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18 Dec '18 |
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Overestimating demand may lead to new ghost estates being built, economist warns
Research by Savills chief economist John McCartney shows the number of demolitions is far lower, and they are mainly in rural areas where demand for housing is low. No more than 4,100 units a year are - Subscribe |
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18 Dec '18 |
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DEAL: Google acquires another 7,430sq m in docklands with South Bank House and the Warehouse
Situated on Barrow Street, South Bank House was completed in 2006 and provides over 5,750sq m of grade A offices. The Warehouse sits on the waterfront to the rear of South Bank House and comprises a 1 - Subscribe |
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18 Dec '18 |
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DEAL: U+I acquires 2.8-acre site on the South Circular Road for undisclosed sum
The company announced it had acquired the White Heather industrial estate on the South Circular Road in Dublin 8 on Monday. The site comprises seven warehouse buildings and a three-bedroom period home - Subscribe |
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18 Dec '18 |
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Cashback mortgages could cost borrowers ?30,000 more
Cashback mortgages have increased in popularity in recent years, with lenders such as Bank of Ireland, Permanent TSB and EBS offering a proportion of a mortgage back in cash. - Subscribe |
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17 Dec '18 |
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New company, Intravia Capital, aims to front peer-to-peer building loans
"Our policy is to seek out the 'niche' quality development market, with experienced developers, who can deliver quality development that can provide a fair return for all stakeholders." - Subscribe |
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17 Dec '18 |
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Starwood Capital links up with Urbeo to create ?1bn Irish build-to-rent platform
Urbeo, founded by Frank Kenny and Bill Nowlan, says it is focused on ??matching investor needs for long-term, stable returns with those of tenants to build stable and sustainable communities of renta - Subscribe |
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17 Dec '18 |
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Overseas landlords retreat from UK property market
The overseas share of the London rental market fell by 4.7 percentage points in the past two years alone, which Ms Beveridge partly ascribed to the effects of the Brexit referendum on the pound. - Subscribe |
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17 Dec '18 |
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Make houses cheaper: Government urged to reduce rate of VAT on new houses
In a letter to the Minister for Housing Eoghan Murphy, Mark FitzGerald, a PII council member, said that ??while this may have the effect of marginally increasing the return on some sites that are alr - Subscribe |
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14 Dec '18 |
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FF seeks mortgage rate cap as part of stability agreement
The Irish Independent has learned Fianna Fáil representatives discussed ways of tightening the rules around how much interest homebuyers can be charged when they met with Central Bank officials in re - Subscribe |
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14 Dec '18 |
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Nama apologises to O??Flynn brothers over leaked information
Nama??s lawyers told the High Court on Thursday that the agency ??wishes to express its sincere regret to the O??Flynns that this should have happened?, while Mr Farrell??s representative also a - Subscribe |
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14 Dec '18 |
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Profits at Savills up 4% to ?5m on 2017 turnover of ?46.7m down from ?47.8 m in 2016
Pretax profit grew 4.16 per cent to ?5 million in 2017 from ?4.8 million the previous year, aided by a fall in the company??s costs to ?41.7 million from ?43.1 million over the same time peri - Subscribe |
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13 Dec '18 |
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New builds account for less than 8% of social homes
Figures released by the Department of Housing show just 601 were built across the Dublin region, the area of greatest social housing need.
A total of 18,781 ??additional housing solutions? have - Subscribe |
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13 Dec '18 |
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Dublin renters paying ?156 more a month than last year: Residential Tenancies Board
Despite the imposition of price controls across much of the country in 2016, rents continue to rise by double-digit percentages across the cities of Dublin, Limerick and Waterford, the figures from th - Subscribe |
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12 Dec '18 |
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DEAL: Kelly Walsh sells portfolio of creches for ?7.2m
Most of the creches are located in south Dublin, with one in Wicklow. These are Park Academy at Beacon South Quarter, Sandyford; Tullyvale in Cherrywood; Eden Gate Centre in Greystones; The Park in Ca - Subscribe |
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12 Dec '18 |
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Irish Life set to get planning permission to redevelop Hume House
Irish Life looks set to obtain planning permission to redevelop its Hume House office block on Pembroke Road in Dublin 4. Its latest proposal seeks to increase the size of the permitted development - Subscribe |
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11 Dec '18 |
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Hines ?1.1bn spend on 3,000 apartments: Thousands of new homes in scheme - but none for sale
Hines plan to build 1,269 apartments in Cherrywood town centre to the south of the capital, the first of a total of 3,000 they intend constructing in Dublin at a likely cost of ?1.1 billion.
The - Subscribe |
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11 Dec '18 |
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Housing Minister wants shift to longer-term rental leases
What is needed is a shift in the mindset that sees renting as short term. Given that they are looking for long-term returns, institutional landlords such as Hines and APG could be the ones to bring th - Subscribe |
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11 Dec '18 |
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Luas Cross City leads to property price jumps in Dublin 7
??It??s had a huge effect,? said Ciaran Jones, manager of DNG Phibsboro. ??The question [from perspective buyers] is: where is the Luas?? Paul Lappin of Lappin Estates in Phibsborough said ther - Subscribe |
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10 Dec '18 |
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Tech firms dominate Dublin office space take-up
And while Savills believes this year will be a record-breaking year for office take-up, 2019 is expected to be a tighter year for new supply.
New office completions of 210,000 sq m will be delivere - Subscribe |
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10 Dec '18 |
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Una Mullally: Dublin council may waste a golden opportunity in the Liberties
I wonder is it a coincidence that these two super-depots are proposed for two of the poorest areas in Dublin? I wonder how you??d get on proposing a super-depot in Ranelagh? - Subscribe |
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