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HOUSING.
HOUSING.
Much has been written on this topic.
A recent government report (May 2024) lists a large set of policy recommendations: Report of the Housing Commission . A summary of the recommendations is here: Summary , and further government assessment here: Progress_Summary
The ESRI projections (July 2024) for future housing demand: ESRI Projections . Other aspects of the housing market (price and population trends, supply and demand comparisons, etc.,) are here: ESRI Studies .
A detailed analysis of the cost of housing provision by the Society of Chartered Surveyors Ireland is here: House Building Cost 2023. The cost (House Cost 2023), and breakdown (Breakdown of Cost ) is informative: House building and site preparation account for 50% of the overall cost.
HARD COSTS: House building cost, 39%, Siteworks within site, 3%, Site development 8%.
SOFT COSTS: Professional fees 2%, Levies 4%, Land and acquisition 15%, Sales and marketing 2%, Finance costs 5%, Margin 12%,VAT 11% (rounded to nearest percentage.)
TRADE
TRADE
Goods.
Ireland's exports of goods in 2022 was €208bn (Link ). Over €134bn (64% of the total) was chemicals and related products. Ireland's imports for 2022 was €144bn.
More details of exports and imports of goods, 2021 and 2022 (Goods trade )
Concentration is high with the top five exporters contributing 44% of exports. (Concentration )
Services.
Ireland's exports of services in 2022 was €339.6bn, and imports roughly the same (Services trade ).
Computer services accounted for €195.7bn (58% of the total). (CSO, Detailed breakdown )
The 5 largest exporting enterprises made up €125bn (49%) of total services exports in 2020.
The 5 largest importers made up €158bn (48%) of total services imports. (CSO: Service Trade Concentration )
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