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03 Jul '24 |
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Reintroduction of planning permission appeals may reduce legal challenges to large developments
The paper concludes that the strategic housing development process was “significantly faster compared to the processing time for large-scale developments before 2017 in cases where judicial reviews - Subscribe |
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© Irish Independent |
03 Jul '24 |
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Housing demand may be significantly below Simon Harris’s 50,000-a-year target, ESRI report says
Housing demand may be significantly below the 50,000 homes a year Taoiseach Simon Harris promised to deliver when he was elected as Fine Gael leader earlier this year – potentially setting the count - Subscribe |
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© The Irish Times |
03 Jul '24 |
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CBRE: What impact will remote working have on the future of Dublin city centre?
Colin Richardson: an increasingly digitalised world will lead to a broader mix of buildings within the confines of the city over the next 10 to 15 years.
More ‘living sector’ property, ie, priv - Subscribe |
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© The Irish Times |
03 Jul '24 |
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DEAL: Quanta Capital in €20m deal for prime Grafton Street retail investments
Quanta has acquired numbers 69 and 72 Grafton Street from Irish property company Iput on behalf of the Goldstein Icav. The two properties are understood to have been guiding at a total of €20 millio - Subscribe |
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© The Irish Times |
03 Jul '24 |
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Who is buying a home in Ireland today? The changing profile of first-time buyers
According to Central Bank of Ireland data, the typical first-time buyer is 35 – the highest age on record. Not only that, but almost half of first-time buyers (44 per cent) are older than 35. This r - Subscribe |
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© The Irish Times |
03 Jul '24 |
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Knight Frank: Dublin office market to experience further boost in activity by year-end
Total market vacancy will peak close to year end at between 16 per cent and 17 per cent. The underlying vacancy rates by city centre location and building type/sustainable credentials are more complex - Subscribe |
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© The Irish Times |
03 Jul '24 |
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House builder Cairn Homes announces new €40m share buyback scheme and interim dividend
Michael Stanley: “The current ill-health of the rental market perhaps remains a greater challenge for our economy and growing population. Privately funded replacement stock, particularly apartments - Subscribe |
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© The Irish Times |
03 Jul '24 |
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New report raises questions about State support for one-off housing
A new paper published by the Department of Public Expenditure has raised questions over whether the State should continue to provide the current level of financial support for one-off houses, mainly i - Subscribe |
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© The Irish Times |
03 Jul '24 |
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Dublin is second most expensive city in Europe to build apartments
The survey of construction costs, compiled by the SCSI and Trinity College Dublin, found the cost of building an apartment in Dublin was €2,363 per square metre, just over €300 higher than the ave - Subscribe |
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© The Irish Times |
03 Jul '24 |
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Revolut plans Irish mortgages launch in first half of 2025
The market has received a fresh injection of competition this year, with ICS Mortgages lowering rates and easing lending restrictions, and Moco, owned by Austrian bank Bawag, making inroads into the m - Subscribe |
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02 Jul '24 |
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Johnny Ronan faces setback in attempt to regain control of prized Dublin assets
Eleven of the developer’s properties were put on the market in May by receivers and now the bidding process has entered a new phase - Subscribe |
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© Irish Independent |
02 Jul '24 |
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‘Antiquated’ process of selling houses is causing delays and could have negative impact on market, say experts
Director general of the Law Society Mark Garrett said the process is antiquated, overly complex and can involve up to 15 interdependent parties as well as dozens of documents.
“A delay at any poi - Subscribe |
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© Business Post |
02 Jul '24 |
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Housing Commission member blasts minister’s ‘inaccurate’ comments
UCD professor Michelle Norris: “I would like to say it isn't accurate to claim that 80 per cent of the Housing Commission recommendations are underway in any meaningful sense.” - Subscribe |
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© The Irish Times |
01 Jul '24 |
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Cathy Sweeney: Almost everyone I know who rents in Ireland is now desperate to find a way out of it
There is no direct correlation between “home” and “ownership” in Germany. Renting is not considered second-best, but a viable alternative, with no stigma attached, all quite at variance with t - Subscribe |
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01 Jul '24 |
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Why the main shareholder in Ireland’s biggest private landlord has given up after 10 years
WITH AVERAGE RENTS of €1,800 a month, a portfolio of thousands of apartments and essentially full occupancy, surely things should be going well for Ires REIT, Ireland’s biggest private landlord? - Subscribe |
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© Irish Independent |
26 Jun '24 |
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Widow sued by a Greg Kavanagh development firm challenges planning to build homes
Oonagh Stokes says she is a neighbouring landowner who enjoys rights-of-way over the site of the proposed development at Inchanappa South, Ashford, Co Wicklow. - Subscribe |
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© The Irish Times |
26 Jun '24 |
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DEAL: Private investor in €3m deal for site jointly occupied by Emo Oil and Value Van Rentals on the Old Airport Road
That price equates to €1.67 million per acre and represents a significant increase on the €900,000 per acre paid by the UK-headquartered industrial developer and asset manager Chancerygate for an - Subscribe |
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© The Irish Times |
26 Jun '24 |
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DEAL: McGarrell Reilly pays over €8m for former Siemens site in Sandyford, Dublin 18
The approval, which was given under the terms of the now-defunct Strategic Housing Development (SHD) or fast-track planning process, provides for the construction of 190 build-to-rent apartments distr - Subscribe |
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© The Irish Times |
26 Jun '24 |
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DEAL: Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown council in €18m deal for prime residential lands, the Brennanstown Plot, in Cabinteely
The price being paid by the local authority represents a significant discount on the €35 million which had been sought originally by CBRE when it brought the 29.4-acre site to the market on behalf o - Subscribe |
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© The Irish Times |
26 Jun '24 |
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Retention of cap will jeopardise future investment, Hooke & MacDonald says
“It was acceptable when it was at 4 per cent, but once it changed to 2 per cent, overnight the whole equation changed,” Ken MacDonald says, arguing that the cap is proving to be damaging to invest - Subscribe |
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