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13 Sep '17 |
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The high price of independent high-street shops
??The food/hotel trade has been able to flourish over the past few years because their VAT rate was reduced to 9 per cent, but nothing has been done to assist the retail trade. We feel there should - Subscribe |
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13 Sep '17 |
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Kennedy Wilson wants to add 3,000 residential units in Ireland
KWE??s Peter Collins said: ??We would have ambitions to significantly grow that, mostly through building units. I??d be disappointed if we didn??t have 5,000 units in the medium term in Ireland. T - Subscribe |
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13 Sep '17 |
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CI? seeks partner to develop Connolly Station site
The site, which could accommodate a major mixed-use scheme of 68,284sq m (735,000sq ft), is being offered by way of a development agreement subject to an annual site licence fee, followed by the highe - Subscribe |
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13 Sep '17 |
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UK firm Card Factory to open six shops in Ireland
Card Factory has secured units at Northside Shopping Centre, Drogheda Town Centre and the Courtyard Shopping Centre in Newbridge, along with high-street stores in Ashbourne, Dún Laoghaire and Naas. - Subscribe |
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13 Sep '17 |
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[Selfish] Public culture is ultimately to blame for lack of houses
Michael O??Loughlin: This is not a crisis, this is a permanent, structural condition, one which has been carefully planned ?? or rather, carefully and deliberately left unplanned, for a complex mixt - Subscribe |
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13 Sep '17 |
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CSO: House price inflation accelerates to 12.3 per cent
The latest official figures from the Central Statistics Office (CSO) show property price inflation is now running at 12.3 per cent, its fastest pace in over two years. - Subscribe |
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13 Sep '17 |
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Builders ??can??t make viable profit?? on ?320,000 apartments
The report, which assesses the cost of building, finds that while it is easier for builders to construct affordable suburban housing estates, it is still only ??marginally viable? for them to do so - Subscribe |
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© The Irish Times |
12 Sep '17 |
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Majority of Irish colleges would consider joint ventures for student accommodation: Knight Frank
A Knight Frank survey of third-level institutes has found that many colleges expect the acute shortage of campus student accommodation to get worse due to more international students being diverted to - Subscribe |
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12 Sep '17 |
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Lidl on Grafton Street?
Lidl is set to open its first store on the country??s most expensive retail street this Thursday, September 14th, as the German low cost retailer looks to bring its fashion brand upmarket. - Subscribe |
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12 Sep '17 |
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Supply of homes for sale in urban areas now ??critically low??: Sherry FItzGerald
The number of housing units for sale in the State fell 9 per cent to 25,100 in the 12 months to July, according to an analysis by Sherry FitzGerald, the country??s biggest estate agent. - Subscribe |
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12 Sep '17 |
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Cairn Homes founders put ?25m-plus stake on market
Chief executive Michael Stanley, his brother, Kevin, who is the company??s chief commercial officer, and Scottish accountant Alan McIntosh have hired Goodbody Stockbrokers to place the 15.65 million - Subscribe |
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11 Sep '17 |
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The price of Brexit: two valuation systems for properties?
This was among the views expressed by Lorna Colley, who is undertaking the Property Doctorate research programme as part of The KPMG/Irish Independent Property Excellence Awards programme. - Subscribe |
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11 Sep '17 |
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Rate of growth in building sector at 29-month low
The rate of growth in the Irish construction sector is at its slowest in 29 months, dragged down by a continuing decline in civil engineering activity.
The figures indicate that infrastructure constr - Subscribe |
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11 Sep '17 |
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Coveney jumps the gun to support Cork project
Any minister, no matter what their portfolio or constituency, should surely allow a local authority to decide on the merits or otherwise of any plan before expressing a view, particularly a positive o - Subscribe |
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11 Sep '17 |
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Buyers priced out of Dublin into commuter belt, figures show
MyHome.ie, has analysed the Property Price Register for the first six months of the year and found that sales nationally climbed by 8.4 per cent in the first half of 2017 when compared with the same p - Subscribe |
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11 Sep '17 |
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Louth council acquires 35 vacant houses by compulsory purchase
Appeals against the process go to An Bord Pleanala (ABP) which he says usually holds a hearing within six weeks and gives a decision within a further month. To date there have been three appeals, two - Subscribe |
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© The Irish Times |
11 Sep '17 |
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Mortgage-to-rent scheme to keep people with arrears in homes
One person familiar with the scheme said that the investors providing the finance would be guaranteed a steady, State-backed return over 30 years, whereas families will be enabled to stay in their hom - Subscribe |
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© The Irish Times |
10 Sep '17 |
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Central Bank singles out cash buyers as key driver of house prices
Cash buyers of property are limiting the ability of the Central Bank to control house prices through mortgage lending rules, governor Philip Lane has said. - Subscribe |
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© Irish Independent |
10 Sep '17 |
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Returning emigrants add to housing pressure
More than 400 of Ireland's 'Lost Generation', many with significant cash savings for a down-payment on a new house, are returning home each week.
And these returnees are another "pressure point" push - Subscribe |
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© Irish Independent |
10 Sep '17 |
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AG clears way for forced sales of vacant homes
The Government has been given the green light to use controversial compulsory purchase order powers to force the owners of more than 180,000 vacant homes to sell or rent their properties, the Sunday I - Subscribe |
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