Author

Date of Award

5-2026

Degree Type

Thesis

Degree Name

Honors Thesis

Department

International Business

First Advisor

Ronia Hawash

Second Advisor

Kuhelika De

Abstract

The housing market in Ireland has experienced such a great crisis in recent history that over a third of residents have considered moving to a more affordable country (Hogg, 2024). While a number of both causes and potential solutions have been analyzed in regard to this national crisis, I hypothesize that there has been a greater shock from external, global events in the COVID-19 pandemic and Brexit. In performing a regression on secondary data while controlling for macroeconomic factors that impact the housing market, I have identified a positive, significant association between these two exogenous shocks and their impact on demand and supply forces and the housing prices in the Republic of Ireland.

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