independent.ie/national-news … 63521.html
THE number of ‘ghost’ housing estates stands at 2,700 – four times higher than thought, according to the first official government estimate.
This means that taxpayers face an even bigger bill for the mess caused by developers and the banks.
Ghost estates are defined as those that contain unfinished, unoccupied, or partially occupied house and apartment blocks.
The first government-ordered audit of how many such estates exist has now revealed the extent of the problem. A previous estimate, earlier this year, calculated there were 621.
Indo is gone to the dark side.
THE number of ‘ghost’ housing estates stands at 2,700 – four times higher than thought, according to the first official government estimate.
This means that taxpayers face an even bigger bill for the mess caused by developers and the banks.
Ghost estates are defined as those that contain unfinished, unoccupied, or partially occupied house and apartment blocks.
The first government-ordered audit of how many such estates exist has now revealed the extent of the problem. A previous estimate, earlier this year, calculated there were 621.
Perhaps some of the hacks are studying the Pin as a source of stories
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October 4, 2010, 12:07pm
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Ghostestates.com is undergoing its biggest ever revamp since Streetview launched last thursday. It will be a blinding sea of red by this time next week.
The Indo article has a 100K empties figure floated:
Looks like the Cuffe report is seeking to ignore the obvious again.
Hope they don’t find out about Ghostestates.com - it could make them look a little silly!
It’s really, really important to look at the methodology about this report.
Namawinelake has a post on his website about how the DKM, UCD, CIF and NIRSA reports were compiled.
They’ve all measured different things.
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