© Irish Independent |
08 Jan '12 |
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Quarter of house sales now paid for fully in cash
Edward Carey of the Society of Chartered Surveyors told the Sunday Independent that those with cash were able to drive prices down because of their ability to close the deal quickly. - Subscribe |
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© The Irish Times |
08 Jan '12 |
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Nama to pursue Dunne in court for ?100m
STATE ASSETS agency, Nama, is to pursue developer Seán Dunne in court for more than ?100 million in personal guarantees he gave to cover property loans from Irish banks during the boom. - Subscribe |
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© The Irish Times |
08 Jan '12 |
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UK court declares Grehan bankrupt
PROPERTY DEVELOPER Ray Grehan, who is being pursued by the National Asset Management Agency for hundreds of millions of euro in court actions in four countries, has been declared bankrupt in London. - Subscribe |
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© Irish Independent |
07 Jan '12 |
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More mortgages but lower prices
As we report in today's paper, 2012 is likely to be year of conflicting trends in the housing market. While new mortgage lending will probably increase from the extraordinarily low levels experienced - Subscribe |
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© Irish Independent |
07 Jan '12 |
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Buyers will return to house market but prices will keep falling -- expert
Karl Deeter of Irish Mortgage Brokers said there was likely to be a pick-up in property lending this year. But while houses will begin to sell again, prices should continue to fall, with drops of betw - Subscribe |
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© The Property Week |
06 Jan '12 |
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93 sale agreed/sold deals noted this week
including after five price cuts, 16 Marley Court, in Rathfarnham, a 4-bed detached house of 98sqm, last advertised at ?330,000. - Subscribe |
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© The Irish Times |
06 Jan '12 |
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NAMA ready to develop airport land taken from McNamara
The state loans agency, NAMA, is developing a major project near Dublin Airport after it placed a site owned by developer Bernard McNamara into receivership. - Subscribe |
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© The Irish Times |
06 Jan '12 |
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Builder digs archaeology as way to put down roots in Peru
?You end up falling in love with it,? admits Reynolds, whose $65 million project was held up for a year by the excavations. ?You become more interested than you ever were before in archaeology. It too - Subscribe |
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© The Irish Times |
06 Jan '12 |
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Nama public auctions unlikely this year
?You can certainly expect to see more apartments linked to Nama loans at auction in the coming year,? he added. - Subscribe |
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© The Irish Times |
06 Jan '12 |
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Lough Rynn hotel files Nama plan
Clement Gaffney, hotel director for owners the Hanly Group, said yesterday it had recorded a profit at the trading level. - Subscribe |
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© The Irish Times |
06 Jan '12 |
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Positive figures for Donnybrook Fair retailer
The group, which produces some of its own food, now operates smaller shops in Baggot Street and Stillorgan, Dublin; and Greystones, Co Wicklow. - Subscribe |
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© The Irish Times |
06 Jan '12 |
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Planning appeals board cut to four members
AN BORD Pleanála, the planning appeals board, has been reduced to just four members, none of whom is an architect, and there is no indication when further appointments will be made by Minister for the - Subscribe |
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© The Irish Times |
06 Jan '12 |
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Controversy over plans to redevelop Henry St corner
AN BORD Pleanála is due to decide soon on controversial plans to replace five individual shop buildings on the corner of Henry Street and O?Connell Street, in Dublin city centre, with a single retail - Subscribe |
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© The Property Week |
05 Jan '12 |
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This property's price history tells a story
Having started out in 2008 looking for ?295,000, the owner of this two-bed terrace in Rialto has now dropped the asking price to ?100,000. - Subscribe |
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© Irish Examiner |
05 Jan '12 |
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?150m project gets go-ahead at Beamish site
AN BORD Pleanála has given the green light for a ?150 million development, including a 6,000-seat event centre, on the site of Ireland?s oldest brewery in Cork city. - Subscribe |
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© Irish Independent |
05 Jan '12 |
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Onus is on occupier with payment rate of 95pc
Local authorities have no powers to fix the commercial rates but they do have the right to fix their own tax rates on houses known as the Council Tax. - Subscribe |
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© Irish Independent |
05 Jan '12 |
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Hope for mortgage holders as another rate cut on the way
New figures show that inflation in the 17-member bloc fell back in December -- meaning another cut in European Cental Bank (ECB) rates could come as early as next week. - Subscribe |
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© The Irish Times |
05 Jan '12 |
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Six reasons why the market will be slow to recover
Lorcan Sirr, lecturer in the Department of Real Estate in Dublin Institute of Technology: The National Institute for Regional and Spatial Analysis (NIRSA) at NUI Maynooth believes that the budget meas - Subscribe |
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© The Irish Times |
05 Jan '12 |
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Prices 'down 60%-plus'
Given the continued uncertainty of the market, and the probability that prices will continue to fall in 2012, what should people who still want to buy ? or sell? this year do? - Subscribe |
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© The Irish Times |
05 Jan '12 |
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Why the words 'property' and 'tax' spell trouble
Seán Byrne, lecturer in economics at Dublin Institute of Technology: The owner of a shoe-box apartment in central Dublin would pay more than the owner of a ?Mac mansion? in Leitrim with five bedrooms - Subscribe |
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