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© The Irish Times |
18 Aug '22 |
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Site value tax will restrict land hoarding and make housing cheaper, commission claims
One of the potential headaches is valuing land given the limited land database that exists, particularly in areas where there have been few transactions to act as a barometer. - Subscribe |
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© Irish Independent |
16 Aug '22 |
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End discrimination against small landlords
REITs have a distinct tax advantage over those landlords who are deserting the sector in droves. For example, local property tax is not a deductible tax expense for smaller landlords, and with rental - Subscribe |
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© Business Post |
16 Aug '22 |
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DEAL: Chatham and King development in Dublin 2 now fully leased
The major Chatham and King development adjacent to Grafton Street is now fully leased, through Savills & Bannon, after a tenant was agreed for the final unoccupied space, the 9,000 sq ft basement in t - Subscribe |
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© The Irish Times |
16 Aug '22 |
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Plans by Lioncor for apartments on Terenure College playing pitches turned down
The council turned down the scheme after concluding that due to its design and layout, with particular regard to the southern “servicing” access arrangement, it would endanger public safety by rea - Subscribe |
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© The Irish Times |
16 Aug '22 |
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Pat Farrell of Irish Institutional Property: Ireland needs a housing policy for five million people
Similar arguments are made against the development of build-to-rent apartment developments, but the proponents of those arguments are rarely called upon to explain themselves whenever respected resear - Subscribe |
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© The Irish Times |
15 Aug '22 |
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Paul Sheeran Jewellers to open six luxury watch ‘boutiques’ off Grafton Street
Mr Sheeran remains positive about the future of bricks and mortar retail in spite of the shift to ecommerce, which accelerated during the pandemic.
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© The Irish Times |
15 Aug '22 |
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‘The house was a mess, and the bill came to €9,000. It broke me’: Life as a small landlord
When your accountant tells you every year to sell the property, as it’s loss making, you wonder why you ever got involved. When young investors ask me should they invest in property, I advise them t - Subscribe |
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© The Irish Times |
15 Aug '22 |
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DEAL: Cubic Telecom agrees long-term lease for The Hive in Sandyford
The letting, by commercial real estate agency HWBC to the Irish software company, includes an option to expand. Cubic Telecom has taken out a long-term lease for almost 30,000sq ft of Sandyford office - Subscribe |
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© Business Post |
15 Aug '22 |
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Tech giants set to sub-let their surplus Dublin offices
New work-from-home policies, hiring freezes in Irish offices and wider tech sector lay-offs have overhauled the activity of tech firms in the Dublin office market, according to commercial estate agent - Subscribe |
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© The Property Week |
15 Aug '22 |
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Savills Dublin Development Land Report Q2 2022
DOWNLOAD FULL REPORT HERE >>> Land sales nationally totalled €194m in Q2, bringing year-to-date transactions to €276m. Despite the strong headwinds facing the sector, activity has picked up signif - Subscribe |
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© Irish Examiner |
15 Aug '22 |
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Rental availability hampered by post-pandemic return of properties to Airbnb
In its analysis, the Department of Housing said that the “vast majority of properties operating in the short-term rental sector are doing so without the necessary planning permission in place, contr - Subscribe |
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© The Irish Times |
15 Aug '22 |
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European office market faces biggest test since financial crisis
A recent survey by the UK’s RICS found that roughly half of the estate agents, surveyors and consultants from across Europe and the US who responded “view the market as having slipped into the dow - Subscribe |
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© The Irish Times |
14 Aug '22 |
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Tony Reddy: Why we’re not building enough affordable houses
Creating compact, sustainable residential communities is critical if we are to manage many of Ireland’s contemporary challenges. This requires architects, urban planners, landscape architects, engin - Subscribe |
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© The Irish Times |
14 Aug '22 |
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David McWilliams: Property is driving a dangerous wedge between those who own homes and those who rent
We need to intensify land use, accelerate building, penalise hoarding and encourage development of existing and potential sites. Planning for better land use means building denser communities. Above a - Subscribe |
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© Irish Independent |
12 Aug '22 |
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Major fears for mortgage competition after lender caps loans at two-and-a-half times salary
The move by ICS Mortgages to heavily restrict its lending is set to hand huge market power to AIB, Bank of Ireland and Permanent TSB.
They are already gaining from the planned exits of Ulster Bank - Subscribe |
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© Irish Independent |
12 Aug '22 |
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Charlie Weston: Watchdog has let big lenders off the hook and we will pay dearly for that
The mortgage business in this country is a particularly good case study of the impact of competition and what happens when competition weakens. All the more so as we have a small population.
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© The Irish Times |
12 Aug '22 |
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Mark Paul: This is not an attempt to play down the rental crisis.
It is not correct to state, as Daft does in its press release, that “nationwide, there were just 716 homes available to rent on August 1st”. It is such a stark and exact figure that it brings its - Subscribe |
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© TheJournal.ie |
12 Aug '22 |
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Tax breaks for landlords a 'good idea', but renters should get concessions too, says Varadkar
Tánaiste Leo Varadkar: “I know it may not be popular to say, but the truth is more and more landlords everyday are just selling up and have decided it’s easier to sell their property than to cont - Subscribe |
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© Irish Independent |
12 Aug '22 |
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IRES has effectively no vacancies, showing scale of demand
Irish Residential Properties REIT, Ireland’s largest private landlord, reported a rise in revenues in the first half of the year as occupancy levels rose to over 99pc.
The company reported net re - Subscribe |
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12 Aug '22 |
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Rent caps are fueling the rental crisis, says Pat Farrell of the Irish Institutional Property
On Newstalk, Pat Farrell: “What is, in my mind, accelerating this exodus which we have seen in the reports yesterday is the 2% cap on rent. People may say, well the 2% cap is providing relief for te - Subscribe |
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