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19 Feb '26 |
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Indices differ on capital values for offices
The latest index from MSCI/ SCSI IPD shows that capital values for offices continued to slip in the last quarter of last year. In contrast, the latest index from estate agents JLL is more upbeat. - Subscribe |
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19 Feb '26 |
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CSO: Price of typical home up by more than €100,000 in last four years, with median price now at €387,000
Austin Hughes: “Property prices continued to rise strongly, even though purchases of new homes increased by 19pc in 2025. A slight drop in sales of existing homes highlights how hard it is to find p - Subscribe |
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19 Feb '26 |
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Ireland ‘back on radar’ for international housing investors, says Ires Reit boss
Eddie Byrne, Ires Reit CEO: Ireland is “back on the radar” for foreign sovereign wealth funds and insurance companies looking to invest in residential properties because of rental reforms coming i - Subscribe |
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19 Feb '26 |
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Footfall on key Dublin shopping streets 50pc below pre-Covid levels
Numbers were down 15pc in the first week of February compared to last year, according to a report for the business organisation DublinTown.
This is the continuation of a long-term slump, as the num - Subscribe |
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19 Feb '26 |
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Apple unveils new Dublin office and says ‘no barriers’ to more investment in Ireland
Cathy Kearney told the Irish Independent that a new high-end building in the tech giant’s Cork campus was “testament” to the company’s intent to deepen its roots in Ireland, as fiscal data sug - Subscribe |
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19 Feb '26 |
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Government pushes for apartment living in desperate bid to deliver housing
Martin’s qualified admission of failure is to be welcomed if it signals a genuine increase in the urgency with which Fianna Fáil and its Coalition partner, Fine Gael, intend to tackle the housing c - Subscribe |
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19 Feb '26 |
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New Homes selling agents predictions for 2026
Ivan Gaine, Sherry FitzGerald; Sarah Jane Kearney, DNG; Sarah Murray, Savills New Homes; Frank McSharry, Lisney Sotheby’s; David Lawlor, Hooke & MacDonald; Will Coonan, Coonan Property - Subscribe |
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19 Feb '26 |
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Has the Dublin office market turned a corner?
Iput said the capital raised from CBRE “represents the first step in a planned €500 million expansion” of its “prime office portfolio in Dublin’s city centre”. - Subscribe |
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19 Feb '26 |
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OpenAI seeks new Dublin headquarters with space for over 400 workers
The first of these is College Square, the landmark office scheme developed by Pat Crean’s Marlet Property Group in Dublin city centre, while the other is the Tropical Fruit Warehouse, developed by I - Subscribe |
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19 Feb '26 |
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24% rise in Dublin housing units built or under construction
The housing supply pipeline monitor will maintain that at the end of the third quarter last year, there were 35,864 houses and apartments with planning permission which were built or where constructio - Subscribe |
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19 Feb '26 |
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Councillors tried to zone 288 flood-prone sites for development in past six years
Kevin “Boxer” Moran, Minister of State: “I’m making this clear. I’m appealing to every local authority, particularly when the pressure comes on now, in terms of homes to be built; if a house - Subscribe |
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19 Feb '26 |
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The new short-term letting rules: has the tourism sector won at the expense of housing?
“The net effect of both of those would be to regularise or make permanent in the Irish housing system an already mostly-illegal mini-industry,” he says.
And to do so, he adds, would be at the e - Subscribe |
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19 Feb '26 |
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RGRE Grafton Ltd owns all six Harry Clarke windows in Bewley’s, Supreme Court says
“We are disappointed with today’s judgment. Our wish to transfer the Harry Clarke stained glass artworks into public ownership through a donation to a suitable institution can now no longer be ful - Subscribe |
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16 Feb '26 |
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Greater co-ordination needed to tackle lack of affordable housing, SCSI president says
Gerard O’Toole, president of the Society of Chartered Surveyors Ireland (SCSI): “Too often progress is hindered, not by lack of ambition but by fragmentation, not by lack of innovation but by dela - Subscribe |
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16 Feb '26 |
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‘There’s no humanity any more’: Homebuyers on ‘soul-destroying’ bidding wars
Concerns of ‘phantom bidding’ exist, but estate agents point to reality of scant supply and huge demand - Subscribe |
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13 Feb '26 |
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Sherry FitzGerald chief: ‘For 30 years ... all the government has focused on is first-time buyers’
“You shouldn’t be nervous if you’re investing €500,000 or more in a property that the bid against is real or not. The industry has to be transparent as possible.”
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12 Feb '26 |
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O’Flynn Group and AIB partnership passes ‘milestone’ of 6,000 homes
Developer Michael O’Flynn’s O’Flynn Group and lender AIB have reported a “milestone” of 6,000 homes financed since partnering to fund schemes in 2015.
A total of 531 homes completed at Co - Subscribe |
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12 Feb '26 |
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Colm Wu generates €11.7m from sale of three Dublin properties
Wu has sold three Dublin properties in recent times, the most valuable of which was a portfolio of properties at the Village Centre and River Centre in Ashtown, Dublin 15, which sold for €7.3m. - Subscribe |
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11 Feb '26 |
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ESRI: Ireland’s bidding system for homes ‘driving prices higher’
Deirdre Robertson: “Our findings also suggest that the most commonly used bidding systems encourage people to overbid, inflating prices.” - Subscribe |
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11 Feb '26 |
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Property roulette? A game loaded in favour of the estate-agent agenda
A game where the estate agent spins the wheel in one direction while seeking the best property for a buyer, and then spins a ball in the opposite direction to get the highest price for the seller. - Subscribe |
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