© The Irish Times |
26 Feb '21 |
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Dublin City Council faces six-year wait to start housing projects
The European Union procurement process accounted for half of the delay, with waiting for approval from the Department of Housing adding to the pre-construction time lag, Mr Bourke told a council housi - Subscribe |
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© The Irish Times |
23 Feb '21 |
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Has Dublin built too many luxury apartments?
A report from Goodbody Stockbrokers pointed to high levels of vacancy – about 30 per cent – in newly built luxury developments alongside significant tenant incentives. Some landlords are now offer - Subscribe |
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© The Irish Times |
22 Feb '21 |
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FF must return to ‘core policy’ of providing homes, colleagues tell Minister
The party’s internal housing committee met during the week to discuss the Land Development Agency bill, with concerns expressed by members that the delivery of affordable housing be seen as a key Fi - Subscribe |
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© Irish Independent |
19 Feb '21 |
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New Beginning fund sells 55 social homes for over €22m to UK-based Principal Real Estate
Giles Smith, the head of fund management at Principal Real Estate, said that there was already an acute requirement for social housing in Ireland, which has been intensified during the pandemic. - Subscribe |
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© Irish Independent |
19 Feb '21 |
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Housing crisis: Now Central Bank doubts threaten plan for ‘cheaper’ homes
The Irish Independent can reveal Housing Minister Darragh O’Brien is facing a fresh crisis as the Central Bank has serious reservations about the design of the shared equity scheme and the impact it - Subscribe |
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© The Irish Times |
18 Feb '21 |
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How to choose and buy the perfect apartment in Ireland
Ireland has a chequered history when it comes to apartments. That’s probably because we haven’t always done them right. Building standards have come up short and we’ve often built apartments wit - Subscribe |
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© Business Post |
15 Feb '21 |
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Supermac’s boss takes property fund to court over ‘Monster House’
The deal relates to No 24 High Street in Kilkenny, part of a building known locally as the Monster House, where Supermac’s is a tenant.
The building was owned by Richard Duggan and Sons, a depart - Subscribe |
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© Business Post |
15 Feb '21 |
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Does apartment living stack up?
Dublin's planners are approving thousands of new apartments in the capital. But are first time buyers prepared to embrace high-density living, and more importantly, can they afford the prices develope - Subscribe |
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© Business Post |
15 Feb '21 |
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Many first-time buyers will be frozen out of purchasing new apartments
Apartment costs are set to rise well beyond the mortgage-borrowing capability of many typical first-time buyers, according to a detailed analysis by this newspaper of more than 26,000 apartments due t - Subscribe |
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© Business Post |
08 Feb '21 |
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Solicitors and estate agents join up to fight negative interest rates
Ipav has written to the Law Society to indicate its willingness to join the latter in its opposition to the move. Pat Davitt: “There’s no point in us fighting different battles. We’ll all fight - Subscribe |
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© Business Post |
08 Feb '21 |
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Landlords ‘hoarding’ homes may face new tax
Last month, a Business Post investigation of new build-to-rent apartment blocks in Dublin found that hundreds of high-end apartments lie vacant.
Following the revelations, O’Brien told this newsp - Subscribe |
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© The Irish Times |
08 Feb '21 |
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390 of State’s first cost rental homes scheme approved for development, says Housing Minister
The total number of homes will include 50 cost rental residences at Enniskerry Road in Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown which are due to be completed this year, the department said. - Subscribe |
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© The Irish Times |
02 Feb '21 |
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We’re building more apartments, but for foreign investors
An interesting case study is Glenveagh’s Marina Village scheme in Greystones, Co Wicklow. The 205 apartments first went on sale in June 2018, with prices cut in September 2020 before even - Subscribe |
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© The Property Week |
30 Jan '21 |
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Using PropertyWeek data to populate bank valuation reports
Many of you will be familiar already with how this works, but we have recorded a short video to demonstrate how to get data from PropertyWeek listings into bank valuation forms as efficiently as po - Subscribe |
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© The Irish Times |
29 Jan '21 |
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Lockdown extension set to hamper housing stock supply
“There are a good number already back and renting until they find a place to buy. Some plan to retain jobs in the UK and commute a couple of days a week or a month while working from here the rest o - Subscribe |
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© The Property Week |
29 Jan '21 |
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Owen Reilly Dublin residential report 2021
DOWNLOAD FULL REPORT HERE >>> Total number of transactions were down 27% on 2019 due to lockdown measures - Subscribe |
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© The Property Week |
29 Jan '21 |
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228 January sales recorded by PropertyWeek from a variety of sources
Not just from the Property Price Register but also agent websites, announcements and other sources, we have recorded 228 residential sales in 2021 so far.Not only do we retrofit the PPR results to the - Subscribe |
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© The Property Week |
27 Jan '21 |
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SCSI: Total costs of delivery have fallen for some apartment types In Dublin but affordability remains a huge challenge
DOWNLOAD FULL REPORT HERE >>> The Society of Chartered Surveyors Ireland said that a first-time buying couple would require a deposit of €38,000 and a joint income of €98,000 to purchase the lowes - Subscribe |
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© Irish Independent |
27 Jan '21 |
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Cuckoo funds now own 15,500 homes in Ireland after latest €1.75bn splurge
A small number of funds spent a combined €1.75bn in Ireland in 2020 buying residential units, according to analysis by real estate group CBRE. That was down on the record spend by funds in 2019, but - Subscribe |
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© Irish Independent |
25 Jan '21 |
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Indo panel answer the key questions about the property outlook for 2021
To clarify where the industry believes we are headed in 2021, we put the big questions to a panel of five experts who, between them, represent most of Ireland’s property professionals. - Subscribe |
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