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© Irish Independent |
23 Apr '17 |
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Mark Keenan: It??s time to stop faffing about and start treating this housing crisis like the emergency that it really is
We need to deal with the obscene situation whereby the State takes around 40pc of the price of every new home in taxes and charges. For a temporary period, we have to abolish all VAT on building and b - Subscribe |
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© The Irish Times |
23 Apr '17 |
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Jennifer O'Connell: ??Yes, folks, the boom is back. Just not for the likes of us??
Even at the best of times, there is something dispiriting about house viewings. All those vases of lilies and tables set for breakfast no one will ever eat, screaming that if you would fork out only - Subscribe |
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© The Irish Times |
23 Apr '17 |
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Planned 40-storey tower will be symbol of Cork, says Coveney
?100 million project by US company Time Square Construction and Development, involving Irish-American developer Kevin O??Sullivan and his brother, Donal, to be completed within three years once pla - Subscribe |
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© The Irish Times |
23 Apr '17 |
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Building Control Management System data shows just 2,076 homes built last year
In Dublin city, the most populous part in the State, just 68 scheme homes and apartments were completed last year. The figures stand in stark contrast to the Department of Housing??s official housing - Subscribe |
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© Irish Independent |
21 Apr '17 |
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Paul Melia: Using State lands and cutting VAT on new homes will help address housing shortage
Two figures revealed in the Central Statistics Office's 'Housing in Ireland' report set out the profoundly dysfunctional nature of the housing market. The first is that 3,308 apartment blocks dotted a - Subscribe |
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© Irish Independent |
21 Apr '17 |
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OPW plans office block at historic Collins site
The OPW plans to refurbish Spruce House and an adjacent laneway, and add a connected seven-storey office block to the rear of the historic building, which was once the dispensary and mortuary at the o - Subscribe |
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© The Irish Times |
21 Apr '17 |
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Paddy McKillen Jnr's Press Up to open several new boutique hotels
The short-term outlook is now about as good as it is going to get. The boom in tourism, which has supercharged city pubs, is at a critical juncture following the Brexit vote. UK tourists account for 4 - Subscribe |
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© The Property Week |
21 Apr '17 |
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Census 2016 Profile 1 - Housing In Ireland
The Central Statistics Office (CSO) today publishes the first thematic report of the Census 2016 results - Profile 1 Housing in Ireland. The results show that a total of 2,003,645 houses and apartment - Subscribe |
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© The Irish Times |
21 Apr '17 |
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Frank McDonald: Housing dysfunction is laid bare by CSO
Instead of focusing on first-time buyers, the Minister needs to recognise and accept that many people simply cannot afford to purchase property at inflated prices; they need to be catered for through - Subscribe |
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© The Irish Times |
21 Apr '17 |
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Vacant properties scheme may be expanded
He said one possible option was extending the Living Cities Initiative that applied in Dublin, Cork, Limerick, Galway, Waterford and Kilkenny to smaller towns across the country, such as Clonmel in Co - Subscribe |
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© Irish Examiner |
20 Apr '17 |
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Sky??s no limit for New Cork as 40-storey tower proposed for Port site
It may well now see a landmark development, including a signature or ??iconic?? tower up to twice the height of the 17-storey Elysian or Liberty Hall, and an overall investment ??well north of ?1 - Subscribe |
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© Irish Independent |
20 Apr '17 |
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Paul McNeive: Commercial property rates revaluations are proving controversial
I suggest that some of the problems arise from confusion among occupiers over the higher rental values. Values in 2015 are of course higher than in 1988, but they are now multiplied by a lower ARV, to - Subscribe |
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© Irish Independent |
20 Apr '17 |
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DEAL: Dun Laoghaire rents of ?30 per sq ft. hit 2007 levels
The letting of the fifth floor of Block 2 at Harbour Square in Dun Laoghaire to Recro Pharmacy - a subletting from supermarket giants Tesco - will see the tenant occupy a total of 385 sq m for a term - Subscribe |
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© Irish Independent |
20 Apr '17 |
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BNP Paribas Real Estate appointment
BNP Paribas Real Estate has announced the appointment of Kenneth Rouse as deputy managing director of its operations here in Ireland with effect from July 1 this year. - Subscribe |
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© Irish Independent |
20 Apr '17 |
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?100m ISIF-backed joint venture bankrolls four office developments
A funding platform that's a joint venture between the Ireland Strategic Investment Fund (ISIF) and US-based Quadrant Real Estate has contributed to loan facilities totalling ?238.4m used to bankroll - Subscribe |
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© Irish Independent |
20 Apr '17 |
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Apple site objector may stall Amazon's ?1bn plan
Allan Daly, an engineer from Athenry, Co Galway, has argued that permission for the project should not be granted until the internet giant specifies precisely how much energy the campus will use. - Subscribe |
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© The Irish Times |
20 Apr '17 |
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Cantillon: no solutions and no clear stats on housing crisis
To make matters worse, we have no reliable statistics on what we??re currently building. The Department of Housing says about 15,000 new dwellings were constructed last year but this figure is rubbis - Subscribe |
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© The Irish Times |
20 Apr '17 |
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Cantor Fitzgerald investors set to buy interest in Carrickmines office complex
Cantor Fitzgerald is buying into four office blocks that are home to a variety of tenants in Carrickmines in Dublin??s south suburbs that Park Developments is selling for ?41 million. - Subscribe |
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© The Property Week |
20 Apr '17 |
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Irish house prices up nearly 11% in year to February
In the year to February, residential property prices at national level increased by 10.7%. This compares with an increase of 8.1% in the year to January and an increase of 5.4% in the twelve months to - Subscribe |
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© The Irish Times |
20 Apr '17 |
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Dublin estate agent must pay ?3,000 for refusing single mother
The WRC said those words used by the letting agent that the landlord was looking for a couple ??were sufficient to establish a prima facie case that prohibited conduct took place?. - Subscribe |
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