This week is a full listener Q&A — ten real questions from people in the thick of buying a home in Ireland right now.

I cover: what to do when you're the only bidder and the estate agent goes silent on you. Why a bank can refuse your mortgage because of a management company — and what it means if yours does. Whether siblings can buy together and how you handle unequal repayments. Could global instability actually crash the Irish housing market? The bid-accepted-but-no-savings-left dilemma. Why there's been no buying strike despite prices being objectively outrageous. Why buying a car when you have AIP could cost you your mortgage. Whether renewing a fixed rate a year early was the right call. What a year in Australia does to your Help to Buy entitlement. And how to actually pick the right area to buy in — and what's worth compromising on.

No news this week. Just the questions that matter.

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This week I’m breaking down eight of the biggest housing stories in Ireland right now, from the madness of some counties having far more Airbnbs than homes to rent, to housing starts falling off a cliff, to the fact we still have nearly 60 ghost estates almost 20 years after the crash. I also get into the planning changes that might actually help ordinary people, what mortgage rate warnings could mean for borrowers, and why so much of the new supply still feels out of reach for normal buyers and renters.

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Heavy episode this week, yet again. I go into the horrendous new homelessness record, why the government’s "completions" number is misleading, and how most new homes are being swallowed by investors instead of sold to ordinary buyers.

I also talk about a shocking Wexford story where 36 eviction notices were handed out days before new rent protections kicked in; families left terrified while a developer tried to strong‑arm a taxpayer buyout.

It’s angry, it’s frustrating, and it matters. Tune in to understand what’s really going on and what you can do about it.

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