Estate agent Savills calls for Help-to-Buy threshold in Dublin to increase to €614,000 

Company is also calling for an easing of rent pressure zones, measures which 'although aimed at protecting tenants, have inadvertently discouraged international investors, leading to a decline in the development of new rental units'

Managing director of Savills Ireland Mark Reynolds with director of new homes Sarah Murray: the company has called for an extension of the Help-to-Buy scheme until December 2028.

Estate agent Savills Ireland has called for an extension of the Help-to-Buy scheme until December 2028 and for the threshold to be increased to €614,000 in Dublin in order to support new homeowners and “stimulate the housing market”.

During the last budget, the scheme was extended until the end of 2025. To qualify for the scheme, applicants must be a first-time buyer and the property must have been built since January 1, 2017.