Leo Varadkar

[SoundMan]

No.

That is just childish.

People need somewhere to rent or buy and the property is just not there and I have always argued that we should be building all types of housing (student apartments, apartments, pensioners gated communities, mansions and whatever people desire)

Not just social housing and this lack of homes will only have a societal knock-on for decades.

Just read "The Action Plan for Housing" thread and come back to me.

You are amazing at identifying the problem (like we are all unaware) and you will always fully ignore all the clearly identified issues that delay the delivery of new homes etc. when pointed out to you as all you want to do is blame politicians in office.

Which is ironic as you are also a public servant doing very little of value all day every day.

Grow up.

Jebus wept! Who do you think we should blame for bringing in calamitous housing policies that have seen us go from bad to worse over the last 10+ years?
Your "clearly identified issues that delay the delivery" smacks of "we can't build houses overnight" which has been the excuse trotted out for nigh on a decade.

They've had 10+ years to try sort it and trying to praise them now for being a bit better this quarter than the horrendous sh*t show they oversaw in previous quarters isn't fooling anybody.

The average age of a housebuyer in this country is nearly 40 years of age!

The average rent is 1,750 Euros, nearly 60% of the average take home pay!

Get real FFS!

 

[Stacky]

Jebus wept! Who do you think we should blame for bringing in calamitous housing policies that have seen us go from bad to worse over the last 10+ years?
Your "clearly identified issues that delay the delivery" smacks of "we can't build houses overnight" which has been the excuse trotted out for nigh on a decade.

They've had 10+ years to try sort it and trying to praise them now for being a bit better this quarter than the horrendous sh*t show they oversaw in previous quarters isn't fooling anybody.

The average age of a housebuyer in this country is nearly 40 years of age!

The average rent is 1,750 Euros, nearly 60% of the average take home pay!

Get real FFS!

Well done you yet again.

Just keep identifying the problem over and over forever.

Ignore all the issues for the delays in housing and do not offer any solutions yourself.

Again, well done you.

 

[Matlock]

500 Mortgage drawdowns means fcuk all. There are no bloody houses you gobshite. 11 years of underinvestment, 12,000 homeless, not including couch surfers, those in direct provision, and a deficit in supply of 250,000 houses are all bloody facts. The scumbags have destroyed the housing market.
Nobody is catastrophizing anything.
If anything everything is downplayed.

Why are people drawing down mortgages so?

 

[FSG OUT]

Why are people drawing down mortgages so?

If the figures are so good why isn't Fatty O Brien out boasting about how well everything is going so?
He won't even appear on shows, they keep sending that waste of space Mary Fitzpatrick out to speak about housing.
They're a disgrace. 250,000 deficit in housing supply is criminal.

 

[Stacky]

Why are people drawing down mortgages so?

Look nobody is building,buying,selling,marketing or moving into both new or second hand houses.


Everybody is just sitting around doing absolutely nothing from digger drivers,landscapers,painters to solicitors.

It is all a mirage

 

[Matlock]

If the figures are so good why isn't Fatty O Brien out boasting about how well everything is going so?
He won't even appear on shows, they keep sending that waste of space Mary Fitzpatrick out to speak about housing.
They're a disgrace. 250,000 deficit in housing supply is criminal.

You didn't answer the question. Why are people drawing down mortgages then?

 

[Roxetten]

The prospect of home ownership is out of reach for couples on modest incomes and more over for single people, that's not to say that houses aren't being bought and sold, people will always be trading up or down or offloading rental properties for various reasons.

Could a single nurse or garda based in Cork city afford to buy a house in the city now? I'd say not, unless they get a dig out from their parents, but what about those who don't have parents in a position to help them to put together a deposit? Their only option is to rent out long-term with no hope of saving for a deposit, the game is rigged in favour of the wealthier section of society, lets not pretend otherwise.

 

[FSG OUT]

You didn't answer the question. Why are people drawing down mortgages then?

Not everyone who draws down a mortgage actually buys a house.
They're hoping but a lot don't.

 

[Matlock]

Not everyone who draws down a mortgage actually buys a house.
They're hoping but a lot don't.

I think you mixed up mortgage approval with mortgage drawdown.

 

[FSG OUT]

The prices are scandalous. 30 years ago the average house was twice the average salary. Now it's 10 times the average salary.