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© The Irish Times |
30 Jun '25 |
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Government measures designed to drive apartment building are ‘not as effective in practice as envisaged’
A Department of Finance paper on the future of the State-owned property development lender Home Building Finance Ireland (HBFI) outlines how schemes such as the Croí Cónaithe (Cities) fund have been - Subscribe |
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© The Irish Times |
25 Jun '25 |
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DEAL: Private investor pays €3.35m for 129-acre land bank near Dublin Airport scope for rezoning to industrial
The price paid represents a 26 per cent discount on the €4.5 million agent Knight Frank had been guiding when it offered the property to the market in October of last year. - Subscribe |
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© The Irish Times |
25 Jun '25 |
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DEAL: Park Developments pays €15m for 19.2-acre Balbriggan site zoned for residential use
The three lots within the holding, immediately adjacent to existing housing in the Stephenstown area of the town, are zoned in their entirety for residential use under the terms of the Fingal Developm - Subscribe |
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© The Irish Times |
25 Jun '25 |
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DEAL: Ballymore in €7.8m off-market deal for about 13 acres Naas Racecourse lands
The Irish Times understands that Ballymore paid upwards of €7.8 million in an off-market deal for the lands which are zoned for residential use, at an average of €600,000 an acre - Subscribe |
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© The Irish Times |
04 Jun '25 |
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DEAL: HSE acquires 16-acre Swords site – the former Hertz facility in Seatown – and offices for more than €20m
The price paid represents a slight premium on the €19 million agent Knight Frank had been guiding when it first offered the property to the market in January, 2024. Hertz put the property up for sal - Subscribe |
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© The Irish Times |
30 May '25 |
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Homes in Kildare affordable housing scheme above price limit for State-backed mortgages
Prices for the first phase of the Land Development Agency project, due to launch in 2025, have not yet been released.
Mr Clear, however, believes the project will be “massively oversubscribed”. - Subscribe |
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© The Irish Times |
12 May '25 |
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Concerns over cost of Johnny Ronan’s affordable housing plans at former Glass Bottle site in Dublin
Concerns are mounting over the provision of affordable housing at the former Irish Glass Bottle site in Ringsend with no deal on cost reached between Dublin City Council and a Johnny Ronan-fronted dev - Subscribe |
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© The Irish Times |
12 May '25 |
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‘Constrained’ water supply jeopardises new Dublin suburb with 6,000 planned homes
Water capacity for Dublin has deteriorated to “amber status” level, Uisce Éireann told the council, meaning supplies are now “constrained”.
The utility company also said future population - Subscribe |
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© Business Post |
24 Apr '25 |
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Dublin apartments aren’t viable for developers. Here’s why, and how to fix it, according to CBRE
Insights from CBRE, CIF and Hines Ireland on what it will take to make apartment building viable again - Subscribe |
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© The Irish Times |
17 Apr '25 |
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Dublin industrial estate to be redeveloped for 6,000 homes
The vast tract of land stretches from the Finglas Road in Glasnevin to the east, Ratoath Road at Ashtown to the west, Cabra to the south and Tolka Valley Park, which separates Cabra and Finglas, to th - Subscribe |
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© The Irish Times |
12 Apr '25 |
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Why can’t small-scale builders build in a housing crisis when demand for homes is soaring?
A number of these builders spoke to The Irish Times this week at the Housebuilding Summit organised by the Construction Industry Federation (CIF) and the Irish Home Builders Association to explain wha - Subscribe |
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© The Irish Times |
10 Apr '25 |
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Housing targets: Local authorities to be instructed to rezone more land by end of year
Mr Browne responded to a MyHome.ie report published on Tuesday which noted that the outbreak of a trade war between the United States and the European Union would hit demand for housing in Ireland. - Subscribe |
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© Business Post |
27 Mar '25 |
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It’s a myth that building green is more costly – investors demand it, and the business case is clear
Peter Sproule of Elkstone Real Estate: Investors are clear that they require ESG compliance when it comes to construction, and it’s possible to deliver it without adding unnecessary cost - Subscribe |
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© The Irish Times |
26 Mar '25 |
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Apartment living in Ireland: ‘I grew up in an apartment in another country. I bought an apartment in Dublin and had to get out after a year’
Generally, in mainland Europe, apartment builds are designed differently and are much more practical for families, with no apartments on the ground floor, which is reserved for relevant shops. Also, f - Subscribe |
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© The Irish Times |
23 Mar '25 |
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Ireland’s housing crisis: Why is there such a shortage of homes to buy and rent here?
There are only two large developers, Cairn and Glenveagh, which have the capacity to deliver homes at scale. The rest of the State’s developers are small- to mid-sized housing providers that struggl - Subscribe |
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© The Irish Times |
23 Mar '25 |
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‘Nobody wants to build apartments’: Minister says ‘drastic’ improvement needed in delivery of Dublin city units
Minister for Housing James Browne: "At the moment the housing financial market in Dublin for apartments is broken. That is just obvious from the fact that nobody wants to build apartments. They are bu - 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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© Business Plus |
22 Feb '25 |
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Apartment construction at near standstill, says new Hooke & MacDonald report
The Hooke & MacDonald residential market Report says this was in the offing for years and puts forward a concise list of recommendations on how to tackle the housing crisis - Subscribe |
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© The Irish Times |
19 Feb '25 |
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DEAL: Bovale secures €44.6m from sale of Dublin Central Logistics Park at the junction of the M50 and M2
Having already secured in the region of €50 million from the sale of the 47.92-hectare Killamonan Business Park to Iput Real Estate, developer Mick Bailey’s Bovale Developments has completed the d - Subscribe |
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© The Property Week |
15 Jan '25 |
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CBRE: Improvement in land sales in 2024; framework in place to support development in 2025
CBRE Ireland has confirmed that just over €900m of land sales transacted in 2024; this follows a strong Q4 where over €415m of transactions were recorded. The annual total of over €900m is nearl - Subscribe |
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