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Re: Show HN: Rental data supplied by tenants in Ireland, searchable by all

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Post by jnsie »

astrange wrote: post #23
gottorf wrote: post #20

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Zero availability would indicate either severe supply shortages due to an inability to build (zoning/regulatory problems a la some municipalities in the US? Something else?) or a price ceiling on rent, leading to an inability for the market to clear (with the equilibrium price being above the legal ceiling). Do you know which applies? As an outsider, it would seem that Ireland has plenty of land on which to build, th…

Ireland and the UK have the worst planning processes in the world leading to worse housing crises than even California. Having zoning would imply that it's legal to do something somewhere, which it basically isn't. In particular the Irish think their island is full of "nature" (when it's actually open fields because the British deforested all of it) and become ecofascists when you suggest any of it could be a buildin…

> This is why more Irish live in America than in Ireland

This is nonsense. Are you telling me there are over 5 million 1st generation Irish people living in America? Of course the number will be significanty greater if you include descendants

Re: Show HN: Rental data supplied by tenants in Ireland, searchable by all

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Post by asdefghyk »

Matticus_Rex wrote: post #54
ericmcer wrote: post #43

Earlier quoted context omitted.

This seems like a global phenomenon. What is happening? Is this related to globalization? It feels wrong to blame any countries internal policies when it seems to be happening in every country simultaneously.

The biggest factors end up being about political incentives, and it's not happening in every city and country in the developed world, the majority of them end up with some level of one key dynamic: People who already own property in an area tend to have relatively high political sway in that area, and have a vested interest in things that limit the new supply of housing. It may be explicitly because they want to keep…

re "....they want to "keep the character of the area" through things like limits on the number of floors new buildings can have, or open space requirements that require a certain amount of space be left open ......" People who do not own property also want this ( in my area - Australia )

Re: Show HN: Rental data supplied by tenants in Ireland, searchable by all

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Post by adriancooney »

CalRobert wrote: post #32

For what it's worth, I've been crawling Daft (Ireland's main rental and buying site) for several years. If you click on a property you'll see nearby listing history for both rentals and purchases, including asking rents. https://gaffologist.com/

I love your site, I use it all the time and recommend it to all my friends. Thank you.

Do you offer historical exports of data? I’d love to create some visualisations of the housing situation in Ireland over time.

Re: Show HN: Rental data supplied by tenants in Ireland, searchable by all

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Post by [deleted] »

ericmcer wrote: post #43
Ecstatify wrote: post #21

The rent in Ireland is insane for the quality you get. My GF and I are currently living in my parents house. Collectively we earn ~€200K. New homes are in limited supply. Existing homes are poor quality but demand has increased the prices dramatically. We were looking at a new development and they increased the price by €80K. For a lot of people owning a home is becoming unrealistic.

This seems like a global phenomenon. What is happening? Is this related to globalization? It feels wrong to blame any countries internal policies when it seems to be happening in every country simultaneously.

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Re: Show HN: Rental data supplied by tenants in Ireland, searchable by all

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Post by smeej »

ovulator wrote: post #55
ericmcer wrote: post #43

Earlier quoted context omitted.

This seems like a global phenomenon. What is happening? Is this related to globalization? It feels wrong to blame any countries internal policies when it seems to be happening in every country simultaneously.

We added a billion people to the planet last decade.

The snarky part of me wants to comment that all those people are under 10, then, and should really be living in houses that were already otherwise occupied by older people, but I take your point.

Re: Show HN: Rental data supplied by tenants in Ireland, searchable by all

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Post by astrange »

jnsie wrote: post #61
astrange wrote: post #23

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Ireland and the UK have the worst planning processes in the world leading to worse housing crises than even California. Having zoning would imply that it's legal to do something somewhere, which it basically isn't. In particular the Irish think their island is full of "nature" (when it's actually open fields because the British deforested all of it) and become ecofascists when you suggest any of it could be a buildin…

> This is why more Irish live in America than in Ireland This is nonsense. Are you telling me there are over 5 million 1st generation Irish people living in America? Of course the number will be significanty greater if you include descendants

If you were born in Ireland then your grandchildren born in America are Irish citizens if they apply, aren't they?

Anyway, Americans consider themselves Irish/Korean/Iranian/etc down to 2nd or 3rd generation even if the original countries don't. (In fact, all white Americans think they're Irish even if they aren't because it lets them drink in more bars. That's also how America stole all the credit for inventing Halloween.)

Re: Show HN: Rental data supplied by tenants in Ireland, searchable by all

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Post by vinnyglennon »

CalRobert wrote: post #32

For what it's worth, I've been crawling Daft (Ireland's main rental and buying site) for several years. If you click on a property you'll see nearby listing history for both rentals and purchases, including asking rents. https://gaffologist.com/

This is very impressive, work of art!

Re: Show HN: Rental data supplied by tenants in Ireland, searchable by all

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Post by balfirevic »

ovulator wrote: post #55
ericmcer wrote: post #43

Earlier quoted context omitted.

This seems like a global phenomenon. What is happening? Is this related to globalization? It feels wrong to blame any countries internal policies when it seems to be happening in every country simultaneously.

We added a billion people to the planet last decade.

My country lost around 400 000 people (out of roughly 4 million) in the last 10 years and that doesn't seem to have made any difference.
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