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- Must Build Upwards - June 8th
- Hikes over 10% - June 7th
- Housing Crisis - April 27th
- Movers Have Power - May 23rd
- Prices through the roof - May 23th
- Fears of Chaos - May 23rd
- Beware of Meddling - May 23rd
- Canadian Lender - May 21st
- Rate Rise - May 20th
- Against Rate Cap - May 20th
- 50,000 new homes - April 27th
- Demand for Property - April 11th
- Banks on Switching - April 11th
- New Debt Trap - March 26th
- Wrongly Denied Tracker - March 24th
- Credit Union Bid - March 24th
- First increase in lending - March 13th
- Outstrips €50m provision - March 13th
Revealed: Homebuyers race for deals as €20,000 grant faces axe
Fine Gael leadership frontrunner Leo Varadkar risks causing further chaos in the housing market after pledging to abolish the Help to Buy scheme if it proves to be inflating prices.
Mr Varadkar has pledged to replace a key initiative of his leadership rival, Housing Minister Simon Coveney, and use the income tax refund to incentivise older people to move out of large homes.
Estate agents have claimed that prices could further rise in the short-term as first-time buyers scramble to buy properties amid fears the grant will be abolished, with concerns also expressed that builders could postpone developing new homes until there is certainty over its future.
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