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© The Irish Times |
04 Jan '21 |
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Department of Finance seeks views on funding of new homes
The review comes as the supply of new homes remains weak, with the output for 2021 expected to considerably lag demand, which continues to rise, with mortgage approvals hitting record figures in Novem - Subscribe |
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© The Irish Times |
04 Jan '21 |
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Economists predicted a Covid property collapse. It hasn’t happened
The answer is simple. Those who bore the brunt of the Covid hit, those who lost their jobs and livelihoods in such large numbers, were in relatively low-paying service jobs and were not part of the ho - Subscribe |
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© The Irish Times |
01 Jan '21 |
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Alpha Real Capital in €21m deal for Dublin social housing portfolio
The prospect of immediate rental income copper-fastened by the security of a 25-year government lease is understood to have seen strong interest in the sale of Project Haven, a portfolio of approximat - Subscribe |
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© The Irish Times |
21 Dec '20 |
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Pat Farrell: Idea that only councils should build social housing is nonsense
All such arguments do is distract from the real answers, leading to the cancellation of plans to deliver homes at Oscar Traynor Road and elsewhere.
Given the seriousness of the housing crisis, we n - Subscribe |
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© The Property Week |
20 Dec '20 |
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RTB Rent Index shows clear and consistent drop in the growth rate for the third quarter in 2020
The Q3 2020 RTB Rent Index shows the national year-on-year growth rate has remained below 2% for two consecutive quarters for the first time since late 2012.On an annual basis, rents grew nationally b - Subscribe |
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© Irish Independent |
20 Dec '20 |
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DEAL: Nasdaq company sells its Dublin office for $1.5m
QAD sold its Castlewood House property in Rathmines. It was used by its "Precision Division", which provides global trade management software solutions. - Subscribe |
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© The Property Week |
20 Dec '20 |
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Daft.ie: Old challenges re-emerge in the housing market
RONAN LYONS: It may seem like a decade ago but just one year ago, at the end of 2019, I wrote about a sales segment in Ireland's housing system that was, in my words at the time, "by and large, in bal - Subscribe |
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© The Irish Times |
20 Dec '20 |
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Gavin Wyley appointed as RGRE’s head of residential development
Wyley said: “My role is both to deliver on the current pipeline and to pursue new residential opportunities to supplement our existing land bank. I’m very aware of the structural shortfall in the - Subscribe |
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© Irish Independent |
16 Dec '20 |
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Yew Grove sells €2.4m of ‘non-core’ properties
These transactions increase the company’s yearly rent roll to €11.3m and reduce the vacancy by estimated rental value (ERV) to 3.9pc from 7.2pc of its portfolio. - Subscribe |
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© The Irish Times |
16 Dec '20 |
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Commercial property sector demonstrates resilience in face of Covid-19: Fergus O'Farrell of Savills
With one of the lowest urbanisation rates in Europe (at 63 per cent), and with Dublin experiencing the fastest population growth of any city in Europe, it makes a compelling case for further internati - Subscribe |
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© The Irish Times |
16 Dec '20 |
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Questions posed by Covid-19 will frame our approach to business in 2021: Aidan Gavin of Cushman & Wakefield
I believe the questions retail faced in the wake of Covid-19 will also mean repurposing becoming a big theme as investors seek to “future proof” their assets from an event of this scale again. - Subscribe |
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© The Irish Times |
16 Dec '20 |
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Resilience shown in 2020 paves way for robust recovery: Myles Clarke of CBRE
Although yields in sectors such as retail, hotels and student accommodation understandably softened, it has been interesting to observe the resilience of yields in sectors such as industrial, offices - Subscribe |
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© The Irish Times |
16 Dec '20 |
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Retail parks seize opportunity presented by High Street’s difficulty: Rod Nowlan of Bannon
There is little doubt that the rebasing of the sector generally will attract new investors wishing to get ahead of the recovery. This will probably manifest as loan trades first with a focus on fundam - Subscribe |
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© The Irish Times |
16 Dec '20 |
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Better year in prospect for 2021 as range of European investors eye Ireland: Kenneth Rouse of BNP Paribas Real Estate
The development of prime logistics space on a speculative basis only began relatively recently, meaning demand is still outstripping supply in this sector leading to rental growth and yield compressio - Subscribe |
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© The Irish Times |
16 Dec '20 |
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The office has a definite future but it will be more flexible: Marie Hunt of CBRE
As opposed to a dramatic fluctuation in rental values, we are more likely to see more generous incentives and greater flexibility being built into office leases for the foreseeable future. - Subscribe |
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© The Irish Times |
16 Dec '20 |
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Property investors weigh the longer-term impact of the Covid lockdown: Adrian Trueick of Knight Frank
Dublin’s exposure to the international IT and pharma sector has cushioned the economy from the worse impacts of the pandemic and will support the property market as we come out of the crisis. These - Subscribe |
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© The Irish Times |
16 Dec '20 |
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2020: An unprecedented year for the investment market: John Moran of JLL
Investor demand for logistics is at record levels, as are yields which are now sub-5 per cent in Dublin. Activity in this area is only constrained by a lack of supply, and I expect a lot of investors - Subscribe |
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© The Irish Times |
16 Dec '20 |
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Dublin's private rented sector the standout performer of 2020: Ken MacDonald of Hooke & MacDonald
The sale of 146 residential units by Flynn & O'Flaherty at the Phoenix Park Racecourse in Castleknock to Ires reit for €60 million, a forward sale of 94 apartments by Winterbrook at Harbour Road, Da - Subscribe |
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© The Irish Times |
16 Dec '20 |
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Supply will be biggest obstacle for private rented sector in 2021: Tim MacMahon of Knight Frank
Forward-funding deals which are driving the European PRS market could play a key role here where the sponsors on the land side are deemed to be institutionally-suitable counterparties. - Subscribe |
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© The Irish Times |
16 Dec '20 |
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The Top 10 commercial property deals of 2020
1. Cualanor apartment portfolio €200m 2. Bishop’s Square €182m 3. Fitzwilliam 28 €170m 4. Prestige apartment portfolio €145m 5. Baggot Plaza €141m 6. Blackwood Square apartment portfolio - Subscribe |
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