This paper examines housing affordability in Ireland by looking at the distribution of housing
costs across households. Using microdata from the SILC survey over the period 2006-2016 …

Persistent, structural housing affordability challenges in Ireland have been well documented
for particular groups (private renters, low to middle income households and those in urban …

This paper explores the changing relationship between current household repayment
capacity and mortgage default during crisis and non-crisis periods in Ireland. We measure …

Understanding the impact of housing supply on housing price inflation is a particularly
important issue from a policy-maker's perspective. Notwithstanding the impact of the great …

The performance of the Irish economy stands out across western economies over the past
two decades as the later years of its “Celtic Tiger” phase gave way to a sharp and extremely …

The pace at which Irish house prices have grown since 2013 has surprised many observers.
The Irish housing market was one of the most affected across the OECD after the …

The user cost of capital model is a popular tool for assessing the sustainability of house
price movements. However, a number of issues typically arise when the approach is applied …

While many western economies experienced substantial fluctuations in house prices since
the turning of the century, the Irish residential market stands out as a particular case. Irish …

This working paper provides an updated overview of the financial block satellite model in
COSMO. This block allows for an analysis of macrofinancial relationships and links these …

In this paper, we estimate credit demand for potential Irish first time buyer households
currently living in the rental sector. Exploiting individual survey responses to credit demand …