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11,000 vacant and derelict properties ‘have been identified for compulsory purchase’

Some 11,000 vacant and derelict properties have been identified for compulsory purchase orders (CPOs) by local authorities.

However, many landowners will likely engage with councils and avail of government grants to bring their properties back into use before a CPO is actually issued on their property, the Oireachtas housing committee has heard.

UCD School of Architecture, Planning and Environmental Policy assistant professor Orla Murphy said that 80,328 to 164,000 vacant and derelict residential properties exist in Ireland, based on Census 2022 and the latest GeoDirectory Residential Report figures.

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House prices now eight times average earnings as affordability hits 16-year low

The average residential property sold in 2025 had a price of €426,000, eight times’ average earnings of €53,000. By this metric Irish house price-to-earnings are now at their most expensive level since 2009.

According to the latest quarterly house price report from MyHome, housing completions rose to 32,700 in the 12 months to June, the highest level since the Celtic Tiger era. Meanwhile, average rents still imply yields of circa 5 per cent, well above current retail mortgage interest rates of 3-4 per cent.

Read the full details in the Breaknews.ie

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