I feel like I am missing something here. Is a high % of that 56% the state buying social housing or something? (or am I being too naive…)
muttonwow on
The Companies/Funds/Institutions is both public bodies and private investor funds, right? Is there a breakdown of that?
Nalaek on
Now I’m no expert but I’m gonna go out on a limb here and say that 56% is a bit of a problem.
supremeemperor_dalek on
jamster126 on
Have seen this first hand. Friend of mine was moving to Spain permanently. I asked did they sell their house. They said no and instead a company had reached out to them and asked if they can use the house to rent it for their employees.
So now it is essentially a shared accomodation for a company’s employees. My friend gets guaranteed rent from the company each month and doesn’t have to deal with the employees etc. Not a bad deal for my friend but Jesus it’s no wonder we have a housing crisis if this is what’s going on.
Sufficient_Shift_370 on
The 56% cohort is a tax increase target that most the country would get behind
smurg112 on
I’d like to see some of the backing data and a better breakdown of the 56%. Otherwise that’s just a shock headline
Key_Duck_6293 on
This is the market that Fine Gael have always dreamt of, watch now over the next decade as nothing changes
thecrouch on
There’s a little bit of rage bait going on here.
The Companies / funds / institutions will include houses bought by the State (via whatever mechanism), they should make this more obvious. This includes things like cost rentals.
It will also include properties paid for by property funds, as in, the property wouldn’t be built without the investor paying to build it. If a company funds the building of 500 apartments for the rental market that goes down as being sold to an investor. These properties are never intending to be sold to private buyers.
Hardtoclose on
Wait till ye see a breakdown of the 56%!
persey18 on
That is sickening
pxsschrist on
>New data shows who bought houses in Ireland in 2025
I forgot Ireland is just Dublin
thiswilldo31 on
markpb on
There’s only one number that matters there – 7,298. That’s a tiny fraction of what we needed to build so every problem will stem from there. People will fixate on whether it should have been more or less to first time buyers or funds but it doesn’t matter because we didn’t build enough.
Keyann on
People are rightly focusing on the percentages but 7,300 homes seems like very few to me. How the hell are we only building that many in the capital in 12 months?
Nuada_Airgetlam_ on
I say we tax that 56% at a much higher rate than currently
justwanderinginhere on
Should the approved housing bodies and local authorities not be split out from non household buyers ? Just to see the impact the changes gov made on taxing companies buying multiple properties ?
Lanky_Giraffe on
So basically, a little over half went to expanding the rental sector, and the rest went to expanding the homeowner sector.
Considering that there’s still a massive cost gap between renting and buying, I would say 57% being rentals is still too low. And it would almost certainly be even lower if you measured by floor space or number of rooms, which are both more useful metrics than “dwellings”.
vanKlompf on
Taking into account that “institutions” are mostly council and government bodies buying straight from market, it shows that your taxes are working against you on when it comes to housing…
You can be well into highest tax bracket and still not be able to buy new build. While your taxes are sponsoring new build for someone else… Which is fine, but not with proportions like that!!!
saggynaggy123 on
But IrishPatriot1488 told me not to worry about that 56% and only focus on the homeless migrants living in tents.
ichfickeiuliana on
These “institutions “ could be public housing bodies.
jaywastaken on
Well there’s our fucking problem.
Original_Marzipan231 on
The thought that people need somewhere to live, but private companies are allowed to buy up all the houses.
It’s like that story of Nestlé trying to own all the water.
pantherclaw on
My jaw…will someone pick it up off the floor please?
FatSelkie on
I’ve been saving for a house and the price of a home as risen more then I managed to save last year 👍
RuggerJibberJabber on
Where’s all the Ireland flag wavers who claim the housing shortage is down to migrants now?
Migrant multinational corporations maybe
International-Bass-2 on
What is this like compared to other countys how bad are we when it comes to this. I know were bad but how bad?
Time_Ad1696 on
ban companies fund institutions of buying home.
phatteeth on
This isn’t very helpful in understanding the percentage of non resident companies purchasing Irish property.
whoopsoverwhatif on
Approved bodies includes social housing… which is in turn artificially increasing the need for social housing…
ZestycloseAd289 on
This is intolerable. Why are we accepting this as a society? In short, we are not producing anywhere near enough houses, and of the few that we do, more than half are going to for profit organisations.
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Holy shit is my first reaction.
I feel like I am missing something here. Is a high % of that 56% the state buying social housing or something? (or am I being too naive…)
The Companies/Funds/Institutions is both public bodies and private investor funds, right? Is there a breakdown of that?
Now I’m no expert but I’m gonna go out on a limb here and say that 56% is a bit of a problem.
Have seen this first hand. Friend of mine was moving to Spain permanently. I asked did they sell their house. They said no and instead a company had reached out to them and asked if they can use the house to rent it for their employees.
So now it is essentially a shared accomodation for a company’s employees. My friend gets guaranteed rent from the company each month and doesn’t have to deal with the employees etc. Not a bad deal for my friend but Jesus it’s no wonder we have a housing crisis if this is what’s going on.
The 56% cohort is a tax increase target that most the country would get behind
I’d like to see some of the backing data and a better breakdown of the 56%. Otherwise that’s just a shock headline
This is the market that Fine Gael have always dreamt of, watch now over the next decade as nothing changes
There’s a little bit of rage bait going on here.
The Companies / funds / institutions will include houses bought by the State (via whatever mechanism), they should make this more obvious. This includes things like cost rentals.
It will also include properties paid for by property funds, as in, the property wouldn’t be built without the investor paying to build it. If a company funds the building of 500 apartments for the rental market that goes down as being sold to an investor. These properties are never intending to be sold to private buyers.
Wait till ye see a breakdown of the 56%!
That is sickening
>New data shows who bought houses in Ireland in 2025
I forgot Ireland is just Dublin
There’s only one number that matters there – 7,298. That’s a tiny fraction of what we needed to build so every problem will stem from there. People will fixate on whether it should have been more or less to first time buyers or funds but it doesn’t matter because we didn’t build enough.
People are rightly focusing on the percentages but 7,300 homes seems like very few to me. How the hell are we only building that many in the capital in 12 months?
I say we tax that 56% at a much higher rate than currently
Should the approved housing bodies and local authorities not be split out from non household buyers ? Just to see the impact the changes gov made on taxing companies buying multiple properties ?
So basically, a little over half went to expanding the rental sector, and the rest went to expanding the homeowner sector.
Considering that there’s still a massive cost gap between renting and buying, I would say 57% being rentals is still too low. And it would almost certainly be even lower if you measured by floor space or number of rooms, which are both more useful metrics than “dwellings”.
Taking into account that “institutions” are mostly council and government bodies buying straight from market, it shows that your taxes are working against you on when it comes to housing…
You can be well into highest tax bracket and still not be able to buy new build. While your taxes are sponsoring new build for someone else… Which is fine, but not with proportions like that!!!
But IrishPatriot1488 told me not to worry about that 56% and only focus on the homeless migrants living in tents.
These “institutions “ could be public housing bodies.
Well there’s our fucking problem.
The thought that people need somewhere to live, but private companies are allowed to buy up all the houses.
It’s like that story of Nestlé trying to own all the water.
My jaw…will someone pick it up off the floor please?
I’ve been saving for a house and the price of a home as risen more then I managed to save last year 👍
Where’s all the Ireland flag wavers who claim the housing shortage is down to migrants now?
Migrant multinational corporations maybe
What is this like compared to other countys how bad are we when it comes to this. I know were bad but how bad?
ban companies fund institutions of buying home.
This isn’t very helpful in understanding the percentage of non resident companies purchasing Irish property.
Approved bodies includes social housing… which is in turn artificially increasing the need for social housing…
This is intolerable. Why are we accepting this as a society? In short, we are not producing anywhere near enough houses, and of the few that we do, more than half are going to for profit organisations.