The latest on Belarus, vacant properties and the HSE cyber attack
By Órla Ryan
Tuesday 25 May 2021, 8:50 AM
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Updated May 25th 2021, 8:50 AM
GOOD MORNING. Here’s all the news that you need to know as you start your day.
Housing
1. Irish banks and vulture funds are understood to have hundreds of properties on their books lying vacant,
According to the figures supplied to
The Journal, three of the country’s main banks have around 600
vacant properties on their books, though some are sale agreed.
Last week, the government scrambled to roll out measures to clip the wings of the investment funds buying up hundreds of properties and locking regular buyers out, we also heard that a vacant property tax could be on the cards – years after campaigners called for it.