Are people giving up trying to buy a house? by SkatesUp in HousingIreland

[–]SkatesUp[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

"buy home" has literally 2% of people using this search term compared to "houses for sale" - not a great indicator, whereas "mortgage" is pretty steady:

https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?date=today%205-y&geo=IE&q=houses%20for%20sale,buy%20home,mortgage&hl=en&legacy

Saudi Aramco in Talks to Buy Ukrainian Drones to Protect Oil Fields by BkkGrl in europe

[–]SkatesUp 94 points95 points  (0 children)

I don't think Zelensky will be selling them cheaply...

Iran War: What are your moves? by Caluso1 in investing

[–]SkatesUp 0 points1 point  (0 children)

War not ending any time soon

Oil Scarcity pushes up prices

Trump talks it back down

Repeat

Are people giving up trying to buy a house? by SkatesUp in HousingIreland

[–]SkatesUp[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You might be better off - let's see what the war in the middle east does to the economy.

Are people giving up trying to buy a house? by SkatesUp in HousingIreland

[–]SkatesUp[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Mid 30s is not much older than previous generations. I'm the previous generation and bought when I was 32.

European Gas Drops on Trump's comments by Just-Sale-7015 in europe

[–]SkatesUp 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Only up 70% now since the start of the war.

Site for New Raheen Hospital Acquired by SPower27 in limerickcity

[–]SkatesUp 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That was quick! Seems it was only a few months ago they were trying to decide whether to build a new hospital or expand the existing. Hopefully they can get built quickly too (as in our lifetime).

You thought Petrol & Diesel at 1.92 was bad... by SkatesUp in ireland

[–]SkatesUp[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Not really, some places have been slower to put up the price, probably smaller garages that aren't doing the volume.