liteweight
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Let's not tax our brains with all that wondering eh??
And don't
Liteweight you misunderstood my e-mail, I alluded to cold hard facts in the media and marketplace being spotted in this thread weeks before the general public read about or saw it for themselves in the market.. Is the stagnant market enough for you.. Sometimes i Wonder
Prices can still rise in a slowing market, if a lower volume of houses(usually the better houses sell in a slowing market) are traded at slightly higher prices then average prices rise. These statistics from estate agents and esri don't always tell the full story. At auction 80%approx are'nt selling and loads of houses that did'nt sell at auction in my area are languising on sale by private treaty since early summer. At auction once you have two people with loads of money who both want a trophy home (at any price) prices will be high despite wider market conditions. Auction market is in terrible state despite a couple of big results.Interesting to see how prices have risen most in high value southside locations. The fact that most auctions have been a washout in September would leave me to question this data.
Also house prices in West Dublin are now in decline in real terms when inflation is taken into account.
It's possible to comment here:
Maybe she'll clarify her position - who knows ?
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Given the recent recovery in European markets over the last year, it is difficult to understand why the ECB is continuing with this series of increases. Would it not have been better to allow this growth to sustain
itself rather than inflict further interest rate rises throughout the Eurozone thus threatening heretofore fragile economies?
The fundamental problem there is of course the size of the mortgages that
some people have been granted at a time of historically low interest rates,
and the various causes of the runaway increses in the housing market over
the last decade, an issue that my colleague Eamon GilmoreTD, who is the
Labour Spokesperson on the Environment and Local Government comments on
regularly.
Thats not much better. The ECB's number one priority is to control inflation, growth is very much secondary.I mailed her on this earlier this morning. I have to say I got a prompt, corteous and detailed response clarifying her position. The quote in the IT was shortened. The full quote form the statement is below, which puts it a bit more in context. It makes more sense and she doesn't look so dumb. Seems the times took the bit they wanted.
Personally, I think the ECB was well warrented to raise interest rates but that's another point.
There is certainly evidence (anecdotal and otherwise) that places like Lucan etc. are just not shifting.
A real test would be to see these houses languishing on the market until next year?
I don't just take all comments in this "Bear Cave" of a thread as gospel. Obviously there is a majority of ursine-bias which sometimes has to be taken with a pinch of salt. However, that is nothing compared with the truck load of salt you need when talking to the average Joe Soap "Property Magnate" on any street in this country...You should be more careful about how your views are shaped. Do your own research is the best method IMO. Last time I checked about 50% of all posts on this thread were by the same 12 people.....all with the same view. How large is the population now??
So that we could discuss abandoning the ship after its sank !
I think Room305 was refering to the R/D and tech elements of the Israeli economy
but most of the 6 billion is spent on defense for obvious reasons
I was talking only this week to a friend about how the housing market has 'killed' the social scene in Ireland. So many of my friends and siblings 'retire' to the west of Dublin after work and it is rarely that they spend anytime anymore in the city during the week. It was even more apparent after the Cohen show at the point that my mates had to find taxis to bring them to the outreaches of Dublin whereas a couple of us could walk home. Whereas a few of us can catch the latest indie movie at the ifc after work for most a trip to the cinema requires planning not too dissimilar to a mini work project.
The number of homes in my area (glasnevin) for sale on myhome has increased from 40 in july to 50 in early september to 82 now in early october, it has increased by around 50% in 3 weeks. Myhome is'nt growing as rapidly as daft so the increase is more likely a result of increased inventory than increased popularity of myhome. I don't know what equivalent number for sale was last year but i don't recall it being so high.
Good point Phoenix. Perhaps I should have said 'houses which did not sell in Spring....Autumn....and still languishing. If everyone tries to get off the ship at once, there won't be enough lifeboats and only the strong will survive. The strong aren't necessarily the ones (investors) who rush to jump ship first without analysing all of their options. Panic selling is just as detrimental to the economy as panic buying has been in the past IMO,
I agree. I live in Cork and the experience is much the same, even though Cork is a much smaller city and a taxi to most outlying suburbs is max €15 and €20 to most satellite towns the dispersion due to house buying has resulted in my group of friends meeting up at best once a week (almost always at weekends). No more the mid-week pint or movie, neither the stroll back to someone's house at the w/e after a night out. Now it's all a panic to beat the rush to get a taxi to the suburbs. We are destroying the social fabric of our cities with the lack of considered developments in the centre of cities and the sprawl of the suburbs.
... Minister for Environment Dick Roche said the current high levels of employment and activity in the sector would continue.
"House-building will continue to perform strongly for the foreseeable future underpinned by a strong economy, changing demographics and strong net inward migration." ..."
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"... The review - which is commissioned by the Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government - estimates the value of construction output in 2005 was €31.5 billion representing 23 per cent of total GNP.
Direct employment in the sector has now reached an unprecedented high of 264,300 workers.
... Minister for Environment Dick Roche said the current high levels of employment and activity in the sector would continue.
"House-building will continue to perform strongly for the foreseeable future underpinned by a strong economy, changing demographics and strong net inward migration." ..."
I mailed her on this earlier this morning. I have to say I got a prompt, corteous and detailed response clarifying her position. The quote in the IT was shortened. The full quote form the statement is below, which puts it a bit more in context. It makes more sense and she doesn't look so dumb. Seems the times took the bit they wanted.
Also here's a quote from her email which puts her true opinions down.
Personally, I think the ECB was well warrented to raise interest rates but that's another point.
BTW, I'm not a Labour fan, I'm an anything but FF.
House-building will continue to perform strongly for the foreseeable future underpinned by a strong economy and that the economy will continue to perform strongly for the foreseeable future underpinned by strong House-building.
He also added that House-building will grow for the foreseeable future as a result of the strong economy which will become boomier because of strong growth in House-building.
He concluded that ...
You should be more careful about how your views are shaped. Do your own research is the best method IMO. Last time I checked about 50% of all posts on this thread were by the same 12 people.....all with the same view. How large is the population now??
I agree. I live in Cork and the experience is much the same, even though Cork is a much smaller city and a taxi to most outlying suburbs is max €15 and €20 to most satellite towns the dispersion due to house buying has resulted in my group of friends meeting up at best once a week (almost always at weekends). No more the mid-week pint or movie, neither the stroll back to someone's house at the w/e after a night out. Now it's all a panic to beat the rush to get a taxi to the suburbs. We are destroying the social fabric of our cities with the lack of considered developments in the centre of cities and the sprawl of the suburbs.
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