THIS WEEK THERE was bad news for students as it seems that it is going to be tougher than ever to find accommodation.
The Revenue has also said that it is starting to take a bigger interest in people who have under-declared the value for their homes when paying property tax.
Here is all the week’s property news.
Daft report
This week the newly released Daft.ie report showed that the housing market for students is now tougher than ever.
The going rate for one-bedroom accommodation in some areas of the country has gone up by a quarter in the past 12 months. The average price for a double bedroom in the centre of Dublin has now hit €638.
Speaking to TheJournal.ie earlier this week, the author of the Daft.ie report, Ronan Lyons, said that, “Students are always going to suffer a bit more because they don’t have high incomes.”
Revenue
The Revenue Commissioners has this week said that it is focusing on individuals who have under-declared the value of their home.
This follows the ‘mainstreaming’ of the Local Property Tax.
The most recent figures for what the government has reclaimed were released in July, showing a steady increase over the past two years. The figures showed that in 2013, 31,000 mandatory reductions were made on pensions or wages. This increased to 50,500 last year and so far in 2015 62,900 have taken place.
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