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The latest edition of the quarterly Housing Development Monitor published by the Society of Chartered Surveyors Ireland (SCSI) shows that planning permission was granted for just 13 residential schemes of 25+ units in the Dublin region in Q3.
MEP Mairead McGuinness has warned that migration, budgetary pressures and the upcoming UK referendum on EU membership all pose significant challenges to the European Union.
The Society of Chartered Surveyors has welcomed new measures introduced by the Government to address the housing rental crisis and said the supply measures should go some way to addressing the lack of supply of new homes.
According to a new survey one in four Irish people don’t know that a property valuation is required to be completed before the drawdown of a mortgage.
The Central Bank has claimed that new mortgage lending rules which it introduced earlier this year have worked.
The Government has missed an opportunity to fix the ‘broken’ housing sector in Budget 2016 according to the Society of Chartered Surveyors Ireland.
The Society of Chartered Surveyors Ireland has welcomed the new Capital Investment Programme announced by Government but said procurement bottlenecks must be addressed to ensure value for money for the State.
A new report has called for the establishment of a new National Housing Authority to implement, direct and co-ordinate housing policy and strategy.
The latest Tender Price Index published by the Society of Chartered Surveyors Ireland (SCSI), shows that construction tender prices increased by 2.6% in the first half of 2015.
The Society of Chartered Surveyors Ireland (SCSI), has called on the Government to support the delivery of more housing units, more commercial office space and to introduce an apprenticeship scheme to address the skills shortage and create more jobs.
The Society of Chartered Surveyors Ireland has said many of the disputes which arise between tenants and landlords are often due to the fact that the parties involved are not fully aware of their rights and responsibilities.
The Society of Chartered Surveyors Ireland (SCSI) said that the recent decision by Government to ease building control regulations on one off houses was a missed opportunity to ensure high building standards across the country and to ensure consistency across the sector.
