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© Irish Independent |
19 Feb '25 |
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Exempting ‘back-garden homes’ from planning rules part of Government plan to increase housing
Cabin-style homes in back gardens are to be exempt from planning rules under new Government plans.
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© The Irish Times |
19 Feb '25 |
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Call for emergency housing plan as private rented sector grinds to a halt
Hooke & MacDonald: The construction of apartments for Ireland’s private rental market is almost at a standstill, with just two large schemes in Dublin’s docklands now nearing completion. That’s - Subscribe |
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© The Irish Times |
19 Feb '25 |
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DEAL: Bovale secures €44.6m from sale of Dublin Central Logistics Park at the junction of the M50 and M2
Having already secured in the region of €50 million from the sale of the 47.92-hectare Killamonan Business Park to Iput Real Estate, developer Mick Bailey’s Bovale Developments has completed the d - Subscribe |
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© Business Post |
19 Feb '25 |
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SCSI president calls for unity amid housing crisis and urges Government action on infrastructure
Kevin Hollingsworth said the annual median national rate of inflation has stabilised and called on the government to seize the opportunity that offered - Subscribe |
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© Business Post |
19 Feb '25 |
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Higher housing targets should be welcomed as Ireland attracts global investment
Government bodies/local authorities and housing associations have been the main buyers of new housing stock as they can acquire at levels higher than investors can justify in the current market, accor - Subscribe |
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© Business Post |
19 Feb '25 |
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Tax breaks for developers? Michael O’Flynn doesn’t want them
Rather than ‘nonsense’ tax breaks, the Cork developer called for increased government oversight on property valuations
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© Business Post |
19 Feb '25 |
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Housing Commission members welcome renewed interest in report
Commission member Michael O’Flynn said Micheál Martin acknowledged the government hadn’t had a ‘huge look’ at its 258-page report - Subscribe |
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© The Irish Times |
14 Feb '25 |
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DEAL: Ravelin secures two new tenants at Citywest office block Ciarán O’Connor of Colliers
Ravelin Properties Reit has signed two new leases at 3022 Lake Drive in Dublin’s Citywest Business Campus, covering a total area of 1,147sq m. Kone Ireland, the Irish subsidiary of the global lift a - Subscribe |
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© The Irish Times |
13 Feb '25 |
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DEAL: Private investor pays €1.71m for industrial Unit 5, Sandyford Park
Unit 5 was fully let to Festo Limited on a 35-year full repairing and insuring (FRI) lease from April 1ST, 1992. New owner in line for 8.76% yield on the south Dublin 712sq m investment. Stephen Conwa - Subscribe |
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© Business Post |
10 Feb '25 |
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Officials call developers to crisis talks after housing target collapse
Officials were also told the government’s target of 40,000 new homes was never achievable and that there was no sectoral research in the middle of 2024 - Subscribe |
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© Business Post |
10 Feb '25 |
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Google strikes deal to rent Boland’s Mill apartments to frontline workers
Lawyers at the tech giant have reviewed the proposal for years to assess if it was possible to rent the homes specifically to teachers, nurses and gardaí - Subscribe |
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© The Irish Times |
10 Feb '25 |
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DEAL: RKD Architects take third floor of The Eight Building on Newmarket Square Dublin 8
CBRE and Knight Frank are actively marketing the remaining 29,000 sq ft across three floors, targeting tenants for spaces starting at 3,000 sq ft, with typical floor plates of approximately 16,000 sq - Subscribe |
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© The Irish Times |
10 Feb '25 |
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‘Everything was fields when we moved here’: Adamstown, a 20-year-old Dublin town
In 2006, she bought a four-bedroomed house at Adamstown for €500,000 and moved from Clondalkin with her family.
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© The Irish Times |
10 Feb '25 |
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Why are so many properties derelict in Dublin city centre during a housing crisis?
There are only about 130 sites on the register, about half in the central postcodes of Dublin 1, 2, 7 and 8, roughly the area between the Royal and Grand canals. If this number seems low, the council - Subscribe |
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© The Irish Times |
10 Feb '25 |
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When your chance of owning a home depends on whether your parents do, the system is rigged
New minister James Browne inherits a challenging brief – on the one hand trying to meet the needs of society, and on the other grappling with the demands of a development industry that always wants - Subscribe |
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© The Irish Times |
10 Feb '25 |
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Dublin’s vacant buildings: ‘It’s my property, I’ll do whatever I want with it’
“There should be a requirement for all properties to have a registered owner with the Land Registry – it shouldn’t be an onerous process to say you are the owner of a property and provide your p - Subscribe |
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© The Irish Times |
10 Feb '25 |
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Taoiseach signals possible end to Rent Pressure Zones by end of year
Mr Martin said on Sunday that the Government would explore an alternative to RPZs between now and the end of the year when they are due to expire.
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© Irish Independent |
10 Feb '25 |
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‘Something’s got to give’ – Warning Trump factor could cause ‘much-needed correction’ in Irish housing market
'The market needs a correction. My layperson’s view is that the orange man in America will cause it,' said Philip Farrell of proptech firm Offr. - Subscribe |
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© Irish Independent |
10 Feb '25 |
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New mortgage start-up, Núa, puts pressure on traditional lenders with interest rate cut
Núa Money, which started mortgage lending here only last year, is dropping its rates by up to 0.75 percentage points.
Núa is a mortgages start-up backed by the Allen beef barons of Wexford.
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© Irish Independent |
09 Feb '25 |
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More than 40pc of tenants in Dublin’s prime property market are tech workers – Owen Reilly
The new data was released as part of Owen Reilly’s annual report for 2024, amid growing concern that US president Donald Trump’s trade war could have an impact on jobs in Ireland’s technology se - Subscribe |
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