The Housing Market

Loves an auld edited post does Trig

Baldrick wrote: AntrimMan wrote: Loves an auld edited post does Trig I wonder is he an editor alas he will never tell us his profession

Jaysus trig. What do you consider middle class?

t_rAndy wrote: There is no east answer

so much sh*te talk here.  Of course there is a housing issue and it is different to before and it does hit the middle classes more than it did before but that’s the very definition of a housing problem when people who have well paid jobs cannot buy a house either in a couple or esp as single people.  It was always hard to buy a house and you had to save and interest rates were high but a mixture of unemployment high interest rates emigration and single income families meant that house prices did not see huge growth until the 90s and the 00s.  If a couple of a combined income of 100k struggle to buy a house now due to high rents and high house prices what chance does someone on the average wage of 38k have on their own.  That is a housing crisis.  So the tone of having a pop at “middle” class families moaning about the housing issue is a load of rubbish because it’s all connected.  It was always tough to buy a house,  now it’s down right impossible for many people and the renting situation is a disaster too. Greater regional spread of jobs and remote working is a partial solution to this but individually that works for some but it won’t for many esp people who work in jobs tied to Dublin such as a teacher or a bus driver or whatever it may be.  

Edited by Baldrick - 15 May 2021 at 9:14am

Hey us culchies have buses and schools too you know 

Edited by colemanY2K - 15 May 2021 at 9:39am

horsebox wrote: colemanY2K wrote: Hey us culchies have buses and schools too you know  Putting aside my crap humour  it's stating the obvious by saying its a supply and demand issue. What it takes is political will to solve the issue. It isn't rocket science but for whatever reason the government seem unable or worse unwilling to tackle it and as a result they'll pay the price at the next election.  It's not. It's about vulture funds getting tax breaks and buying most if not all of the available property.

Edited by Baldrick - 15 May 2021 at 9:54am

The last census showed that there were approximately 250,000 vacant dwellings in Ireland. Many of these will be in a dilapidated state and I can't understand why the government aren't CPO'ing all of these and redeveloping them for social housing.

The Huntacha wrote: thebronze14 wrote: Trigboy 10 wrote: thebronze14 wrote: Myself and the fiancée plan to move to Donegal in the near future. We both have permanent jobs in Dublin, herself as a vet and me as a teacher. Would we be able to get a mortgage on the proviso that we currently are in permanent  jobs in Dublin or would we have to show that we have permanent jobs lined up closer to home? She'd be ok picking up one but a permanent contract for me right away would be nigh on impossible but I would be able to get a fixed term/temporary one alright.  Not sure why you felt the need to tell us exactly what the two of you do for a living tbh. It might help me as someone that is giving advice might have been in a similar boat or knew someone doing something similar... Sorry if I made you feel vexed....it was a fairly scumbaggy thing to write alright. Except my humblest apologies Your job couldn't be any more relevant to the question you asked  Teachers and firemen have long been on Trig's hitlist. We can add vets to the list too now I suppose.