Property Market
# property-market - Thursday 25 April, 2013
Property prices are still falling, according to latest CSO data
The average Irish home dropped in value by 0.5 per cent in March, with Dublin homes doing best and apartments faring worst.
# property-market - Monday 15 April, 2013
Two-bedroom Co Dublin house for €25k – and there’s just one catch…
It’s a log cabin.
# property-market - Thursday 28 February, 2013
For sale: ‘Grotty’, ‘rickety’ and ‘slimy’ Dublin house
This description is brilliantly honest.
# property-market - Thursday 14 February, 2013
Property tax: Seller faces €500 fine if they under-declare value of home
A buyer who discovers that the person who sold them the house under-declared its value when paying the tax will be required to inform Revenue which will then pursue the seller, the Department of Finance said.
# property-market - Monday 11 February, 2013
Average national rent rose 2.2 per cent during 2012 – Daft.ie report
Rental rates in Dublin, Cork and Galway saw a second consecutive year of growth as a result of a shortage of accommodation in Ireland’s largest cities, the report reveals.
# property-market - Wednesday 6 February, 2013
Another report suggests property market has stabilised in Dublin
The Society of Chartered Surveyors adds its voice to the consensus that the residential market in the capital has flattened.
# property-market - Tuesday 22 January, 2013
What goes up…: Property prices fall 0.5pc in December
The latest CSO figures show the residential market nationwide fell 4.5pc in 2012 – the smallest decline since 2007.
# property-market - Saturday 19 January, 2013
You asked, we answered: What you wanted to know about the property tax
We asked readers to submit questions they had about the property tax last weekend. You responded with a number of queries and here are the answers…
# property-market - Wednesday 9 January, 2013
Column: Want to value your house for the property tax? Here’s a guide.
There is confusion over the valuation of homes for the property tax, writes Ronan Lyons – so here’s a handy informal guide.
# property-market - Saturday 22 December, 2012
Residential rents could rise by as much as 7 per cent by 2014
Property experts have said families and couples choosing to rent instead of buying has increased dramatically.
# property-market - Tuesday 4 December, 2012
Dartmouth Sq and shopping street in Clonmel sell at auction
The two-acre Georgian garden square in Ranelagh was sold for €142,000.
# property-market - Wednesday 24 October, 2012
NAMA CEO expresses “anger and disappointment” in former employee
Chairman of the agency Frank Daly said the former employee removed data from NAMA including loans acquired by the agency.
# property-market - Monday 22 October, 2012
Ex-pat executives returning to invest in property market
Property experts have said one of the main reasons ex pats are returning is to educate their children here.
# property-market - Wednesday 26 September, 2012
Residential property prices down in Dublin but up across the country
The CSO’s The Residential Property Price Index recorded an overall rise in August.
# property-market - Saturday 15 September, 2012
Column: The property tax shows our leaders are banking on another bubble
Our Government appears to be depending on another round of runaway price inflation, writes Aaron McKenna – but where does that leave us?
# property-market - Wednesday 12 September, 2012
Block of 119 apartments for sale for €26m
Development in Ranelagh, Dublin 6 being put to market with apartments, office space and car parking in one lot.
# property-market - Wednesday 1 August, 2012
UK house prices falling at fastest rate in three years – report
Statistics compiled by mortgage lender Nationwide show the rut continuing – but it’s far more gentle than in Ireland.
# property-market - Saturday 7 July, 2012
Cannabis, beer and T-bills: the week in stats
How high is Europe’s tallest building? And how many cannabis plants were seized by gardaà last year?
# property-market - Monday 2 July, 2012
The Evening Fix: Monday
Things we learned, loved and shared today.
House prices still dropping around most of the country (but Dublin is levelling off)
Two new reports out this morning from Daft.ie and MyHome.ie show that the national average asking price for a home is now around €170,000.
# property-market - Friday 22 June, 2012
Cash buyer says NAMA taking too long to release properties
Proinsias O Naraigh posted an ad in the Irish Times looking for six to 12 unit apartment block – because he says he got tired of waiting for NAMA to sort out paperwork.
# property-market - Friday 15 June, 2012
5 properties to view in…Clontarf and Killester
Sherry FitzGerald picks five homes you can see this weekend.
# property-market - Monday 11 June, 2012
Fewer houses for sale in Dublin that at any other time in last five years
Real-estate firm Savills says that the average number of houses for sale in Dublin has fallen by 30 per cent in the last year.
# property-market - Friday 8 June, 2012
5 properties to view in… Dublin 15
Sherry FitzGerald picks five homes you can see this weekend.
# property-market - Friday 25 May, 2012
5 properties to view in… Dublin 16
Sherry FitzGerald picks five homes you can see this weekend.
# property-market - Thursday 24 May, 2012
Residential property prices continued decline in April – CSO
The price of the average Irish home fell by 1.1 per cent in April; homes have lost around a sixth of their value in a year.
# property-market - Wednesday 23 May, 2012
NAMA to invest €2 billion in unfinished developments, new construction sites
Up to 25,000 construction jobs will be created, according to chairman Frank Daly.
# property-market - Friday 18 May, 2012
5 properties to view in… Dun Laoghaire
Sherry FitzGerald picks five homes you can see this weekend.
# property-market - Tuesday 10 April, 2012
IMF: Allowing homes to restructure debt will solve crisis quicker
A new global report concludes that economic crises are worse if households accumulate more debt during a boom.
# property-market - Monday 2 April, 2012
# property-market - Monday 26 March, 2012
Apartments in Dublin now worth just 38pc of peak price
CSO figures show that residential property prices across Ireland were down by an average of 2.2 per cent in February.
# property-market - Tuesday 20 March, 2012
Bill for property valuations ‘has saved billions for taxpayer’ – NAMA
The state’s bad bank has spent millions having its properties valued, but says the payment reflect good value for money.
# property-market - Wednesday 14 March, 2012
The 9 at 9: Wednesday
Nine things to know this morning…
# property-market - Tuesday 28 February, 2012
Residential property prices continue rapid falls in January
The average home fell in value by 1.9 per cent in January, with the steepest drops in Dublin.
# property-market - Tuesday 24 January, 2012
Fall in house prices picks up speed in December
The price of the average residential property fell by 1.7 per cent in December – and lost a sixth of its value in 2011.
# property-market - Tuesday 17 January, 2012
# property-market - Sunday 15 January, 2012
The 9 at 9: Sunday
Nine things to know on this Sunday morning…
# property-market - Saturday 14 January, 2012
Column: House prices need to fall further, or our economy is in danger
Have property prices finally bottomed out? We’d better hope not, writes Michael Taft.
This house could be yours for under €500
Property owner in Westmeath turns tables by asking people to pay €50 apiece to sumbit bid – the lowest unique bid wins.
# property-market - Tuesday 3 January, 2012
Not-so-happy new year: House prices still dropping as January begins
Two new reports show the property market continued its decline right up to the end of 2011, with few signs of an immediate recovery.




















































