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17 Mar '25 |
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Planning data throw harsh glare on housing crisis
Looking at the most recent period – the final three months of 2024 – the figures are even worse, with the number of homes approved down 38 per cent on the same period in 2023. - Subscribe |
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© The Irish Times |
17 Mar '25 |
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As many as 40,000 retail premises could be converted into homes with right incentives, lobby group says
The abolition of capital gains tax (CGT) on the sale of retail premises could lead to 20,000 of these being converted into housing, it has been claimed. In addition extending the vacant property refur - Subscribe |
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© The Irish Times |
17 Mar '25 |
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Coalition’s housing solutions warrant a degree of cynicism
Glenveagh chief executive Stephen Garvey: “You need ways of controlling costs,” he said. “You need capacity, which is land, services and infrastructure. And you need capital.” Deliver those th - Subscribe |
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© The Irish Times |
17 Mar '25 |
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DEAL: Swedish embassy relocates to new offices in Kildress House on Pembroke Row
The embassy has taken the entire second floor of the building for its diplomatic and consular operations and is understood to be paying a rent of about €53.50 per square foot. Kildress House is owne - Subscribe |
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© The Irish Times |
17 Mar '25 |
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DEAL: Private investor pays €3.15m for 36-37 Harrington Street and Archbishop Byrne Hall, Dublin 8
The price paid represents premium of 26 per cent on the €2.5 million agent Colliers. Located at the junction with Synge Street, the property extends to 986sq m (10,616sq ft), sits on a site of 0.23 - Subscribe |
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© The Irish Times |
17 Mar '25 |
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DEAL: Karl Whelan restaurant and The Hot Box Sauna complete Bolands Mills urban quarter line-up
The Hot Box Sauna will occupy 4,000sq ft in Unit 7. The 6,000sq ft restaurant will feature canal-side dining, and emphasise local, seasonal and sustainable ingredients. - Subscribe |
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© The Irish Times |
17 Mar '25 |
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Seán Moncrieff: The estate agent quoted a jaw-dropping figure for what he thought our house would go for
The reverberations of the housing crisis are felt everywhere. We guessed we probably wouldn’t have too much trouble selling the house, but finding one to buy would be extremely tricky. At the time o - Subscribe |
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© Irish Independent |
07 Mar '25 |
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DEAL: Co Meath residential site achieves double its guide price
n what is claimed to have been the first auction sale of development land in the country for 2025, a parcel of 4.24 acres at Summerhill, Co Meath, was bought by a local builder for double its guide pr - Subscribe |
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© The Irish Times |
07 Mar '25 |
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Co-housing project for over 55s could ‘free-up’ thousands of family homes
CCI, which has about 20 interested members mortgage-free and homeowners, has identified a site in Dublin 6. It plans to develop about 20 A-rated homes in a self-contained development, which could incl - Subscribe |
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© Business Post |
05 Mar '25 |
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Owen Reilly launches Irish Estate Agent Academy
The move is designed to combat apprentice frustration at not gaining professional experience on the job, "to equip aspiring and experienced agents with the tools, strategies, and confidence needed to - Subscribe |
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© Business Post |
05 Mar '25 |
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Cairn and Glenveagh tapped into the state’s need for affordable housing – now Ires Reit wants in too
Ireland’s largest landlord feels it can start delivering cost rental homes if government tweaks a €750 million scheme set up for the private sector - Subscribe |
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© The Irish Times |
05 Mar '25 |
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DEAL: No 2 Dublin Landings office block which sold for €106 million in 2018 is about to change hands for €50 million
The price being paid by German investor MEAG represents a 53 per cent fall in value and some €10 million less than the €60 million which had been sought by agent Savills when it brought the prope - Subscribe |
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© The Irish Times |
05 Mar '25 |
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Ronan Group Real Estate secures planning permission for capital’s tallest building
The building’s height surpasses the 82m (269ft) of Marlet’s 22-storey College Square office and apartment scheme in Dublin city centre and is taller than Kennedy Wilson’s 22-storey Capital Dock, - Subscribe |
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© The Irish Times |
05 Mar '25 |
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Is the answer to Ireland’s housing crisis more apartments?
Cairn Homes boss Michael Stanley says Ireland has an irrational fear of apartments“I hear it on radio shows, in newspaper articles . . . it’s the greatest piece of misinformation that’s put out - Subscribe |
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© The Irish Times |
24 Feb '25 |
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Fast fashion finds itself overtaken in Irish market
The UK fast fashion giant pulled the plug Thursday on its entire Irish network of 26 stores across Dublin, Cork, Galway, Wicklow and Letterkenny. Quiz, another fast fashion group, decided earlier on T - Subscribe |
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© The Irish Times |
24 Feb '25 |
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Ronan Lyons, Michael O'Flynn, Dermot O'Leary: Reference rents not the solution to the challenges in Ireland’s rental sector
Nine months after its release, the recommendations of the report of the Housing Commission are finding new prominence in the context of recent comments from the Taoiseach about the need to attract int - Subscribe |
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© The Irish Times |
24 Feb '25 |
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Dublin City Council refuses permission for development on Terenure College lands
The scheme on Fortfield Rd, Terenure, comprises 265 apartments and 19 four-bed houses with the apartments located across four blocks with one block rising to six storeys. - Subscribe |
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© The Property Week |
24 Feb '25 |
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Daft.ie Rental Report Q4 2024, Year in Review
This latest Daft.ie Rental Report shows that, once again, rents are rising almost everywhere in the country. Over the course of 2024, rents rose in 52 of the 54 markets covered in the country. This ma - Subscribe |
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© Business Plus |
23 Feb '25 |
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Glenveagh and Dublin City Council set for crunch talks over Oscar Traynor development
Councillors invited by Glenveagh to the Coolock site were told that ripping up and relaying 400 foundations would cost the developer €6 million. Stephen Garvey, the chief executive of Glenveagh, tol - Subscribe |
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© Irish Independent |
23 Feb '25 |
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Eoin O’Malley: Dublin Docklands project can act as a masterplan for Ireland’s housing solution
The government parties are at odds over the suggestion by Taoiseach Micheál Martin that there could be a review of the legislation on Rent Pressure Zones (RPZs), or rent controls.
He suggested the - Subscribe |
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