Some interesting early New Year commentaries on the housing market from Goodbody Stockbrokers and Daft.ie:

http://www.independent.ie/opinion/comment/vacant-site-levy-should-be-coveneys-new-years-resolution-for-housing-35336924.html

http://www.daft.ie/report/q4-2016-daft-house-price-report-2016.pdf