, in County Tipperary.
Read MorePrior to the pandemic, most people lived busy daily lives, always on the move for work, social or leisure activities. Over the past almost two years, our respective worlds have become increasingly small. Whether you feel like you are working from home or living at your workplace, how we use the space around us has changed.
A new report by consultancy PwC and the Urban Land Institute ranks Dublin as the fifth busiest real estate market in Europe. In excess of €3 billion was invested in Irish property in the first nine months of this year, according to the report
Read MoreCastlehaven Finance is proud to support the team at KJA Developments Ltd. with the delivery of a further 109 homes - through two phases - at Gort Fionnbarra, Commons Road, Navan, County Meath.
Read MoreYesterday marked Built Environment Day at COP26 in Glasgow. It is the first time the climate-change summit has dedicated a whole day to discussing the climate implications of cities, regions and the built environment.
Read MoreIt will be interesting to see where the Housing Department lands on this. Surely the severity of the housing crisis is such that all reasonable solutions ought to be called upon in the immediate-term, while policy provides for the ideal over the longer-term?
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