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# housing affordability

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It's taking up to a third of a working couple’s income to pay the mortgage on their first home
People are suddenly being asked to pay a lot more for houses outside Dublin
We asked this expert if people were paying over the odds for property again
House prices are actually falling all over the country
'People are basically fleeing the city now': What sky-high rents are doing to Dublin