Irish House Price Index
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Irish House Price Index
The Ireland Index of House Prices is based on monthly mortgage sales in the Republic of Ireland and therefore gives a comprehensive representation of house prices in Ireland.
Latest from The Irish Times - Property
• Values down: time to transfer your house? With property values low, now could be the right time to pass on properties to the next generation, writes
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• No deposits for buyers in latest launch at Adamstown THREE-BEDROOM houses at Adamstown in west Dublin have dropped in price to under ?200,000 in the latest phase of the scheme near Lucan in west Dublin. Developer Castlethorn Construction will open four new showhouses this weekend in a new phase of the development, called Stratton...more
• On view this weekend A Crampton-built semi in Dublin 4, a penthouse, a cottage in Sandymount or a redbrick in Clontarf are on view this weekend..more
• New report will show number of empty homes well above 300,000 With so much vacant property about, councils are now actively seeking homes to rent from a minimum of 10 years for those on waiting lists, writes Environment Editor..more
• Q&A Can we stop mortgage payments and wait?..more
• No deposits for buyers in latest launch at Adamstown THREE-BEDROOM houses at Adamstown in west Dublin have dropped in price to under ?200,000 in the latest phase of the scheme near Lucan in west Dublin. Developer Castlethorn Construction will open four new showhouses this weekend in a new phase of the development, called Stratton...more
• On view this weekend A Crampton-built semi in Dublin 4, a penthouse, a cottage in Sandymount or a redbrick in Clontarf are on view this weekend..more
• New report will show number of empty homes well above 300,000 With so much vacant property about, councils are now actively seeking homes to rent from a minimum of 10 years for those on waiting lists, writes Environment Editor..more
• Q&A Can we stop mortgage payments and wait?..more
Latest from Ronan Lyons
• Two charts on the stock of property for sale in Ireland Has the new year brought a change in the property market headwinds? Will first-time buyers waiting in the wings find themselves missing out if they don't move soon? This post looks at trends in the total stock sitting on the market in both apartments and houses, across Dublin, in the other major cities and in the rest of the country. It also estimates the percentage of all properties currently lis..more
• Automobiles, e-commerce and immigration This week’s recommended reading and some latest stats and facts… First up, some research: Economists almost always decline to involve themselves with the specifics of particular industries and goods, preferring instead to talk about widgets and other abstractions. However, that’s not very realistic when you look at economic history or think of, for example, the central nature [...more
• A reality check on rich-country inequality This post reviews the ILO's Global Wage Report and in particular its expanding dataset on internal inequality between top and bottom earners. While inequality has fallen in many countries, including Ireland, there is no strong evidence of a global trend in that direction. The figures contain an important reminder: even the poorest in wealthy countries live in conditions that average earners in mos..more
• China, the EU (Greece), the US and the economics of paying for news online To my shame, my Recommended Reading section on the blog has fallen somewhat by the wayside of late. While I can’t promise I’ll fully rectify that overnight, I can do my bit here and now. Without further ado, here are ten articles on the world economy that I’ve found interesting in the last week: From the [...]..more
• Spotting the swallows ? Ireland?s rental market in 2010 Ireland's property market has had nothing but bad news for most of the past three years. This post reviews some of the data from the rental market during 2009, in particular comparing the stock on the rental market with the number of transactions it is processing. It finds evidence to believe rents will level off in Dublin and the other major cities in the next few months, although the outlook for..more
• Automobiles, e-commerce and immigration This week’s recommended reading and some latest stats and facts… First up, some research: Economists almost always decline to involve themselves with the specifics of particular industries and goods, preferring instead to talk about widgets and other abstractions. However, that’s not very realistic when you look at economic history or think of, for example, the central nature [...more
• A reality check on rich-country inequality This post reviews the ILO's Global Wage Report and in particular its expanding dataset on internal inequality between top and bottom earners. While inequality has fallen in many countries, including Ireland, there is no strong evidence of a global trend in that direction. The figures contain an important reminder: even the poorest in wealthy countries live in conditions that average earners in mos..more
• China, the EU (Greece), the US and the economics of paying for news online To my shame, my Recommended Reading section on the blog has fallen somewhat by the wayside of late. While I can’t promise I’ll fully rectify that overnight, I can do my bit here and now. Without further ado, here are ten articles on the world economy that I’ve found interesting in the last week: From the [...]..more
• Spotting the swallows ? Ireland?s rental market in 2010 Ireland's property market has had nothing but bad news for most of the past three years. This post reviews some of the data from the rental market during 2009, in particular comparing the stock on the rental market with the number of transactions it is processing. It finds evidence to believe rents will level off in Dublin and the other major cities in the next few months, although the outlook for..more
Latest from Property Market Blog
• Applying for a mortgage? Don?t forget your cheque book The mortgage market has been really competive for the last 10 years or so. As the property market boomed and lending soared, the banks and building societies fought harder and harder for your business.
They relaxed their lending criteria, to make it easier to get a mortgage.
They dropped their interest rates.
They got rid of mortgage application fees.
They paid your mortgage indemnity [...]..more
• Is time running out for people switching mortgages? If you are planning to remortgage or to switch mortgage lenders, you need to do it ASAP. Here’s 3 reasons why: 1. Due to the credit crunch, the banks are tightening up the rules they use to decide how much you can borrow. We have evidence that this is already happening, and the rules are likely to get [...]..more
• It?s back to school time for property solicitors The credit crunch has already claimed a lot of casualties in Ireland. Home owners have seen their homes lose about a fifth of their value. Mortgage brokers have been forced to make staff redundant. Estate agents have slashed pay, cut jobs and introduced forced unpaid leave. Banks profits and share prices have been decimated. And property developers have been forced to slash house prices to help..more
• Is time running out for people switching mortgages? If you are planning to remortgage or to switch mortgage lenders, you need to do it ASAP. Here’s 3 reasons why: 1. Due to the credit crunch, the banks are tightening up the rules they use to decide how much you can borrow. We have evidence that this is already happening, and the rules are likely to get [...]..more
• It?s back to school time for property solicitors The credit crunch has already claimed a lot of casualties in Ireland. Home owners have seen their homes lose about a fifth of their value. Mortgage brokers have been forced to make staff redundant. Estate agents have slashed pay, cut jobs and introduced forced unpaid leave. Banks profits and share prices have been decimated. And property developers have been forced to slash house prices to help..more
