© Irish Independent |
14 Aug '17 |
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90pc of properties are selling for different sum to the asking price
Just five out of 65 properties offered for sale on website Daft.ie in early March sold for the asking price, an analysis shows.
More than half, 34 or 52pc, sold for higher prices, and 26 were lower - Subscribe |
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© Irish Independent |
14 Aug '17 |
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Letter to Indo: Sales of family homes raise taxing issue that needs addressing
The individual person should not expect to reap the financial reward (in its entirety) due to local infrastructure/population improvements in their local area often funded/supported by the State. - Subscribe |
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© The Irish Times |
14 Aug '17 |
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Construction activity still on the up despite dip in optimism
Ulster Bank chief economist Simon Barry: ??Firms reported another substantial increase in new business flows, reflecting a greater availability of projects ?? a signal that offers considerable encou - Subscribe |
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© The Irish Times |
14 Aug '17 |
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Requests for non-refundable ??holding deposits?? on rise
Landlords asking prospective tenants to pay non-refundable ??holding deposits? in order to secure leases in Dublin is becoming more and more common. - Subscribe |
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© The Irish Times |
14 Aug '17 |
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First application made for Cherrywood development
The application for 242 apartments and 80 houses by William Neville & Sons comes just days after the council changed the planning scheme for the Cherrywood Strategic Development Zone (SDZ) to allow sm - Subscribe |
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© Irish Independent |
14 Aug '17 |
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Nama and developers facing multi-million bill for unused land
Since establishing its vacant site register earlier this year, council officials have found 385 sites in Dublin city that have lain idle for over a year, and which they deem suitable for either housin - Subscribe |
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© Irish Independent |
11 Aug '17 |
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Is the property market 'at middle stage of upturn'?
The latest quarterly commercial property monitor from the Society of Chartered Surveyors Ireland (SCSI) found that only half of members nationally believe that the property market is at the middle sta - Subscribe |
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© Irish Independent |
11 Aug '17 |
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'Apartment market is trading at unattractive prices for investors'
Ires Reit, has warned that the prices now being paid by investors for blocks of apartments to serve the rental sector are excessive.
Commenting on the outlook for the property market in its latest in - Subscribe |
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© Irish Independent |
11 Aug '17 |
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Carrots have failed to get houses built... it's time to use the stick
But it's not just the 'Stabilising Rents, Boosting Supply' scheme that appears to be such an abject failure. Earlier this week, the Irish Independent revealed that developers and local authorities had - Subscribe |
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© Irish Independent |
11 Aug '17 |
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Builders refusing to commit to affordable homes as prices rise
Builders of just 16 housing schemes have told local authorities they plan to reclaim development levies in return for providing homes at 'affordable' prices to low and middle-income families in 2016 a - Subscribe |
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© Irish Independent |
11 Aug '17 |
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Families priced out of property market as a third of income needed for mortgage
The EBS DKM Irish Housing Affordability Index notes that "in that time a definite deterioration in affordability has become apparent across all regions of the State".
The proportion of disposable or - Subscribe |
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© Irish Independent |
11 Aug '17 |
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Renters unable to afford to buy, with property prices expected to continue rising
Of the landlords that took part in last month??s survey on the rental and housing market in Ireland, 70pc said that they had not put up the rent on their properties in the past twelve months. - Subscribe |
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© The Irish Times |
11 Aug '17 |
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Michael Stanley, Cairn Homes: RT? site ??once-in-a-lifetime chance??
The traditional August builders?? downing-of-tools has been cancelled at Marianella ?? and at five of Cairn??s other eight active sites ?? as the company races to meet hard deadlines. The first bu - Subscribe |
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© The Irish Times |
11 Aug '17 |
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Cairn rejects Brexit approaches for apartments
Cairn Homes has received bid interest from private rental companies for an apartment block it is building in Dublin??s docklands, as commercial landlords eye an opportunity to lease accommodation to - Subscribe |
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© The Irish Times |
10 Aug '17 |
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Rents set to keep rising, State??s biggest private landlord says
Profits at Ires Real Estate Investment Trust (Ires Reit) surged 25 per cent to ?33.3 million in the first six months of the year, on the back of higher rents and a jump in the value of its propertie - Subscribe |
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© The Irish Times |
10 Aug '17 |
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Vacant property owners turn down ?32m grant scheme
The Government is considering whether to introduce a tax on vacant homes to encourage their owners to bring them back into use. - Subscribe |
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© The Irish Times |
10 Aug '17 |
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Tech workers avoiding Ireland as rental crisis bites
The rejection rate among candidates living overseas to relocating to Ireland has nearly doubled in the past year, with many deciding to either remain at home or locate to a different European city. - Subscribe |
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© Irish Examiner |
09 Aug '17 |
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Fire safety concerns over 16-storey building plan in Dublin
Residents in north Dublin have raised fire safety concerns regarding the height of a 16-storey building that Gerry Gannon wants to build at Station Square in Clongriffin. - Subscribe |
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© Irish Independent |
03 Aug '17 |
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Revealed: How many secured approval for mortgage - but couldn't find a home to buy
"Both approvals and draw downs are clearly rising, but a mismatch is now opening up as approvals grow at a faster pace," said economist with Goodbody Stockbrokers, Dermot O'Leary. - Subscribe |
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© The Irish Times |
30 Jul '17 |
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July 26: JLL Property Index finds market generated overall returns of 2.4% in last quarter
Significantly, according to Hannah Dwyer, head of research at JLL, overall capital values have increased by 82.6 per cent since the bottom of the market but still remain 40 per cent lower than at the - Subscribe |
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