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Almost one in five homes now vacant in Ireland

By
PATRICK COOPER,
IrishCentral.com Staff Writer

Published Friday, March 5, 2010, 7:34 AM
Updated Friday, March 5, 2010, 7:47 AM

 

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Seventeen per cent of all houses and apartments in Ireland are vacant, according to a shocking new survey released by University College Dublin.

One in five homes outside Dublin are now vacant and house prices are still way too high as a multiple of people’s salaries says the report, which has just been released.

In Dublin, one in twelve housing units are vacant.

The survey shows for the first time the incredible fall off in house sales since the Celtic Tiger boom went bust.

The UCD report shows that 345,000 homes and apartments are now vacant throughout Ireland, and the report claims that Ireland has close to 200,000 homes and properties that may never be occupied.

Sellers are still insisting on high prices, but the market simply will not support that says the UCD report, which was compiled over the past few months.
 

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Posted by brennanirish on Mar 11, 2010, 10:23 AM EST
Ireland was one of only three countries, in the Eurozone, that had an open immigration policy....
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Posted by ChrisButler9999 on Mar 05, 2010, 04:12 PM EST
According to Irish Central Statistics Office (C.S.O) figures Ireland built 1.5 Million homes since 1990. The Irish Population only grew by about 2 hundred thousand. These figure mean about 1.2 / 1.3 Million homes are empty. Irish Politicians play down some statistics and build up others. Nobody knows the true figure.
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Posted by Rebelforce on Mar 05, 2010, 10:17 AM EST
They could easily fill those homes if the Irish government would only adopt a more liberal and sensible immigration policy that welcomed thousands of hard-working Mexican, Nigerian and Chinese immigrants into Ireland. But don't hold your breath waiting for that to happen.
 


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