Ciarán Hancock
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I suppose good news that the price growth has slowed a bit.
If you're trying to buy, it's still six and a half percent.
It's still a punchy sum.
Mostly apartments, I presume, was it?
Historically, what level should it be at?
Yeah.
In your opinion, how many houses, new units do we need to build every year for supply to meet demand?
60,000.
60,000.
OK.
Of course, developers, they're always able to turn on and off the tap, aren't they, in terms of prices?
They could slow down.
This is the cynical view.
They could slow down house completions to suit themselves and to keep prices artificially high.
What would it be now for new homes?
We'll go into the rents in a moment.
But I just wonder, interested to get your view on this.
Today, Meta's informing staff here about job cuts, right?
Very unfortunate.
Our information is that 350 people are going to be let go.