A total of 121 properties with combined reserves totaling €12.1m will be on offer at Allsop Space’s next auction on Thursday July 4th in the Shelbourne Hotel. The residential section includes a housing development and three apartment blocks, as well as 63 residential properties. Eight houses in Cloonfad, Co Roscommon have a reserved not to [...]
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17th June 2013
MyHome the most popular site for civil servants
Civil servants in the Department of Finance are frequently surfing the web to check property prices, according to new figures which show that MyHome.ie is the most popular non-news website amongst staff. A list of the top 50 websites visited by computers in Government Buildings, where the country’s economy is managed by both the Department [...]
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14th June 2013
O’Brien predicts “property prices have probably bottomed out”
Irish Times economics editor Dan O’Brien has suggested in his newspaper column today that “property prices have probably bottomed out.” Writing in the business section, the highly-respected O’Brien said that “an inflection point in property prices was reached early last year,” adding that, “after a half decade of uninterrupted collapse, prices nationally have been broadly [...]
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13th June 2013
DNG Maxwell Heaslip & Leonard prepare for auction in Galway tomorrow
Tomorrow sees leading property expert DNG Maxwell Heaslip & Leonard launch the second of its summer series of auctions in its auction room at 3pm in the Imperial Hotel in Eyre Square. Following a successful May auction, the city-based agent is bringing six lots to the floor and, as usual, the company has an eclectic [...]
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13th June 2013
Increased demand for KBC mortgages
KBC Bank Ireland has said that it is experiencing increased demand for its mortgage products. According to executive director and head of retail Dara Deering, with confidence returning to the market and increasing demand from first time buyers and trader-uppers, the time was right to strengthen its mortgage offering. “Confidence is returning to the economy [...]
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11th June 2013
House prices now undervalued
House prices in Ireland have plunged so much in the last six years that houses are now undervalued, according to a prestigious international think tank. The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) assessment comes as values have halved since the peak. In a new report, Ireland has been bracketed in with Greece, Portugal, Slovenia, [...]
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30th May 2013
Blackrock home sells for €2.9m at auction
Estate agents Lisney recently sold Springfield House on Sydney Avenue in Blackrock for €2.9 million – the highest price received at an auction this year. The sale means that the five bed detached home sold for €400,000 above its €2.5m asking price. Ttruly special double fronted regency villa of exceptional charm and character stands on [...]
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29th May 2013
House sales up 14% in first quarter
There was a sixth consecutive quarter of growth in the volume of house sales, according to a new housing monitor. The Irish Banking Federation says the report points to a continued stabilisation in prices. The report draws on published data on the residential housing market to provide a composite analysis on where the market [...]
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23rd May 2013
DNG Maxwell, Heaslip and Leonard reveal catalogue for June auction
Leading Galway-based auctioneering firm DNG Maxwell Heaslip & Leonard last week launched the latest in its summer series of auctions. Following the company’s successful May auctions, which saw ten lots be brought to the market, it has brought six more lots to the open market for a sale on Friday June 14th with huge interest [...]
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23rd May 2013
AIB considering allowing movers to retain their trackers
State owned AIB are understood to be considering following in the footsteps of Bank of Ireland and Permanent TSB by offering new mortgage deals to existing homeowners who wish to move house while retaining their tracker mortgage. Chief Executive David Duffy has confirmed that the bank is examining all possible arrangements to allow people to [...]
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no way has it bottomed out as the next budget will crucify us even further. Overspending in heal...
