One suspects Simon Harris underestimates the challenge involved in countering the middle class’s jaundiced attitude to investing. It is understandable. The Minister for Finance was only a few years old when the wheels came off what, until that point, had ... See more
“We have seen enormous innovation across residential and commercial real estate over the last decade, and it has been exciting to be part of many of those success stories. But there is one area of the built environment that still feels materially underbui... See more
Within a couple of weeks of exactly this time two years ago, the lead-in to a blockbuster $4.9 billion M&A deal involving a Japan-based acquirer of a national public homebuilding enterprise practically wrote itself: “A top-five-ranked U.S. homebuildin... See more
The recent report by the Law Society on Ireland’s justice system caused quite a stir. Rightly so. It should be a cause for concern when it takes three times longer than elsewhere in Europe for a case to make its way through the courts here. In the wider c... See more
A Friday-morning news report suggesting that the Trump administration is exploring an antitrust probe into U.S. homebuilders landed with its intended shock value. The implication? Washington, having rattled its saber, may be preparing to treat large build... See more
