The political decisions the Government is going to make in its imminent new housing plan will impact property valuations, residential and commercial, for years to come, auctioneers and valuers have said. Ms McGuirk, a former head of education at IPAV, said property valuations are a “critical element” of a properly functioning economy, with “much to be learned from the financial crash in advance of which property valuations were not taken seriously enough by lenders”. Sinn Féin spokesman on housing Eoin Ó Broin has said that the Government’s new housing plan, due to be launched in November, must prioritise ending homelessness by 2030. “The Minister for Housing James Browne is due to publish his new housing plan in the coming weeks,” he said. “To achieve this the plan must include a dramatic increase in funding for and targets for social and affordable housing.
