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This week’s vital property news: Bertie Ahern blames 'Joe and Mary Soap' for the financial crisis

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Bertie Ahern has claimed the financial crisis was caused by ‘Joe and Mary Soap’ getting too many property loans. The former taoiseach blamed the easy availability of loans during the boom years and said that “everybody started living on credit”.

Houses sold out from under deposit-givers 

People who had paid deposits for new houses in an estate in Finglas have found out that the developer has since sold on the houses to Dublin City Council for social housing.

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Think you go all out when it comes to decorating your house for Christmas? Check out this pub in New York that spends €60,000 putting up Christmas decorations.

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And Finally…

Galway charity Cope is asking for landlords to make their properties available to families in crisis at under market value, instead of making a financial contribution to their charity this Christmas.

Read: This week’s vital property news: controversial Dublin development is rejected

Also: This Victorian mid-terrace in Donnybrook is for sale

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