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26 May '21 |
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Charlie Weston: Too many have to depend on getting an exemption to be able to buy a home
Around one in five borrowers are forced to get an exemption from tough Central Bank lending rules.
The lending limits were introduced in 2015 to stop a repeat of the reckless lending that ended in - Subscribe |
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© Irish Independent |
26 May '21 |
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Holiday homes in demand: How the pandemic has pushed up prices of staycation property
“Up until this time last year, demand for second homes [in Ireland] was very much coming from international buyers,” said Roseanne De Vere Hunt, head of country homes with Sherry Fitzgerald. - Subscribe |
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© Irish Independent |
26 May '21 |
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Hiberbia Reit reports €25m loss due to property revaluations
Kevin Nowlan: "While we recorded a net loss due to a modest decline in portfolio value, our continued high rent collection rates have helped deliver double-digit growth in EPRA earnings and dividends. - Subscribe |
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© Irish Independent |
26 May '21 |
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Half of 18 to 34-year-olds fear they won’t be able to buy home in next 10 years
New research undertaken by Behaviour and Attitudes for business group Ibec also shows there is strong support among the public for Government measures to improve the supply of affordable homes.
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© The Irish Times |
26 May '21 |
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Fingal council moves to begin development of 1,200 homes in north Dublin
The vote secures the disposal of public lands at Ballymastone, Donabate, to the developer Glenveagh Living and was supported by council management. It passed by 31 votes to nine. - Subscribe |
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© The Irish Times |
26 May '21 |
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DEAL: Arklow lands, a 99-acre site primed for residential-led scheme, sold for €3m
Having been brought to the market last October by Finín O’Driscoll of Knight Frank at a guide price of €1.95 million, the lands have just been acquired by an Irish builder for €3 million. The p - Subscribe |
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© The Irish Times |
26 May '21 |
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DEAL: Arrow Capital Partners acquire two Dublin logistics assets
Arrow’s latest Irish purchases consists of assets located at Fingal Bay Business Park off the M1 and Mygan Business Park in Finglas.
In the first instance, the company has secured ownership of th - Subscribe |
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© The Irish Times |
26 May '21 |
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Gerry Barrett’s Edward Capital secures approval for landmark Galway city development
Located on an eight-acre site adjacent to Ceannt Station, Augustine Hill, as it will be known, will include a mix of 229 apartments, a 130-bed hotel, a six-screen cinema, restaurants, retail and a cra - Subscribe |
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© The Irish Times |
25 May '21 |
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Mortgage rules create stable system but less home ownership
The other side of this equation – and of Ireland’s comparatively stricter rules – is a more conservative lending environment. The study shows the share of new mortgages with loan-to-income (LTI) - Subscribe |
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© Irish Independent |
24 May '21 |
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Richard Curran: The investment funds get to keep a stacked deck in housing market
The Government has taken a teaspoon to crack a nut – when a sledgehammer was probably what was required. New rules announced last week to prevent investment funds from buying up entire housing estat - Subscribe |
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© Irish Independent |
24 May '21 |
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Microsoft’s €1bn data centres and office site approved
US tech giant Microsoft has been given the go-ahead to build two giant data centres and a “landmark” office development at Dublin’s Grange Castle Business Park, potentially creating 130 jobs. - Subscribe |
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© The Irish Times |
24 May '21 |
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Frank McDonald: Struggle for supremacy over Dublin’s skyline continues
We now know that the board regards the difference between a 10-storey building – the maximum previously permitted – and a tower of up to 25 storeys, as provided under the amended planning scheme, - Subscribe |
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© The Irish Times |
24 May '21 |
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Property prices: How far off boom-era highs are they, and will they climb all the way back?
As of March 2021, prices in Dublin are 20.1 per cent lower than in the 2007 peak; outside the capital, prices are 17.3 per cent below the peak of May 2007. - Subscribe |
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© The Irish Times |
24 May '21 |
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Focus on ‘mixed tenure’ projects makes social housing target difficult to achieve
Draft laws to underpin on statutory basis the Land Development Agency, which aims to ease the provision of State lands for housing, will require at least 40 per cent of all housing built on public lan - Subscribe |
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© Irish Examiner |
23 May '21 |
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Major new planning application proposes 200 homes for Mahon, Cork
Clyde Real Estate Cork, headed by former Presidential candidate Sean Gallagher and investor Colm Piercy propose the construction of 204 apartments across three blocks ranging in height from five to se - Subscribe |
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© Business Post |
23 May '21 |
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Chris Connolly, Moran & Ryan LLP: Out of the frying pan and into the fire for commercial tenants?
As the economy reopens, businesses’ obligations on their rent arrears will require a comprehensive reassessment - Subscribe |
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© Business Post |
23 May '21 |
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DEAL: Agreement reached for lease on Baldonnell Business Park unit
Home Store + More and Mountpark Logistics EU have reached agreement on a lease for Unit C at Mountpark Baldonnell at the established Baldonnell Business Park in Dublin 22. This is the second letting b - Subscribe |
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© Business Post |
23 May '21 |
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Smaller foreign funds target second-hand homes around the country: Killian Woods
Funds such as FourLeaf Investments and Crown Capital aren’t interested in buying up entire housing estates but are hunting for second-hand homes – and giving Ireland the hard sell to prospective i - Subscribe |
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© Business Post |
23 May '21 |
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Coalition is scrambling for ideas as the housing crisis hits home
The housing crisis is a perennial topic of conversation in Leinster House – even in the car park. One politician pointed out the departing BMW of a young TD, who had recently been in the headlines c - Subscribe |
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© Business Post |
23 May '21 |
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State paid over €200m towards homes bought by cuckoo funds: Killian Woods
New information released by Home Building Finance Ireland (HBFI), a state agency, shows it provided hundreds of millions of euro in funding to developers building large-scale residential projects that - Subscribe |
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