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The Irish property bubble was the speculative excess element of a long-term price increase of real estate in the Republic of Ireland from the early 2000s to 2007, a period known as the later part of the Celtic Tiger.
The local property tax (LPT) is annual self-assessed tax charged on the market value of all residential properties in Ireland. It came into effect on 1 July 2013 and is collected by the Revenue Commissioners .
The last approach by Mayer (2011) [12] is to utilize a combination of house price affordability to derive an equilibrium model. Often house prices are compared to income (income is used as proxy variable for affordability). If house prices are too high, households cannot afford the same level of housing services (affordability).
Real estate bubbles are invariably followed by severe price decreases (also known as a house price crash) that can result in many owners holding mortgages that exceed the value of their homes. [ 32 ] 11.1 million residential properties, or 23.1% of all U.S. homes, were in negative equity at December 31, 2010. [ 33 ]
Cork saw house prices rise by 7.2%, while Galway prices rose by 6.8%. Prices in Limerick were 6.7% higher while in Waterford there was a 4.9% increase. [ 135 ] The housing crisis resulted in over 20,000 applicants being on the social housing list in the Dublin City Council area for the first time. [ 136 ]
In June 2016, the UK House Price Index (UK HPI)[1] was launched as a collaboration between the Office for National Statistics, HM Land Registry, Registers of Scotland, and Land and Property Services Northern Ireland. The index is calculated using land registration data (such as HM Land Registry).
Those living in ‘left-behind’ areas (where house prices have decreased by 15%) tended to vote 10% higher for the Danish People’s Party than in ‘booming’ areas (where house prices have increased by 100% [17] In Germany, studies show that die AfD scores are higher in areas where house prices have not risen as much as the average rate. [12]
A number of sources, including The Economist, [65] warned of excessive Irish property values. 2004 saw the construction of 80,000 new homes, compared to the UK's 160,000 – a nation that has 15 times Ireland's population. House prices doubled between 2000 and 2006; tax incentives were a key driver of this price rise, [66] and the Fianna Fáil ...