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Poll: Do you plan to buy your own home?

Are you a lifelong renter or do you want the property ladder?

A NEW POLL for the Sunday Independent and Today FM shows that 37% of adults aged 20-49 are currently renting their home.

The survey also found that just over 10% of people plan to buy a home in the next year. This rises to 17% in the 30-39 age group.

Renting has become so commonplace that even the head of the Housing Agency said that he rents and would not consider buying a home again.

But what about you?

Today’s poll: Do you plan to buy your own home?


Poll Results:

Yes, owning a home is important to me. (6467)
No, I don't see myself being able to afford a home purchase. (1981)
Yes, but it's not a necessity. (1236)
I don't know. (491)
No, renting is the way to go. (467)

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    Mute Keith O Beirnes
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    Jan 25th 2015, 10:04 AM

    I would love to buy my own home, but with only 1 income its impossible to save up a 20% deposit.

    It will be stuck like that now because people cant afford it and rent will go up because of it year after year.

    There’s a house up for rent for €1200 in ballymun.. that says it all for me!!

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    Jan 25th 2015, 10:15 AM

    Well you could move out to somewhere like Clonee….. Oh wait then you would need a car because the busses are so bad but they are really expensive to run as well.

    That’s part of the problem, they are all screwed no matter what we do.

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    Jan 25th 2015, 10:29 AM

    Clonee is a dump.

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    Mute Amy gaffney
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    Jan 25th 2015, 11:12 AM

    Or you could move to Navan and spend €2,600 a year and 20 hours a week commuting to work and only pay marginally less in house prices than dublin. You have options don’t you know! Its not the governments problem if it sucks the life and soul out of you.

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    Mute Laura Moran
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    Jan 25th 2015, 11:14 AM

    I live in Clonee. It’s not a dump at all thank you.

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    Jan 25th 2015, 11:31 AM

    I’m saving all the colourdy beans I can to give to Angela so her banks can lend me some more and maybe then i can buy my beanybubblehouse and live in it till it goes pop.

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    Mute Colin
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    Jan 25th 2015, 11:35 AM

    Hopefully you won’t need 20% for a long time, Keith.
    But I suspect the 5 year delay on the 20% deposit (according to papers today) might actually push prices up a bit.
    Good luck!

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    Mute Neal Ireland Hello
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    Jan 25th 2015, 11:37 AM

    I don’t know about Clonee but I live in Athy and find it so cute when people continue to maintain that they think it’s a nice place, just because they’re stuck here and want to keep up appearance.

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    Jan 25th 2015, 11:41 AM

    Well Amy, the real problem is that the government is conspiring against us in our pursuit of happiness.

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    Mute Michael Kelly
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    Jan 25th 2015, 1:31 PM

    House prices in Navan only marginally less than Dublin? Get real Amy, there’s a large gap between them.

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    Mute Amy gaffney
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    Jan 25th 2015, 1:55 PM

    I’m speaking from experience Michael. And I’m not talking about city centre vs Navan obviously. Suburbs.

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    Mute Catherine Mill
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    Jan 25th 2015, 9:12 PM

    But you would never own the house – only the title deeds to it – you would own a piece of paper at the end of the day.

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    Jan 26th 2015, 9:16 AM

    A properly controlled rental section is vital for Ireland. If high rents and awful living conditions are driving people to pay unsustainable prices for houses there’s something seriously wrong with the market.
    But since Sunday’s Business Post had a story saying one in 10 TDs and senators were in trouble over mortgages “as a result of rental properties and buy-to-lets”, I can’t see that legislation coming in, unless Ireland votes in a Syriza-style government.

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    Mute Carlow Wexford
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    Jan 26th 2015, 9:16 AM

    A properly controlled rental section is vital for Ireland. If high rents and awful living conditions are driving people to pay unsustainable prices for houses there’s something seriously wrong with the market.
    But since Sunday’s Business Post had a story saying one in 10 TDs and senators were in trouble over mortgages “as a result of rental properties and buy-to-lets”, I can’t see that legislation coming in, unless Ireland votes in a Syriza-style government.

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    Mute Robert Loughran
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    Jan 25th 2015, 10:04 AM

    Once again we’ll be a nation ruled by absentee landlords.

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    Jan 25th 2015, 10:34 AM

    What’s the point in buying anymore .. Even after the term of your mortgage you still have to rent it back off the government . Through the scam known as property tax . Totally knocks the idea of ever owning a house . Cause simple as we,ll never own one . Government win again

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    Mute Colin
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    Jan 25th 2015, 11:40 AM

    How much is rent per annum compared to property tax?
    I’d say about €14,000 (3 or 4 bed house in Dublin)* compared to €250.

    *I’m not sure of my figures. But I suspect they’re not really comparable figures.

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    Mute ITS Student
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    Jan 25th 2015, 12:45 PM

    Having a property tax means you are merely renting your home from the government.

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    Mute Catherine Sims
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    Jan 25th 2015, 12:54 PM

    Are we renting our cars too? I don’t believe I am renting my house from the government as I can sell it at any stage and you can sell a property you rent

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    Mute Catherine Sims
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    Jan 25th 2015, 12:55 PM

    * can’t sell

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    Mute ITS Student
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    Jan 25th 2015, 1:35 PM

    A property tax on your home disincentivizes economic activity.

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    Mute Catherine Sims
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    Jan 25th 2015, 2:04 PM

    I’m not in favour of the property tax but it doesn’t mean the government owns my house

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    Mute Catherine Mill
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    Jan 25th 2015, 9:16 PM

    When you register your car to the Government you become the registered keeper of the car.

    When you buy a house you become the owner of the title deeds- a bit of paper.

    You see Mother Earth never sold herself to anyone – so there is no receipt from her to anyone- hence why you only own the title- from the King days – but not the actual land.

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    Mute Danny Sullivan
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    Jan 25th 2015, 9:52 AM

    Buying vs Renting ? Easy if you can afford to buy a house and not have a huge mortgage and happy to settle in an area then buy . Renting is not something I would consider long term considering people get married and have kids etc and need a steady home. Rent is ideal if you move a lot for work and don’t plan on being tied down to a area and even better to find out if you can live with your partner first.

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    Mute ITS Student
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    Jan 25th 2015, 12:43 PM

    Renting is commonplace in most European countries. In fairness, I can’t see the mortgage rules getting any easier. In anything; mortgage lending rules will get tougher.

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    Jan 25th 2015, 9:50 AM

    Patrick Honahan is an idiot, which is worrying considering how important his job is. There is no way these measures on mortgage caps should be brought in unless other measures like rental market reform is brought in.

    One of the reasons people want to buy houses in Ireland is because they can be thrown out of their home at a moment’s notice when renting. It’s a social question not a financial one.

    It shows how out of touch the elite in Ireland are.

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    Mute ITS Student
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    Jan 25th 2015, 12:49 PM

    Rent controls need to be introduced.

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    Jan 25th 2015, 1:49 PM

    No because then you end up with a lack of supply….. Housing should be affordable. Freely available and secure. The government has done nothing on housing and now the people are starting to pay the price for their inertia.

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    Mute Sean J. Troy
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    Jan 25th 2015, 9:48 AM

    Jesus. I’m the only one who said renting is the way to go. This is the problem in Ireland. High expectations. It’s ridiculous that everyone in Ireland can live in their own house. This is WHY houses are so expensive. There’s a reason why the more economically stable EU countries like Germany decided that the rental market was a more sound housing system.

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    Jan 25th 2015, 9:51 AM

    Except our rental market is not fit for purpose.

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    Jan 25th 2015, 9:54 AM

    Sean imagine the scenario, a young couple take the attitude of there being no need to own their own home, they move in to a house living their lets say 1 year and decide to have kids, fast forward 7 years or so, kids are settled in school, both parents working close enough to home and their family and general support network are all around them, without warning their landlord decides to sell the house. They find they can’t afford anything in the area they currently live, not even if they down size. What are they to do? They can’t afford a deposit for a mortgage as they’ve been paying rent and banks won’t accept that as ability to pay, they can’t afford to move miles away as the commute would cost too much, they are stuck.
    If this country is to go the way of renting there needs to be rent controls put in place

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    Jan 25th 2015, 9:59 AM

    Renting might be the way to go if there was some stability and security in the private rental market!! One year contracts, rents going up all the time. My family’s security dependent not on whether I can pay my rent, but on whether the landlord uses it to pay the mortgage.

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    Jan 25th 2015, 10:04 AM

    So there you are, aged 68, renting away and you discover the house is being sold.
    What security do you have?
    There would be no such thing as the family home, something we are supposed to value in this country.
    Also, when your monthly rent is close to a mortgage repayment why wouldn’t you buy.
    This isn’t some grand notion the Irish have, it’s common sense.

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    Mute Sean J. Troy
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    Jan 25th 2015, 10:14 AM

    Fully agree with all you. The rental market needs to be completely redone on a legislative level. But it doesn’t get away from the fact that Ireland’s home ownership rate is closer to Cyprus, Poland, Portugal and Greece than it is to the UK, Switzerland, Germany and Austria. I think I know which economies I’d rather live in

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    Jan 25th 2015, 10:27 AM

    I tend to agree with Sean (although I did buy myself), there are many cases where renting is the way to go. And the blind approach towards buying at any cost is what drives the market up.

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    Jan 25th 2015, 10:36 AM

    if you haven’t bought a place to live by the time you reach fifty then the chances are that you never will because you could never make the repayments during your working life.

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    Jan 25th 2015, 10:57 AM

    Rent controls are moronic.

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    Jan 25th 2015, 11:45 AM

    10 to 1 red thumbs. What is it with The Journal that it attracts so many Commies??

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    Jan 25th 2015, 12:15 PM

    People are “commies” because they disagree with you?Grow up and stop being so precious.

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    Jan 25th 2015, 12:23 PM

    Maybe you got the red thumbs for stating the obvious because sent control is stupid

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    Jan 25th 2015, 10:09 AM

    There are two good reasons to buying over renting in Ireland.
    Firstly, it makes financial sense. If you dined a €1000 per month renting a place, and you allow for inflation, you could end up paying rent for at least 40 years – longer quite possibly given increasing life expectancies. So €12,000 for 40 years is €480,000. €1000 per month rent won’t cover a property of that value.
    Secondly, in most western societies, children inherit their parent’s home tax free, and that winfall usually gives the children a much needed financial bonus. Renting does not facilitate this.

    There are other reasons, stability, peace of mind etc. To ensure that as many people as possible own their own home, there should be a restriction on the amount of property an individual can own. There are individual in Ireland who own dozens of houses pushing the prices up on those who can’t afford the current prices. And that is wrong.

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    Jan 25th 2015, 10:56 AM

    What point with the figures are you trying to make???

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    Jan 25th 2015, 10:16 AM

    I’d buy a house if I could afford one but since I was let go from my job and am back living at home with my parents I don’t see that happening anytime soon. Even when I get another job I’ll be renting asap because I hate being a burden on my family.

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    Jan 25th 2015, 11:31 AM

    I want my own home someday cos I don’t feel like a rented home is really mine. I want to have loads of pets, do what I want with the garden, plant some trees, paint and decorate the house how I want, and not have to worry about a landlord calling over or having to move again soon. I want somewhere permanent.
    If someone doesn’t really want that then renting is fine and probably more sensible in many ways.

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    Jan 25th 2015, 12:48 PM

    Be prepared to pay a lot for that kind of expectation.

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    Jan 25th 2015, 12:54 PM

    Not necessarily.

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    Jan 25th 2015, 12:59 PM

    I’m thinking a hippy house in the middle of nowhere. Much cheaper than a regular house. :)

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    Jan 25th 2015, 9:17 PM

    A hobbit house?

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    Jan 25th 2015, 11:16 AM

    I’ve just bought my own home and saving for a deposit was one of the hardest things I’ve done, the next hardest was giving up those savings for a deposit, solicitors fees, stamp duty etc. it took me 7 years to save ~30k with plenty of hiccups along the way. I found that the more money I saved, the more it encouraged me to save. I missed plenty of nights out, lived on the cheap and had no foreign holidays for the last 7 years. Saving that much has taught me a lot of lessons on how to budget, what really is good value and that if you don’t buy that expensive gadget/phone/holiday you really, really want you actually won’t care about it in 6 months and will be glad you have the money in savings. I think the new proposals are good because I would prefer to save 30k for a 150,000 mortgage than for a 290,000 mortgage like I did since I truly believe that house prices will drop on the back of this.

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    Jan 25th 2015, 10:19 AM

    It depends on your situation. Young couple, low income, no strings attached, you want to rent something cheap and cheerful in a location that suits you and that you can leave at short notice. Buying a home at the cost of a prohibited mortgage and long commute would be a HUGE mistake. Renting must meet your immediate need.

    As you grow up, if you know where (if) you want to have a family and establish yourself, you may want to consider buying and decide on the trade offs. Typically you buy for the next 10/20 years.

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    Jan 25th 2015, 11:16 AM

    People don’t like the idea of giving there money to others . What do you do when your a OAP if your renting . How can you possibly afford rent on a pension . Most OAP s today own there home because they bought when they where younger . The financial cost of putting a roof over there head is no longer a issue .

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    Jan 25th 2015, 12:58 PM

    I agree Tommy. It’s a relief to me that my home is secure and I’m no where near pensionable age. Sickness or disability can leave you very vulnerable if you are renting. You can be out on the street after one or two missed payments if renting.

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    Jan 25th 2015, 9:44 AM

    I already did

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    Jan 25th 2015, 2:47 PM

    Just to refer to the article tagline,
    “Are you a lifelong renter or do you want the property ladder?”

    I think most people don’t care for a property ladder, I’d rather buy a nice place, make it my own and stay there for good.

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    Jan 25th 2015, 11:36 AM

    Saving for deposit is just one thing. Furnishing, kitchen, floors, decorating… That easily amounts to 10 grand or more. So when you’re buying you really need another 10K on top of deposit money (unless you maybe buy second hand and has most features in and you’re not changing anything). Then another couple K for stamp duty, solicitor, snag lists, alarm, broadband, management fees, house and life insurance… List goes on. Then you may end up in a kip of the house with various issues that weren’t detected at inspection or maybe they will arrange houses nearby to be council and you will end up with salt of the earth neighbours for life.
    Happy buying :)

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    Jan 25th 2015, 11:05 AM

    Renting is very flexible. If you earn a lot you can rent somewhere grand, if not rent what you can afford. If you need a bigger place move and what’s very important, when you need a smaller place after the kids are gone rent a smaller place. If you rent you’re not stuck in the one location permanently. Job wise you can be very flexible. You avoid stamp duty which cost people in Ireland tens of thousands of euro. That’s real dead money. Not alone that but you can even move country. There’s no interest, no stamp duty, no insurance or repair bills. You don’t need to save €50K and if you have it you can invest it. There’s little fear of massive interest rate rises that screwed many people 20+ years ago when all they could afford was the mortgage. People buy houses like they went to church. It was the done thing. That doesn’t make it the correct decision for many people especially in this highly globalised world.

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    Jan 25th 2015, 11:44 AM

    Then when you retire, you can keep paying rent – yay!

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    Jan 25th 2015, 11:52 AM

    Some good advantages, William. But also some of those advantages are for younger people who don’t want to be tied down.
    I know my attitude has changed as I’m hitting my late 30s (shudders*).
    And for many as they get older, not owning a house can be a serious cause of concern for them.
    I’d hate to hit my 60s and be dependant on a landlord’s whims.
    Maybe the option for longterm leases might help people. Not sure. But the cost would be tough. Especially if pensions weren’t planned properly.

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    Jan 25th 2015, 11:58 AM

    Andy. You can rent a two bed apartment overlooking the sea with it’s own pool ALL expenses included including rates for €400/month in Portugal and many other nice sunny places. Furthermore if you want to you can invest that €50K deposit you didn’t use and buy a place. €50k becomes approximately €400K after 30 odd years in a deposit bank account.

    Landlords love and want to keep good tenants. Anyway so what, you can always move to another place.

    I’ve lived on the canal in Dublin, in the country when the kids were small, in the South of France, a nice suburb of London and Portugal. Sometimes I bought and sometimes I rented. There’s great freedom in renting.

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    Jan 25th 2015, 12:07 PM

    “€50k becomes approximately €400K after 30 odd years in a deposit bank account.”

    No it doesn’t – why are you lying?

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    Jan 25th 2015, 3:47 PM

    The part that bugs me is the choice of overpriced shiite that is available in ireland,look up houses in germany austria canada etc and see what a 200000 mortgage would buy you there!

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    Jan 25th 2015, 11:40 AM

    @William The point is that over the course of a lifetime it is significantly cheaper to buy over renting – even allowing for inflation, interest rates etc. The vast majority of people eventually settle in an area so why make a neighbour/ landlord wealthier at you are.

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    Jan 25th 2015, 11:58 AM

    I did plan to own my own home but when FG introduced the Local Property Tax, they made sure that this will never happen, even though their leader, Enda Kenny, said it is immoral to tax principal residences.

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    Jan 25th 2015, 12:49 PM

    You can tax private residences but it’s a bit rich to call it a property tax, If it was a property tax you would be taxing farms, business property, cash in the bank etc. that would be a real property tax. This is a family tax

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    Jan 25th 2015, 12:53 PM

    Taxing farms is equivalent to taxing working class people. Property tax should be abolished but there needs to be a closure of tax loopholes, a financial transaction tax, corporate tax reform, and the public sector pension levy should be retained.

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    Jan 25th 2015, 11:09 AM

    Come live in my heart darling and you’ll never ever have to pay rent again in your lifetime….

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    Jan 25th 2015, 9:36 PM

    Ireland is a failed society if it cannot provide an environment that allows its citizens (ALL) to afford their own homes. Owning your own home is not an investment it is essential for the well being of a country’s citizens. Ireland has one of the lowest population densities in the EU so why is building land so expensive …. tribunals ..short memories …

    Political Parties are just Private Clubs that pass pro-lobby laws in their own interest. “Bring Your Brains to the Polling Booths” … or continue to be an abused deprived Irish society that exports its young people.

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    Jan 25th 2015, 12:44 PM

    Guys it’s like this. If house prices are kept low rents will rise. This benefits fat bankers and rich people with political influence who can buy property cheap and achieve high rents. Thus trapping the middle classes who can be milked for rent. ten years down the line these restrictions will be relaxed and the fat cats sell at huge profits. Tell me I’m wrong

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    Jan 25th 2015, 2:56 PM

    If house prices are kept *high*, rents will rise.

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    Jan 25th 2015, 11:36 PM

    Rents actually increased when house prices fell by almost 50%

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    Jan 26th 2015, 12:05 AM

    Usually house prices go up along with rents. We had an unusual once in a hundred year credit crisis crash which turned everything haywire.
    Building lots of property keeps property prices and rents low. Supply and demand. Hardly anything was built in the last five years. Bargains in the ghost estates of Roscommon and Leitrim can be found because few wanna live there.

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    Mute Euro is Dead
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    Jan 26th 2015, 9:13 AM

    Rent prices are an equation of supply and demand. If you can’t buy you must rent. When people cannot buy and there is a limited stock of houses the rent will go up irrespective of the price of property. People who can afford to buy will be artificially prevented from buying by this legislation. Leaving people with ready cash in a position to make big money. When this legislation is repealed prices will soar, and the fat cats will win again.

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    Mute Ken Loughlin
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    Jan 25th 2015, 12:19 PM

    Having your own home is a great achievement by any standard especially in the last 10years or so with the property bubble…then crash…now 20%deposit…but now it seems that if you are too old to afford care in a nursing home or so …someone else might get your hard earned efforts as this purchase might have to support that!! Hope that’s not doom n gloom!

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    Mute Robert Deane
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    Jan 25th 2015, 1:15 PM

    On average a €200,000 home is 20% plus tax. How long will it take the average purchaser to pay this amount alone off. The finance dept gets this straight away and the home owner pays it off for years.

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    Mute Foxtrot Hotel
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    Jan 25th 2015, 8:17 PM

    I’m going to be a developer about the situation and just say…Yes to all of them.

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