Second annual conference on the Irish housing and mortgage market

Eoghan Murphy, TD, Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government, opened a conference, which took place to present research conducted as part of the ESRI/Department of Housing Joint Research Programme on housing economics.

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Conference Programme

Introduction

8:30

Registration and coffee         

9:00

Welcome address

Professor Alan Barrett (Director, ESRI)

9:05

Opening address

Eoghan Murphy (TD, Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government)

Session 1

House price sustainability and affordability in a regional context

Chair: Michael Hough (Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government)

9:30

Price sustainability in the Irish regional housing market

Kieran McQuinn (ESRI)

Professor McQuinn presented findings from one of two ESRI Research Notes launched at this event. This Research Note develops a ‘Heat Index’ for the Irish housing market, capturing the sustainability of house prices in each county.

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10:00

Mature homeowners and housing: survey results

Eoin Corrigan (Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government)

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10:30

A county-level view on first-time buyer housing affordability

Conor O’Toole (ESRI)

Dr O'Toole presented one of two ESRI Research Notes launched at this conference. This Research Note examines the affordability of housing for first-time buyers in Ireland at a county level.

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11:00

Tea and coffee

Session 2

Chair: Martina Lawless (ESRI)

11:15

Conference address: Perspectives on the Irish housing market — the past five years

Sharon Donnery (Deputy Governor, Central Bank of Ireland)

 

The text of the speech is available to view here. 

Session 3

Chair: Conor O’Toole (ESRI)

12:00

Roundtable discussion

Participants: Maria Graham (Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government), Donall O’Shea (AIB), David Duffy (Property Industry Ireland), Dara Deering (Home Building Finance Ireland) and Justin Doran (UCC).

12:15

Conference close