‘Bank of mum and dad’ is propping up south Dublin housing market
There is panic in the market as parents raid pension pots and lifetime savings funds to help children on the property ladder
Owen Reilly said buyers are getting gifts of up to €1m. Photo: Gerry Mooney
Niamh Horan
House prices in south Dublin are being propped up by the “bank of mum and dad”, according to one of the capital’s leading estate agents.
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