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© Sunday Tribune |
05 Sep '10 |
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Green planning minister bids for property tax up to €600
A BLOG by Green Party minister Ciaran Cuffe advocating the introduction of a property tax in direct contravention of party policy and the programme for government was removed from the web this weekend - Subscribe |
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© Sunday Tribune |
05 Sep '10 |
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Council seeks property chief
The country's land is facing largescale nationalisation via Nama – aside from the cost it's not a bad idea if it results in proper planning rules being introduced and followed – but Dun - Subscribe |
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© The Irish Times |
02 Sep '10 |
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Property tax makes sense - but voters hate it
While industry players such as Marie Hunt, director of research at CB Richard Ellis, now deem a move in this year’s Budget as “unlikely”, given the amount of preparatory work that would be needed befo - Subscribe |
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© The Property Week |
31 Aug '10 |
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HWBC Office Market Review
There are positive signs that the worst of the downturn is over for Dublin offices with new supply coming to a virtual standstill this year and a slowing in the rate of ‘grey’ space being - Subscribe |
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© Ireland after Nama |
31 Aug '10 |
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The data and evidence deficit in Ireland
Recent calls in the media focus on the creation of a house price database. We need much, much more than that. We need a comprehensive system for monitoring all elements of the property sector – hous - Subscribe |
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© Irish Independent |
28 Aug '10 |
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'I thought we had moved on from fearing landlords'
This week, Sligo residents are up in arms as an English absentee landlord attempts to claim their properties. But they aren't alone. Anita Guidera reports - Subscribe |
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© Irish Independent |
23 Aug '10 |
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Stamp duty yield down 95pc since boom peak
Figures obtained by the Irish Independent show that just €57m was collected on sales of residential property up until the end of July, with an additional €51m collected on transactions of non-resident - Subscribe |
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© Irish Independent |
22 Aug '10 |
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Country star in bitter row over €1m ghost estate
Mr Nerney -- once dubbed the "Golden Boy of Drumlish" -- bought the plot on a remote piece of land in Leitrim Cross, near his hometown in Longford, 10 years ago, for an estimated €70,000. - Subscribe |
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© Irish Independent |
22 Aug '10 |
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Knuttel puts home up for sale at €2.6m
THE country's most famous contemporary artist, Graham Knuttel, is selling his Georgian home in Dublin city. - Subscribe |
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© Sunday Tribune |
22 Aug '10 |
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Individual houses to be listed in property price database
A spokesman for the Data Protection Commissioner Billy Hawkes said he would be "very surprised" if the introduction of the database required a change to the existing data protection legislation. - Subscribe |
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© The Irish Times |
19 Aug '10 |
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Big move is abroad as market stagnates
The new wave of emigration is boosting business for removal companies, writes Gretchen Friemann - Subscribe |
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© The Irish Times |
19 Aug '10 |
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Fixer-upper prices fall as banks go cold on refurbishments
“If they’re not priced right, ‘fixer-uppers’ can be harder to sell,” admits Iris Keating, partner in Douglas Newman Good, who has several refurbishment projects on her books. - Subscribe |
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© The Irish Times |
19 Aug '10 |
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Are sealed bids creeping back?
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© Irish Independent |
17 Aug '10 |
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Investors may get €20,000 after villa tax gaffe
HUNDREDS of Irish investors who sold holiday villas and apartments in Spain during the property boom may be in line for a tax rebate of up to €20,000 after being illegally overcharged by the Spanish t - Subscribe |
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© The Irish Times |
13 Aug '10 |
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What's missing from Monopoly makeover
For a start, where’s Nama? If Hasbro really wanted to devise a property-based game that reflected Irish reality, it would have included some class of dubious financial experiment (possibly hidden with - Subscribe |
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© The Irish Times |
13 Aug '10 |
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A tailor-made house of music and mirth at the Burren's heart
In 1901 local tailors the O’Connors lived in the Ballyvaughan house now owned by Fintan O’Toole – it is thought of fondly in the area, though not everyone from that era is as well remembered - Subscribe |
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© The Irish Times |
12 Aug '10 |
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Kerry number one for home holiday renters
KERRY, then Galway are the two most popular counties with people staying at home for the holidays. A survey of the number of hits between April and June on the holiday homes section of property websit - Subscribe |
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© The Irish Times |
11 Aug '10 |
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Confusion about nature of property database
Alan Cooke warned against the PRSA providing only “generic information” ie the average price of houses area by area rather than a comprehensive register of all house prices. - Subscribe |
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© The Irish Times |
11 Aug '10 |
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Haunted by a troubled soul
When we moved into a railway cottage in Inchicore, built before the middle of the 19th century, little did we know that a previous occupant, one Alexander Morrow, had taken his own life in one of the - Subscribe |
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© Irish Independent |
11 Aug '10 |
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New database will reveal real sale price of properties
The move has been welcomed by the Irish Auctioneers and Valuers Institute (IAVI), which said it would help to tackle the "cowboys" and "fly-by-night" auctioneers and estate agents who had misled b - Subscribe |
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