House price inflation in Ireland reaches eight-year high
First quarter level of available second hand homes now at lowest since 2007
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House prices surge with supply of second-hand homes at lowest level since 2007
Prices rise by 9% to average of €332,000 across the State, says Daft.ie, with Dublin average just below €443,000
House prices are now 37% higher than at start of Covid pandemic in 2020
Prices rise 3% in third quarter as shortage of second-hand homes for sale bites, according to Daft report
Ireland’s rental market: chronically undersupplied and grossly overpriced
Average rent asking price nationally was put at €1,922 per month, 41 per cent higher than before the pandemic
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Rent increases likely to accelerate as supply of new homes dries up, says property report
New accommodation eased inflation but trend likely to turn, expert predicts
House prices to stabilise in 2024 as second-hand market recovers – Daft.ie
Property values rose 3.4% last year with the average home on the market for €320,000
Is increase in rental supply a blip or the start of a trend?
Daft.ie figures suggest rental supply is rising but it is still some way off the number that you would expect in a properly functioning market, according to Ronan Lyons
‘Crumbs of comfort’ as rents climb at slowest rate in three years
Rental report from Daft.ie suggests rents nationally climbed by 1 per cent in first quarter of 2023
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Housing demand may be ‘cooling’ despite 6% increase in asking prices, report says
Asking prices for homes increased by 6 per cent nationally last year despite evidence of a slowdown in the second half of 2022
State must build up to 62,000 homes a year, economist claims
Ronan Lyons of TCD says Government’s plans are not underpinned by the latest data
Average Dublin advertised rents rise to €2,258, up 14.3%, amid ‘extreme shortage’
Daft.ie says there were fewer 1,100 homes available to rent nationwide on its website at the beginning of November
Rents soar by highest rate on record as availability of properties hits all-time low
Report from Daft.ie says availability of rental homes down 97% since 2009, with ‘unprecedented’ scarcity
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Rent pressure zone report stands as searing indictment of Government housing policy
Just 851 homes available to rent nationally as price inflation hits five-year high
Severe shortage of available properties puts upward pressure on rents
House-price inflation set to stay in double digits for much of 2022
Brace of quarterly reports from myhome.ie and daft.ie show prices again accelerating
Are there really lots of vacant high-end apartments in Dublin?
Academic finds occupancy of almost 90% across 63 build-to-rent schemes
Rents increase sharply as number of properties available falls
Dublin is once again the hotspot of the rental crisis, according to figures from Daft.ie
Housing prices rose almost 8% in 2021, Daft finds
‘Stubbornly high’ inflation recorded with prices soaring outside five main cities
Undersupply or undercounting: Are rental homes really so hard to find in Dublin?
With a 34% vacancy rate at one development, supply may be greater than statistics imply
Rent inflation surges to 6.8% amid ‘unprecedented’ shortage of homes
Just 1,460 homes to rent on its site in November, Daft report says
House asking prices jump 9% in ‘aggressive’ market
House prices outside Dublin climbing faster than in the capital
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Cliff Taylor: Property crunch coming in the autumn
Serious rental squeeze in prospect as workers start to return to offices
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50,000 new homes needed every year to solve housing crisis – industry report
Irish Institutional Property says market needs annual investment €16bn
Tourism and changing work practices contribute to soaring Kerry rents
Traditional trends reversed by pandemic but far too few new properties being built
‘Unprecedented scarcity’ of homes drives rent price inflation to 5.6%
Report by property website Daft.ie highlights pick-up in rent price inflation
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House prices in Wexford, Waterford and Kerry jump by over 20%
Remote working and purchasing of holiday homes drive prices in the three coastal counties
House prices surge 13% as ‘red hot’ demand outstrips supply
Reports from two property websites reveal strong pick-up in price growth
Property prices: How far off boom-era highs are they, and will they climb all the way back?
Prices in Dublin 6W are just 12% off their peaks. Other urban areas have a long way to go
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Higher cost of building materials could ‘lock out’ more home-buyers
Builders warn increased pandemic-related costs must be passed on to buyers
Rents rise 2.1% in first quarter nationally as Dublin trend turns upward again
Rental supply in city ‘not as loose’ as it was in late 2020, Daft.ie report finds
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Experts believe changes are urgently needed for long-term problems
House prices jump by €20,000 amid Covid ‘supply shock’
Number of properties available to buy in March was lowest in 15 years, Daft says
Rents in Dublin fell 3.3% last year as supply rose due to Covid-19
Figures show rents nationwide rose 0.9% to €1,414 in the final three months of 2020
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Covid-19 crisis keeps rents in Dublin stable
Rents rose nationally in third quarter but the capital was spared due to increase in stock
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Number of houses for sale falls to 14-year low
House asking prices climbed by close to 5% in summer despite Covid-19, reports Daft.ie
Unaffordable housing poisons youth view of Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil
Bottom Line: Demographic locked out of market is deeply alienated from main parties
Expert says State needs to build 1.4m extra homes by 2050 to meet demand
This equates to 49,000 new units a year for 30 years
Homes for sale in August at 14-year low
Daft.ie report quantifies properties for sale nationwide at 19,538, down 22% on 2019
Claim that 47,000 new homes needed a year isn’t credible
Property industry reports are drearily predictable
47,000 homes need to be built each year to solve housing crisis, report says
Estimate almost twice the 25,000 target set out in Government’s plan
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