IRISH, UK AND U.S. HOUSE PRICES, 1975-2008
Apr 30th, 2011 by Conor McCabe
Irish exceptionalism is all the rage these days. I wonder, though, if the Americans and British point to the dramatic rise in Irish house prices after 1997 as the main cause of their housing bubbles? After all, the Irish people as a whole are responsible for these bubbles, no?
The graph for U.S. house prices is taken from the Financial Crisis Inquiry Report, p.86, available for download here.
Irish house prices are taken from the CSO, here.
UK house prices taken from here.
