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20 Jun '19 |
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Who Invests in the Irish Commercial Real Estate Market? report from Central Bank
The dearth of hard data on the actual size of the market is illustrated by the wide gap between the two estimates provided, by MSCI (€26 billion) and Cushman & Wakefield (€48 billion). The report - Subscribe |
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20 Jun '19 |
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PAC to hear of ‘serious shortcomings’ in OPW property management
“The essential difference between the private and public sectors is that the private property sector seeks to maximise returns from property whereas the State views property as a necessary burden re - Subscribe |
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20 Jun '19 |
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ESRI in latest quarterly economic commentary urges more aggressive site tax to spur housing supply
Kieran McQuinn said taking the “speculative element” out of land prices was the quickest route to lowering construction costs, as labour and raw material costs are set to continue to rise over the - Subscribe |
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19 Jun '19 |
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US property giant set for €530m Irish office sale
Starwood Property Trust is understood to have hired commercial property agents CBRE and Eastdil Secured to sell the offices in central Dublin for about €530m. The portfolio could be placed on the ma - Subscribe |
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19 Jun '19 |
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CBRE appoints Bernadine Hogan and Johnny O’Connor to joint head of retail agency position
Ms Hogan and Mr O’Connor are taking over the role from Florence Stanley, who has stepped aside to concentrate on her work on the company’s executive committee, and to focus on servicing the needs - Subscribe |
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19 Jun '19 |
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MIXED RETAIL DEAL: Desmond House, Main Street, Maynooth sold for €1.4 million
Desmond House comprises a two-storey commercial premises which is occupied at ground-floor level by Picaderos Restaurant under a 10-year lease from September 5th, 2011 paying €45,000 per annum. - Subscribe |
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19 Jun '19 |
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HOSPITALITY DEAL: Davy investors acquire four-star Clonmel Park Hotel for about €5m
The price paid for the property represents a modest premium of €200,000 – or just over 4 per cent – on the €4.8 million guide price set by selling agent JLL when it brought the hotel to the ma - Subscribe |
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19 Jun '19 |
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O’Flynn issues stern rebuke to ‘cheerleaders’ of private rented sector
"The model means that they do not have to pay rent when their income reduces on retirement and they have an asset of value. On death that asset can give a financial leg up to their children.” - Subscribe |
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19 Jun '19 |
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McKillen jnr bucks market trend with sale of 52 units at Mount Merrion to owner occupiers
The development of the apartments represents the first phase in Oakmount’s plan to transform the overall 0.76 hectare (1.88 acre) site occupied by the former Flanagan’s furniture store and the adj - Subscribe |
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19 Jun '19 |
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New commercial property lobby group, Irish Institutional Property, won't run for the door
“Statistically, we are late cycle and now in the high probability of there being a downturn,” Brian Moran, managing director of US property group Hines’s Irish business, said at the launch of th - Subscribe |
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19 Jun '19 |
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Dublin City Council in talks with Nama over social housing at Glass Bottle site
Council Chief Executive, Owen Keegan warned the housing committee that developing the social housing on the docklands site would be an expensive task. - Subscribe |
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19 Jun '19 |
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Why the new Airbnb regulations are unlikely to work
Looking at planning applications for short-term lets with Dublin City Council over the past year, we found that, while the total number of applications were fewer than 20 (so landlords obviously are n - Subscribe |
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19 Jun '19 |
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Criminal prosecutions over rogue landlords unlikely, regulator says
Janette Fogarty, head of legal affairs at the RTB, which regulates the rental market, said the intention would be to pursue landlords in civil rather than criminal cases. - Subscribe |
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19 Jun '19 |
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City council seeks to increase building heights in docklands
Details of the increased building heights are contained in a revised development plan for the North Lotts and Grand Canal Dock district, which has been seen by The Irish Times. The city council has su - Subscribe |
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18 Jun '19 |
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Lidl suffers fresh blow as store expansion plan is blocked by appeals board
An Bord Pleanála has turned down plans by German discount giant Lidl for a second store in Ennis. RGDATA claimed that the proposal was an inappropriate large-scale development in an out-of-town locat - Subscribe |
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18 Jun '19 |
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CapVest founder Seamus Fitzpatrick objects to Glenveagh homes proposal on Shrewsbury Road
Consultants for managing partner and co-founder of the Mayfair based €4 billion equity group CapVest Seamus Fitzpatrick have claimed that house plans by Glenveagh Homes on Shrewsbury Road will resul - Subscribe |
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18 Jun '19 |
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Despite shortage, houses being left unsold
This raises fundamental questions about the cost of building a home in Ireland, a result of the cost of land combined with the productivity and cost base of the construction sector. An interesting asp - Subscribe |
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18 Jun '19 |
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Is Rebuilding Ireland Home Loan scheme open for business?
Government – and not just the current administration – seems to be constantly taken aback at the appetite for property purchase incentives. You really would think they had evolved to a more pragma - Subscribe |
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18 Jun '19 |
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We are building the wrong houses, in the wrong places at the wrong prices: Goodbody economist Dermot O’Leary
Though controversial, as it reduces supply for sale to home-buyers, though Goodbody argues that build-to-rent is now a key factor increasing supply. The problem is, however that the prices offered to - Subscribe |
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18 Jun '19 |
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Dublin councillors to limit sale of public land to private developers
Dublin City Councillors reached an agreement which will be council policy for the five years until 2024. They stated that State-owned land in Dublin must be used for public housing, and that the counc - Subscribe |
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