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© The Irish Times |
14 Apr '10 |
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Irish Life portfolio to sell for ?52 million
Irish Life selling agent Colm Luddy of CB Richard Ellis originally sought a buyer in May, 2008, for Hambleden House, a mock Georgian office block at Lower Pembroke Street, along with Wilson House on F - Subscribe |
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© The Irish Times |
14 Apr '10 |
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Founder of Hughes & Hughes aims to reopen some bookshops
In addition to outlets in Stephen?s Green Shopping Centre, Dún Laoghaire and Nutgrove Shopping Centre in Rathfarnham, the chain had expanded its presence in the capital ahead of its collapse by openin - Subscribe |
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© The Irish Times |
14 Apr '10 |
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Nama appoints head of lending
(Nama) has appointed British banker Graham Emmett, former head of European property financing at Goldman Sachs, as its head of lending. Mr Emmett also worked at property company Delancey Estates. - Subscribe |
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© The Irish Times |
14 Apr '10 |
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Landowner awarded ?7.9m over repudiation
The judge accepted a valuer?s evidence that the land was valued at ?11 million in 2006, less the ?100,000 deposit paid by Trinity Property Holdings, and its current value was some ?3.2 million. - Subscribe |
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© Irish Examiner |
13 Apr '10 |
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Dublin house prices ?on the rise?
"In a sea of continued price declines in other markets and for other property types, these few micro-markets are important exceptions ? showing significant tightening in price due to strong demand," - Subscribe |
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© Irish Independent |
13 Apr '10 |
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Sisk claims Anglo agreed to pay builder's liabilities for ?10 fee
ANGLO Irish Bank has been accused of agreeing to pay a building company's multi-million euro liabilities on a major construction project on the basis of a paltry ?10 fee. - Subscribe |
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© The Irish Times |
13 Apr '10 |
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Morgan Kelly: The doom merchant
Jim Power, the Friends First economist who stood with the ranks of Kelly-bashers in 2006, publicly switched allegiance last year. Prof Brian Lucey, TCD?s genial finance pundit, regards Kelly as a sage - Subscribe |
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© The Irish Times |
13 Apr '10 |
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Bank suing Galway solicitors over security for property loans
The action is against Donal Downes, practising as O?Dea Company solicitors, Hardiman House, Eyre Square, Galway. The case related to alleged agreements of the defendant firm to act for the bank in con - Subscribe |
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© The Irish Times |
13 Apr '10 |
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Couple told to sell home within 6 months
The couple had borrowed ?210,000 from Secured Property Loans Ltd in 2007. Mr Justice McGovern described the borrowers in a separate order for possession as ?casualties of the property crash?. - Subscribe |
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© The Irish Times |
13 Apr '10 |
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Council pulls plug on swimming pools as money runs out
City manager John Tierney said the council would continue to seek ways of keeping the pools open but he warned that the funding situation was not promising. - Subscribe |
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© The Irish Times |
13 Apr '10 |
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Government will provide ?1.5m to fund network of youth cafes
The cafe funding scheme will be administered by Pobal (an intermediary that works on behalf of the Government to support social inclusion and equality), which will provide details on how to apply for - Subscribe |
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© The Irish Times |
13 Apr '10 |
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Council faces ?35m bill for 170 social and affordable homes
Director of housing Charles McNamara said the council offered finance to people who had been refused by two lenders. He also promised that if councillors agreed to go ahead with the plan to sell the p - Subscribe |
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© The Irish Times |
13 Apr '10 |
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Council votes to rezone land at Carrickmines for retail
The Carrickmines developer, Park Developments, had promised 800 jobs and a ?guaranteed? anchor tenant, as well as interest from other retailers should the motion be passed. The Cherrywood developer, D - Subscribe |
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© The Property Week |
13 Apr '10 |
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EMEA Office Rent Index sees first quarterly increase in downturn
Marie Hunt, Head of Research at CBRE, Dublin said: ?The industrial and retail sectors remained broadly flat in the first quarter, with little change in either rents or yields. The Irish market is firm - Subscribe |
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© The Property Week |
12 Apr '10 |
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PW (Dublin) property price indicators
The average asking price of a 2-bed apt is UP to ?265,787 (65.63 INDEX); of a 3-bed semi is UP to ?332,927 (67.70); and of a 4-bed det is DOWN to ?651,743 (61.21 INDEX). - Subscribe |
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© Irish Examiner |
12 Apr '10 |
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Retail Ireland urges landlords to cut rental costs
RETAIL Ireland, the IBEC group representing the sector, said over half of participants in a new survey believe the climate for the Irish retail sector continues to remain weak and could get worse. - Subscribe |
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© Irish Independent |
12 Apr '10 |
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Construction industry declines again -- but at a slower pace
Chief economist with Ulster Bank Simon Barry: "While the construction sector is lagging behind manufacturing and services, which are both now in the process of stabilising, at least the rate of contr - Subscribe |
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© The Irish Times |
12 Apr '10 |
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Noel Ahern: Warning against mortgage risks
I was Minister of State with responsibility for housing in the period 2002-2007 and I repeatedly warned against the abuse of these mortgages since First Active launched them in summer 2005. My particu - Subscribe |
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© The Irish Times |
12 Apr '10 |
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Solicitors told many new work opportunities will flow from Nama
Mark Barr, a specialist in commercial property with Arthur Cox solicitors, told the annual Law Society conference at the weekend that solicitors would be needed to represent Nama itself, the participa - Subscribe |
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© Sunday Tribune |
11 Apr '10 |
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Green light for Niall O'Farrell's building plan
'Dragons' Den' veteran Niall O'Farrell has been given the thumbs-up by An Bord Pleanála for a mixed-use development of shops and offices at Main Street in Blanchardstown village in west Dublin. - Subscribe |
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