This post uses Census and CSO data to estimate how many mortgage-holders in each county are faced with ‘unexpected unemployment’. Nationwide, almost 7% of mortgage holders are dealing with unemployment, a figure that could rise to 10% if the Live Register hits 500,000. Louth in particular and Leinster more generally are the worst affected areas.
Filed under: 1 Irish Economy | Tagged: irish property market, louth, manyeyes, negative equity, recession | 12 Comments »
A review of the IMF’s April 2009 World Economic Outlook, and an analysis of the fastest growing – and contracting – economies of 2009. The 2009 economic growth in Africa and Asia is welcome, and growth (albeit weaker) in China and India indicates the beginnings of self-sustaining domestic demand in those economies.
Filed under: 2 World Economy | Tagged: 2009, afghanistan, africa, asia, baltic, botswana, brazil, bric, china, congo, economic growth, estonia, ethiopia, hong kong, iceland, imf, india, iraq, japan, laos, latvia, lithuania, luxembourg, manyeyes, myanmar, qatar, recession, russia, seychelles, singapore, taiwan, timor leste, turkmenistan, ukraine, uzbekistan, world economic outlook | 5 Comments »
On Monday the latest daft.ie report came out, showing that asking prices had fallen just over 4% in the first three months of the year. Yesterday, I changed focus on the blog a little, as it was Budget day, and tried instead to put some numbers on what a potential property tax could raise. Today, [...]
Filed under: 3 Property Market | Tagged: 3 Property Market, australia, canada, case shiller, cavan, cork, denmark, donegal, dublin, economist, esri, esri house price index, france, galway, germany, hong kong, ireland, irish property market, irish-property-prices, italy, japan, leitrim, limerick, manyeyes, mayo, munster, netherlands, new zealand, property, property-prices, singapore, sligo, south africa, spain, sweden, switerland, tipperary, uk property, uk property market, us property, waterford, westmeath, wexford | 1 Comment »
As those who’ve checked out/had to put up with my many word clouds on various different topics from Wicklow genealogy to Barack Obama will testify, I’m always looking for new ways to present data and information. For those with similar interests, a useful tool in that regard is Manyeyes, a free data visualization service offered [...]
Filed under: 3 Property Market | Tagged: carlow, daft, daft.ie, data visualization, donegal, ireland, irish-property, irish-property-prices, kilkenny, laois, limerick, longford, manyeyes, property, property-prices, sligo, tipperary, waterford, westmeath | 4 Comments »
