Property Bubble
# property-bubble - Tuesday 26 February, 2013
Chinese ‘Dubai’ turns into deserted island
Phoenix Island was the epitomy of a property boom – now it stands quiet and desolate and unlucky owners are ‘desperate’ to sell.
# property-bubble - Saturday 17 November, 2012
Interview: ‘There is a great anger in the country’ – President Higgins
In an interview with TheJournal.ie, President Michael D Higgins has spoken of his initiative to help Ireland’s youth shape the country’s future and his first year in office. Listen to the full interview here…
# property-bubble - Sunday 5 August, 2012
In pics: Tour the streets of China’s most famous ghost city
Kangbashi saw a property price crash last year – but construction is still going on there as much of the city’s luxury properties lie empty.
# property-bubble - Thursday 28 June, 2012
Ghost estate turned into outdoor art exhibition
What would you do with Ireland’s ghost estates?
# property-bubble - Tuesday 8 May, 2012
They still sell houses for €6.5m, don’t they?
Family behind Merlin Motors looking to sell their house. But it’s not any old gaff…
# property-bubble - Tuesday 3 April, 2012
Action on planning inquiries ‘could help stop another property bubble’
An Taisce said alleged irregularities at seven councils had not yet been properly investigated.
# property-bubble - Monday 2 April, 2012
Poll: Is now a good time to buy a home?
Two house price reports are out today – both say house prices still falling, but one says that slide is now very slow. Tell us what you think…
# property-bubble - Saturday 24 March, 2012
Column: Here’s why we turn empty properties into art spaces
“Raise the shutters on a vacant unit, and life returns to an area”: Arts initiative PrettyvacanT Dublin on bringing energy through art back to abandoned buildings.
# property-bubble - Monday 27 February, 2012
Less than half think property prices reflect good value
A new study by Daft.ie found the vast majority of respondents believe property prices will continue to drop over the next 12 months.
# property-bubble - Wednesday 8 February, 2012
MEP: McCreevy’s boom-time diary raises issues about lobbyists
New documents show that McCreevy met with many major developers and bankers – including Sean Quinn and Bernard McNamara – during the Irish property bubble.
# property-bubble - Thursday 22 December, 2011
1 in 10 Irish mortgages are in arrears
At the same time, one-fifth of all mortgage holders are believed to be having difficulties in meeting mortgage repayments.
Column: Ireland’s addicted to property – and Noonan is risking another bubble
The Government is keeping us hooked on house buying exactly when it should be weaning us off, writes Ronan Lyons.
# property-bubble - Saturday 27 August, 2011
Worst in the world: new figures reveal extent of Ireland’s property crash
Of all the countries surveyed by Global Property Guide, Ireland experienced the worst house price decline in the past year.
# property-bubble - Friday 6 May, 2011
Irish Times editor denies a “vested interest” in maintaining the property market
Geraldine Kennedy says the paper did not compromise standards, and that it was the first to print speculation about the end of the property boom.
# property-bubble - Thursday 25 November, 2010
Apartments withdrawn after one bid… of €106 each
An auction of 47 luxury apartments in a single lot in Donegal collapses, after there’s just one bid: €5,000 for the building.
# property-bubble - Friday 22 October, 2010
Developers will be forced to finish ‘ghost estates’
An expert group will tackle the problem of the 2,800 ghost estates littered across the country.






























