{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/619faf1af8d4dc0013bca20f/6a85c05239e73ea8f33cbdf6?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"How many new homes does Ireland really need? ","description":"<p>The Government has introduced 46 tax measures since 2013 to stimulate house building here. Have they worked and do they represent good value for money for taxpayers?&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p>To help answer that question Ciaran Hancock is joined by Marian Finnegan, chief executive of Sherry Fitzgerald, Ireland's largest estate agent, and John McCartney, a property economics lecturer in TU Dublin, who spent 20 years working in the commercial property sector.</p><p><br></p><p>Together they debate a range of questions that are key to Ireland’s housing and property sector:</p><p><br></p><ul><li>How many new homes do we need per year to serve the needs of a growing population?</li></ul><p><br></p><ul><li>Are schemes like Help to Buy or First Home good value for money - or do they only serve to drive prices ever higher?&nbsp;</li></ul><p><br></p><ul><li>Is it possible to design new schemes to bolster homebuilding in areas outside Dublin, where needs remain unmet?</li></ul><p><br></p><ul><li>What is the true level of vacancy around the country and what does it tell us about housing need?&nbsp;</li></ul><p><br></p><ul><li>How healthy is the commercial property sector?</li></ul>","author_name":"Inside Business with Ciaran Hancock"}