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24 Apr '25 |
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Newton Emerson: Downsizing is fine in theory. In reality, it’s rearranging property deckchairs on the Titanic
In the real world, developers are compelled by economics to build three-bedroom semidetached houses. Little else is available to prospective buyers across Ireland, north and south. Regulation pushes d - Subscribe |
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24 Apr '25 |
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Dublin apartments aren’t viable for developers. Here’s why, and how to fix it, according to CBRE
Insights from CBRE, CIF and Hines Ireland on what it will take to make apartment building viable again - Subscribe |
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24 Apr '25 |
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Investors eye up Irish properties as rents forecast to keep rising – Cushman & Wakefield
Over 90pc of respondents said they intend to invest in the Irish private rental sector within the next three years while nearly 60pc favoured student accommodation. About 30pc are targeted on social h - Subscribe |
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24 Apr '25 |
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DEAL: Cosgrave Property Group sells Swift Square offices at Northwood, Santry Demesne to Camgill Conway for €30m
They are fully let and at the time they were launched on the market in June 2024 they were generating a combined contracted rent of €4,193,179 per annum. Joint selling agents Hooke & MacDonald and S - Subscribe |
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24 Apr '25 |
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Activists against Ballymore development speak out as submission deadline looms
A local campaign group has said the application for a development of some 341 residential units in Bray is “frightening” and is “all about the manipulation of flood zones”. - Subscribe |
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24 Apr '25 |
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Ballyboggan master plan will govern redevelopment of 77 hectare of land at Dublin Industrial Estate
The majority of the land is in private ownership but the council said it would be working with the Land Development Agency and would consider land acquisition if there was “unreasonable delay” in - Subscribe |
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23 Apr '25 |
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15 or 20 ways of building houses’: Ciaran Mullooly’s EU vision for fixing Ireland’s housing crisis
Carol Tallon meets Ciaran Mullooly MEP, the newly appointed vice-chair of the EU Special Committee on Housing to break down the EU’s likely crisis response - Subscribe |
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23 Apr '25 |
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Pat Gunne poised to make London office market splash with first purchase
3RE Capital Ventures, which Mr Gunne officially launched after he and his business partner Stephen Vernon sold Green Reit to Henderson Park for €1.34 billion in 2019, is set to acquire 11 Baker Stre - Subscribe |
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© Irish Independent |
17 Apr '25 |
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Kennedy Wilson and Axa refinance $510m of Irish PRS loans in market test
One of Ireland’s biggest private-sector landlords, Kennedy Wilson, has refinanced loans backed by 1,689 Irish apartments in a move that highlights investor interest in the battered private rental se - Subscribe |
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17 Apr '25 |
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Twenty six landlords have more than 500 units each in Ireland
The Revenue figures also showed that 186 individuals, companies, or entities had property tax liability for 50 to 99 houses or apartments.
A further 80 paid LPT for ownership of between 100 and 199 - Subscribe |
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17 Apr '25 |
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Officials warned of ‘uncertainty’ in housing completions outlook
New information has come to light on disputed building forecasts in files showing housing officials believed the target of 40,000 new homes would not be met until 2025, a year later than Government cl - Subscribe |
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17 Apr '25 |
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Dublin industrial estate to be redeveloped for 6,000 homes
The vast tract of land stretches from the Finglas Road in Glasnevin to the east, Ratoath Road at Ashtown to the west, Cabra to the south and Tolka Valley Park, which separates Cabra and Finglas, to th - Subscribe |
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17 Apr '25 |
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Jack Chambers criticises people who object to housing on basis it affects their ‘area’s character’
Jack Chambers, Minister for Public Expenditure and Infrastructure, said there were countless examples across the country where the broader public good was being frustrated by objections that were nebu - Subscribe |
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17 Apr '25 |
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70% of Dublin’s ‘new’ private rented sector housing has no sustainability rating – Rachel McGinley of CBRE
We see an opportunity for more landlords to protect and enhance the value of their assets by seeking to achieve a BREEAM In-Use ‘excellent’ credential on the buildings they currently own and opera - Subscribe |
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17 Apr '25 |
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DEAL: Three new tenants sign deals for offices at Two Grand Parade in Dublin 6
FFH Management Services Ltd have taken the fourth floor. Korea Development Bank have taken a lease on the penthouse of the front building. McKinsey & Company have taken a lease of about 5,000sq ft on - Subscribe |
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17 Apr '25 |
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Buying a house with a life interest, whereby someone is already living in it, is a risk but it can pay off
“If the life tenant does not survive long after the purchase, it will have worked out well for the purchaser. If the life tenant lives to be Ireland’s oldest lady, you might not have done so well, - Subscribe |
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© The Irish Times |
17 Apr '25 |
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ECB set for quarter point cut as property prices continue to rise at 8%
A decline in the number of homes sold in February largely failed to arrest rising home purchase prices, the Central Statistics Office (CSO) said on Wednesday, with house and apartment prices rising by - Subscribe |
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© Irish Independent |
14 Apr '25 |
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Plan for €615m ‘super’ credit union’ to compete with banks in mortgage market
They are to jointly offer mortgages from next month in a move that is set to deepen the sector’s influence in the home loans market. The new product, Credit Union Mortgage, means there will be a sta - Subscribe |
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© The Irish Times |
14 Apr '25 |
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Housing Minister James Browne: ‘If we don’t get this right over the next four to seven months, we’re going to be in serious, serious trouble’
How will the revised National Planning Framework (NPF) help achieve the new housing targets? It recognises we need 54,000 new homes per year out to 2040, and you can zone for 50 per cent on top of tha - Subscribe |
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14 Apr '25 |
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Una Mullally – No grand designs: Why are so many new buildings in Dublin ugly?
The vast majority of new housing developments in Dublin city are objectively terrible. Irish apartments are already mostly awful. Many have thin walls, featureless corridors, unimaginative design, ins - Subscribe |
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