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21 Nov '25 |
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Apartment standards case is latest challenge to hit Coalition’s housing crisis response
It might be a rushed attempt to backfill what should have been done in the first place. By replacing its own revised guidelines, the Government is trying to put in place a hastily constructed safety n - Subscribe |
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21 Nov '25 |
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BPFI: Sole borrowers make up nearly two-thirds of apartment mortgages
The size of mortgages taken out by first-time buyers also hit new highs in the first half of 2025 as they took out bigger loans than before. The average mortgages taken out by first-time buyers and th - Subscribe |
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20 Nov '25 |
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An Coimisiún Pleanála gives go-ahead for Clonskeagh student accommodation at former Smurfit Paper Mills
The development by Bain Capital-backed firm, Harley Issuer DAC, will be spread across five blocks running from one to seven storeys in places. It will also include 16 residential apartments. - Subscribe |
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19 Nov '25 |
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New apartment design standards to be ‘robustly’ defended amid legal challenge
Four councillors and author Frank McDonald launched judicial review proceedings against the Coalition’s proposed design standards, which critics have described as part of a developer-led race to the - Subscribe |
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19 Nov '25 |
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Cantillon: Housing stuck at the bottom of planning priorities
If one example can illustrate how the State’s planning system is broken, it might be the efforts of developer Pat Crean and his Marlet group to build a large number of homes next to St Anne’s Park - Subscribe |
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19 Nov '25 |
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CSO: House price inflation at 7.6% in September as supply pressures continue to fuel demand
Property price inflation has hovered between 7 and 8 per cent for most of the year, down from the double-digit growth in prices seen last year. However, the headline rate is still ahead of average wag - Subscribe |
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18 Nov '25 |
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Applications open for 229 LDA cost-rental apartments in Dublin 22, Cooper Square part of Seven Mills
Cooper Square, which will eventually comprise more than 600 apartments, is being delivered in partnership between the LDA and lead developer Cairn Homes. John Coleman, chief executive of the LDA: - Subscribe |
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13 Nov '25 |
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DEAL: German investor MEAG pays €50m for No 2 Dublin Landings
The €50 million figure pales even further when compared with the €140 million valuation mooted when JR AMC and Hana weighed the sale of the property in 2022. - Subscribe |
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13 Nov '25 |
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DEAL: Commerz Real pays €22.35m for student accommodation scheme in Grangegorman Dublin 7
The development, a purpose-built student accommodation (PBSA) with 128 beds in 123 rooms across five floors, was acquired from its developer, the Iveragh Group, for the Commerz Real Institutional Smar - Subscribe |
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13 Nov '25 |
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UK developer closing in on €60m deal for Dublin logistics portfolio
Chancerygate is understood to have seen off competing offers for The North Gate portfolio, a collection of 12 properties distributed across a total gross external area of 341,900sq ft at Furry Park In - Subscribe |
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© The Irish Times |
13 Nov '25 |
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Q&A: Are the delivery targets in new housing plan realistic?
more land zoning, the development of publicly-financed infrastructure, more serviced land, attracting global investment, putting pressure on local authorities, developing capacity in the construction - Subscribe |
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© The Irish Times |
12 Nov '25 |
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Paschal Donohoe extends VAT cut on apartment sales to forward-funding deals
The lower rate did not apply to forward-funding arrangements, where investors or housing bodies acquire sites before construction begins and make stage payments during development, which, for VAT purp - Subscribe |
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© The Irish Times |
10 Nov '25 |
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Investment in residential property rises 20% above average to hit 2½-year high
Investment in residential property topped €260 million in the third quarter to hit a two-and-a-half-year high and climb 20 per cent above the long-term quarterly average, a report from Sherry FitzGe - Subscribe |
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10 Nov '25 |
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New housing plan aims to deliver 12,000 social homes and 15,000 affordable units per year
The Irish Times understands, meanwhile, there is to be an expansion of the role of the Land Development Agency (LDA) to deliver homes in a wider geographic area and acquire more private and State land - Subscribe |
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10 Nov '25 |
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Colm Lauder: Ireland needs rental reform that builds investor confidence not fear
The new rules bring detail, but not vision. They promise certainty but deliver inertia. What Ireland needs is not another layer of control but a framework that rewards supply, embraces tenure diversit - Subscribe |
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09 Nov '25 |
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German Doner Kebab (GDK) joins wave of global brands entering ‘attractive’ Irish market with plans for 1,000 jobs over 10 years
The quick service restaurant brand, which has over 170 outlets globally, shared the plans ahead of the launch of its first Irish restaurant in Liffey Valley Shopping Centre. The brand will open in the - Subscribe |
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09 Nov '25 |
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Cairn Homes lodging plans for scaled back 510-unit apartment scheme for its Montrose site
The planning application by Cairn Homes Montrose Ltd reduces by 98 the number of apartments from the permitted 608-unit scheme that secured the green light in July 2023 from An Bord Pleanála. - Subscribe |
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09 Nov '25 |
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DEAL: Hibernia College Group signs new 10-year flexible lease for 650sq m on first floor at the Academy Building on Pearse Street
Patrick Kiersey of Cushman & Wakefield represented the landlord in the negotiations while Mark Smyth of MSP Consulting acted for Hibernia College Group. - Subscribe |
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© The Irish Times |
09 Nov '25 |
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DEAL: Ardvest pays €41.5m for two office investments: 3 and 5 Custom House Plaza & Blocks A and D, Ashtown Gate in Dublin 15
In the first instance, it is understood to have paid slightly more than the €24 million agent TWM had been guiding for 5,631sq m at Custom House Plaza with 71 secure basement car-parking spaces - Subscribe |
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© The Irish Times |
07 Nov '25 |
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Homebuilders ‘extremely concerned’ about supply of housing going forward
CIF chief executive Andrew Brownlee said the supply of zoned land was the issue he was “especially concerned about”. “Unless we zone and service more land housing supply will not increase.” - Subscribe |
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