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© The Irish Times |
07 Aug '18 |
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5.6% of first-time-buyer grants went to homes over €450,000
Social Democrats TD Catherine Murphy: “you have to ask is the State in some instances helping people who don’t need that assistance and could it be adding to inflation” in property prices. - Subscribe |
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© The Irish Times |
07 Aug '18 |
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Buy to let purchase will cost you first-time buyer status
I can confirm that if you buy any property – even as an investor and even on the strength of your 30 per cent deposit – you can never avail of first-time buyer status. - Subscribe |
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© The Irish Times |
02 Aug '18 |
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No evidence of a land bubble in Ireland, says Varadkar
Even with the Central Bank’s strict mortgage lending rules, introduced in 2015 to guard against another property-related credit bubble, new mortgage lending jumped by 29 per cent last year to nearly - Subscribe |
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© The Irish Times |
31 Jul '18 |
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Which is the best investment – your house or shares?
Over the past 28 years, every asset class in our survey is up; but there is no doubting that Irish residential property and Irish shares have delivered the lowest returns.
For newer investors, and - Subscribe |
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© Irish Independent |
27 Jul '18 |
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CBRE's Megan Burke has an idea for our cities that's a breath of fresh air
Megan Burke of CBRE's Advisory and Transaction Services Team in Dublin, is one of 12 finalists in 'The Cities For Our Future Challenge', a global competition run by the Royal Institution of Chartered - Subscribe |
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© Irish Examiner |
24 Jul '18 |
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Slowing house price growth still means huge shortages
A new measurement of housing completions by the CSO shows the level of house-building is much lower than previously envisaged. Using the new metric, there were 14,500 new dwellings completed in 2017, - Subscribe |
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© Irish Independent |
24 Jul '18 |
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Minister challenged by colleague at launch of first cost-rental scheme for St Michael’s Estate in Inchicore
Minister of State for Health Promotion Minister Catherine Byrne believes the size and scale of the project represents over-development of the site and brings little in terms of “badly needed facilit - Subscribe |
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© The Irish Times |
24 Jul '18 |
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Looking to buy a home? Top tips to seal that big acquisition
All going well, Vicky Pigot, senior associate solicitor at Kane Tuohy, says it should be possible to close the typical home within six weeks of reaching sale agreed, with about two weeks needed from g - Subscribe |
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© The Irish Times |
23 Jul '18 |
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Sites worth more than €430m vacant in Dublin
Since January, local authorities have had the power to impose a levy on property owners who fail to develop prime housing land.
The levy, set at 3 per cent of the value of the land for this year an - Subscribe |
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© The Irish Times |
23 Jul '18 |
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Builders sought for ‘rapid delivery’ modular apartments
The council will shortly seek tenders for a second rapid-delivery apartment scheme at Bunratty Road in Coolock. This much larger project will see the construction of 64 apartments in four, four-storey - Subscribe |
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19 Jul '18 |
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PLEASE remember, you can use M.propertyweek.ie at any time on any device with your usual login details (which are available via Forgotten Your Password? link under the Login button). - Subscribe |
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© The Irish Times |
18 Jul '18 |
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Housing undersupply to have ‘severe’ long-term consequences: the Parliamentary Budget Office
“This will make Ireland a less attractive destination for investment and make Ireland’s exports relatively more expensive,” it said. A constrained housing market would also harm the economy thro - Subscribe |
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© The Irish Times |
18 Jul '18 |
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Housing crisis: new agency to develop State lands
The National Regeneration and Development Agency (NRDA) is being described by Government sources as one of the last remaining big policy moves to tackle the housing crisis. - Subscribe |
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© The Irish Times |
13 Jul '18 |
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Older people cannot find smaller homes to move to, report finds
The calls are made in a report, Housing Choices for Older People, published on Thursday. It calls for the allocation of publicly-owned land to build for this growing sector of housing need. - Subscribe |
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© The Irish Times |
11 Jul '18 |
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Draghi links rise in Irish property prices to international investors
Mr Draghi identified the search for yield by overseas investors as one of the chief drivers of price here.
The resulting rise in property prices, he said, made the market vulnerable to repricing an - Subscribe |
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© The Irish Times |
11 Jul '18 |
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Developers appeal EU decision to let Nama fund housebuilding
The builders – Michael O’Flynn, Paddy McKillen and David Daly – want EU judges to review the ruling on the grounds that the commission made a “manifest error” when making its decision. - Subscribe |
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© Business Post |
09 Jul '18 |
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[Needs SBP sub] Trophy homes sales well up on this time last year
Top-end buyers are ‘nearly all Irish’ returning from abroad to areas they grew up in, writes Tina-Marie O’Neill - Subscribe |
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© The Irish Times |
05 Jul '18 |
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PTSB agrees mortgage-to-rent scheme targeting 500 homes
Permanent TSB has agreed to allow some of its distressed mortgage holders stay in their homes under a mortgage to rent scheme offered by an organisation called Home for Life. - Subscribe |
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© The Irish Times |
03 Jul '18 |
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Fixer-upper homes are a pipe dream. The flippers saw to that
The one person you absolutely do not want to see coming through the door is the man with the measuring tape. If you’re looking for a fixer-upper, forget all the others; this guy, often straight off - Subscribe |
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© The Irish Times |
03 Jul '18 |
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‘Forever renters’: 25% of people believe they’ll never own their home
According to Aviva’s 2018 Family Finances Report, access to the housing market remains problematic. While more than 90 per cent of respondents would prefer to own their own home rather than rent, a - Subscribe |
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