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As average property prices rise to €250,749 and monthly rent hits €1,222 in Westmeath, 50% of people in Ireland believe mortgage or rent will be the biggest lifetime cost

Initiative Ireland (www.initiativeireland.ie) have published its fourth annual housing report, entitled Housing 2021.

We are, once again, in political stalemate. In the meantime, the mechanisms of the State continue as they were under a caretaker government. The problem, of course, is that 'as they were' is hardly sufficient.

Mayo had a housing turnover rate of 1.6 per cent, below the national turnover rate, according to new research published by GeoDirectory. Despite a low national turnover rate of 2.2 per cent, Irish residential construction levels are still too low to match demand. This point is further reinforced by cross referencing the Property Price Register (PPR), the CSO Census of Population and the GeoDirectory Database.

The global markets are under fierce pressure to compete at the moment and experts would suggest that it all started in the USA with lending institutions getting involved in the sub-prime markets. This in turn has affected all markets world-wide, with Ireland no exception.