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    21,500 new homes completed in Ireland last year

    Construction companies completed 21,500 homes in the Republic of Ireland last year. This was a 10-year high but below the level needed to meet future demand for housing, according to a report from stockbrokers Goodbody. The report found that the 21,500 built was almost five times more than the 4,575 built at the recession’s lowest […] More

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    National average rent up by €94 in the last year

    The Residential Tenancies Board (RTB) has published their quarterly Rent Index, for the July-September period (Q3) of 2019. The standardised national average rent was €1,243 per month, up by about €94 from Q3 2018, and quarter-on-quarter rents grew nationally by 3.3% in Q3 2019. The RTB Rent Index, which is compiled in conjunction with the Economic and Social […] More

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    Central Bank leaves mortgage lending rules unchanged

    The Central Bank has decided not to make any changes to mortgage lending rules here that limit how much people can borrow from banks in order to fund house purchases. Following a review, the regulator has concluded that the measures continue to meet their objectives of strengthening bank and borrower resilience. It also said the […] More

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    Prospects for Irish commercial property market ‘very promising’ – CBRE

    CBRE Ireland have released their Real Estate Market Outlook for 2018. This report provides final year figures for transactional activity in 2017, along with some key insights and predictions that our experts think will affect each sector of the Irish commercial property market over the course of the next 12 months.In overall terms, the prospects […] More