Housing Scheme: a leg on the property ladder 01 Aug 2008
Affordable housing scheme option offers a leg up on the property ladder.

Number of new homes at lowest level in five years 31 July 2008
The number of new homes being built has fallen to the lowest level in five years.

Mortgage Agony Mounts 01 July 2008
Mortgage costs yesterday climbed to their highest level in seven years, just days before the announcement of yet another interest rate hike.

House prices face 22% drop in value 13 June 2008
House prices could lose a quarter of their value from their February 2007 peak by the end of next year.

Gloomy outlook: 40pc say house prices to fall 10 June 2008
Consumers are becoming more gloomy with four out of 10 expecting house prices to fall further this year, a new survey shows.

On The House : House Insurance Competition 22 April 2008
Competition among home insurance providers heats up as they try to outdo each other.

Housing woes put growth at near zero, 13 April 2008
House completions have fallen to their lowest level in five years, new figures reveal.

House building plunges to lowest level in five years, 07 April 2008
House completions have fallen to their lowest level in five years, new figures reveal.

State loses €400m in stamp duty loophole, 07 April 2008
Property developers have seized on a stamp duty loophole leading to annual exchequer losses of up to half a billion euro, it emerged last night.

Spare cash is best spent on overpaying the mortgage, 01 April 2008
IF you have spare cash, should you put it on deposit or pay off your mortgage? It is a question that is asked many times and it sometimes generates different answers, but it is worth considering as we enter financially tighter times.

Fees up but Europe's agents cost more, 27 March 2008
Remember the furore when Sherry FitzGerald announced that it would be putting up its fees to 1.5 per cent because the slowing market meant it could no longer sustain the low fees created by the boom years?

Residential developments need rethink, 26 March 2008
The slowdown in the residential property market is having a knock-on effect on the value of sites and developers now need to undertake a complete rethink when master-planning a residential development.

Cost of building has doubled in the last ten years, 18 March 2008
Construction prices more than doubled over the past ten years, rising 60pc from 1995-2000 in the early years of the national development plan, and by 47pc since then.

Shortfall in new-home construction may push prices back up, 12 March 2008
Just 37,000 houses may be built next year as builders hold back on developments. And that could lead to price hikes, the Irish Home Builders Association (IHBA) conceded yesterday.

Building activity is down for third month in a row, 10 March 2008
Conditions in the Irish construction industry continued to deteriorate significantly in February and fell to a new low for the third month running, according to new figures from Ulster Bank.

Inflation too high for ECB to consider interest cuts, 07 March 2008
Inflation is too high for the European Central Bank to consider cutting interest rates yet, its president Jean-Claude Trichet signalled yesterday.

Housing market worst in Europe for falling prices, 06 March 2008
Ireland's housing market was the worst performing of any European country price-wise in 2007, with prices falling an estimated 7pc, or 10pc in real terms.

Economists expect ECB will hold rates, 05 March 2008
The European Central Bank will keep interest rates unchanged at tomorrow's governing council meeting, but the ECB is expected to start cutting rates in the second quarter, according to a poll of economists.

House price fall continues but rate of decline slows, 03 March 2008
HOUSE prices fell at the slowest rate in four months in January. But the 0.7pc drop was enough to leave national prices more than 8pc down on January last year.

Irish housing stock for sale still rising, 25 Feb 2008
There have been anecdotal reports over recent weeks suggesting somewhat of an improvement in sales activity in the Irish housing market.

Buyers reclaim the market, 17 Feb 2008
With the change in the property market, the first-time buyer now has choice and clout when hunting for a home.

First-time buyers breathe life into property sector, 14 Feb 2008
THE worst could be over for the housing market.

Houses becoming more affordable as confidence rises, 14 Feb 2008
HUGE numbers of first-time buyers are continuing to purchase homes, spearheading hopes of an upturn in the flagging property market.

Building activity slowing at record pace, 11 Feb 2008
Activity in the construction sector here fell for the third month in a row in January.

House price cuts lure buyers, 10 Feb 2008
Slowly but surely, reductions in asking prices are beginning to tempt buyers back into the property market.

Most first-time buyers are purchasing on their own, 02 Feb 2008
OVER half of all first-time buyers are now buying on their own, according to a recent national survey by the Real Estate Alliance.

Price slump wipes €24,000 off value of the average house, 01 Feb 2008
House prices plummeted by more than 7pc last year -- wiping €24,000 off the value of the average house.

Solicitor fees for conveyancing go through the roof , 01 Feb 2008
IRELAND is now the fifth most expensive country of 20 European states for conveyancing. A new EU report also reveals it is twice as expensive to have conveyancing carried out here than it is in the UK.

Mortgage rate cut on cards as shares dive , 23 Jan 2008
Homeowners are poised to benefit from the first cuts in interest rates for four-and-a-half years, as a direct result of global stock market turmoil.

IAVI Annual Property survey shows dramatic price falls in market, 20 Jan 2008
The Irish Auctioneers and Valuers Institute (IAVI) has seen a dramatic fall in property prices in its annual property survey, it announced today.

CIF plans campaign to reverse house sales slump, 20 January 2008
The Construction Industry Federation (CIF) is preparing to launch a campaign to counter the downturn in house sales, as building workers continue to be laid off.

Landlords see falling house prices as investment opportunity, 16 January 2008
Buy-to-let loans rose dramatically at the end of last year, accounting for a surprising 39.55% of all mortgages in December 2007, compared with just 17.9% in December 2006.

Building activity at lowest level since 2000, 14 January 2008
A sharp fall in building activity was seen in December, according to the latest survey on the sector.

Housing Turnabout , 13 January 2008
Spring is usually a busy period for estate agents, but this year activity looks like being much lower.

Housing starts slumped 47% in 2007, 04 January 2008
New figures indicate the number of new homes started last year fell by almost 47% compared with last year.

'First-time mortgage burden lower', 03 January 2008
Figures compiled by EBS Building Society and economic consultants DKM show that average first-time house buyers are paying a smaller proportion of their income.

Second-hand house prices down 6.8%, 02 January 2008
More figures released today show evidence of the continuing slowdown in the housing market.

Credit, mortgage growth at fresh lows, 31 December 2007
Growth in lending to Ireland's private sector was the weakest in four years in November.

The year the roof began to fall in, 28 December 2007
This was the year of the property shock. The house price boom could only ever last so long, but despite all the warnings, many consumers thought it would never end.

Irish mortgages second highest in eurozone table, 23 December 2007
Conflicting reports in the media predicting just about everything from a full-blown property crash to a miniboom next spring...

What will your property be worth this time next year?, 19 December 2007
Conflicting reports in the media predicting just about everything from a full-blown property crash to a miniboom next spring...

Christmas has come early for November house buyers, 07 December 2007
THOUSANDS of people will benefit from a Christmas bonus of between €2,750 and €28,750 thanks to the decision to backdate stamp duty reductions to house sales.

Santa Cowen Unwraps Stamp Duty Gift, 06 December 2007
Christmas arrived early yesterday for Irish house buyers when Santa Cowen unwrapped his Stamp Duty gift for the nation.

Property investment plummets by €2.1bn, 04 December 2007
Property investment took a hit in 2007 with €1.5bn spent compared with €3.6bn last year, according to Jones Lang LaSalle's end of year review and outlook.

Brokers urge a cut in stamp duty, 03 December 2007
A survey of Irish mortgage brokers has found they believe a cut in stamp duty in the Budget would be more effective than raising mortgage interest relief.

Property investors stay positive about market, 29 November 2007
The vast majority, or 93pc, of buy-to-let investors have no intention of selling their property and more than half are looking to buy more rental units, a new survey showed yesterday.

House price index starting to reflect reality, 26 November 2007
The latest data on Irish house prices confirm that the rate of decline accelerated in October.

Monthly sales of secondhand houses down by 50% on last year, 25 Nov 2007
Figures released by the Department of Finance reveal that the monthly sale of secondhand houses has slumped by more than 50 per cent this year.

Average national house prices declined by 1.3% in October, 23 Nov 2007
Average national house prices fell 1.3% in October - down by 4.7% in 12-month period: Market conditions dire as 10,000 new apartments remain unsold in Dublin area.

Key public sector workers are finding it difficult to afford housing, 19 Nov 2007
Key public sector workers - nurses, fire-fighters, Gardai and teachers - are still finding it difficult to afford housing in Ireland.

Increased Construction Costs Could Threaten House Building, 09 November 2007
A warning that builders may cut back on house building because of a possible 20pc increase in costs.

Ireland's property market pulls ahead of slowing UK, 07 November 2007
Irish property returns appear to be de-coupling from the UK after a month when the Emerald Isle delivered accelerating growth.

House prices fall for 7th month in a row - survey, 01 November 2007
House prices in Ireland fell for the seventh month in a row in September, bringing the total decline versus a year earlier to 2.8 per cent.

Private Sales faster than Agent Sales in UK, 01 November 2007
A recent UK survey by Alliance & Leicester has shown that selling your house privately with an FSBO* website (such as Sellityourself.ie) actually leads to a quicker sale than with an estate agent.

Residential mortgage lending growth plunged 30%, 31 October 2007
The Irish Central Bank reported today that the rate of expansion of private-sector credit (PSC)1 continued its downward trend in September.

The driving principles behind investing in property vehicles, 31 October 2007
Syndicated Investments: There is no end of property investment vehicles out there, but investors should bear in mind the basics of investing in property, says Bill Nowlan.

Slowing Contruction Sector Set To Hit Irish Economy, 23 October 2007
The Irish and Spanish economies, which are among the fastest growing in the euro region, will slow "significantly" next year as the construction boom fades and house prices fall.

House Hunters Willing to Shop For Loan Deals, Oct 20 2007
The days of frenetic house price growth have ended with supply and demand coming back in line reflecting changes in the market place.

First-Time Buyers 'Can Manage' Mortgages, 04 Oct 2007
The Irish Banking Federation release results of First Time Buyers survey.

IIB Sees 2.5% House Price Fall in 2007, 10 Sept 2007
House prices will fall by up to 2.5 per cent this year according to IIB Bank.

First-Time Buyers Confident , 27 Aug 2007
First-time buyers remain confident about the housing market, according to B of I.

Are Property Buyers Buying?, 11 July 2007
With speculation of further reductions in property prices, are property buyers ready to buy?

Soft Landing for Property Market, 10 July 2007
Extract from 'Markets First' by Jim Power, chief economist with Friends First.

Can You Be Your Own Auctioneer?, 30 June 2007
Extract from Bill Tyson's Money Talks, Sunday Tribune, June 2006

Property Prices Falling, 29 June 2007
Property prices have fallen for the third month in a row, and have dropped by 2.1% in the first five months of 2007.

Stamp Duty abolished for First Time Buyers, 20 June 2007
The government has abolished Stamp Duty for first time buyers on all properties purchased on or after March 31st 2007.

Agent's Fee Hike Sparks Reaction From House Sellers, 26 May 2007
HOUSE-sellers have been advised to shop around for the best deal when selling their home after a leading estate agent increased its fee by 50pc.