Housing completions up 5.4% in first half despite slowdown

CSO data highlights sharp drop-off in apartment completions in three months to June

Irish house prices set to rise by 2% amid lack of supply, say estate agents

Prices expected to rise by 2 per cent in coming 12 months, survey shows

Painfully slow progress means plan to retrofit 500,000 homes needs a rethink

Difficulties from high costs to the lack of availability of tradesmen make Government’s residential retrofit target look unachievable

Central Bank warns on inflation, pension tax breaks, and couple with €2.4m property loans have case rejected by Ombudsman

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Problems with access to finance making construction projects ‘unviable’ - SCSI

Report says industry will not hit Government’s retrofitting targets without more generous grant aid

Enda McGuane elected president of the SCSI

Clare native involved in the delivery of cost-rental housing in role with the Land Development Agency

What can we do about overgrowth from gardens encroaching on a public walkway?

Property Clinic: We are tired of cleaning up the leaves and vines that passersby pull off

Warning: many homes may be underinsured amid spiralling building costs

Growing number of policyholders don’t have adequate cover and will be out of pocket if they have to make any claim for damage

Our management company is not dealing with our concerns. What can we do?

Property Clinic: We’re paying big service charges but our voices are not being heard by the management company or the managing agent

Can I ask my landlord to upgrade our building in order to reduce our energy costs?

Property Clinic: My housemates and I are facing high energy bills due to the property’s age

Commercial construction tender prices soften but inflation still ‘substantial’

Rate of increase declined from 7.5% to 4% in second half of 2022 due to falling energy prices

Can my neighbour legally object to my house extension?

Property Clinic: I’m wondering do I need planning permission for a 35sq m extension at the back of my house

We want to move house. Should we sell before we buy?

Property Clinic: We’re afraid that we will struggle to find a new home in the current market

1,300 property professionals attend Society of Chartered Surveyors Ireland dinner in Dublin

Society president Kevin James says shortfall in number of newly-qualified surveyors will compound housing crisis

Revised housing targets could increase demand for already scarce surveyors, says report

Ireland facing a skills shortfall of up to 59% over next four years, say chartered surveyors

Glasnevin four-bed upgraded for warmth for €775,000

The mid-terrace house on Marguerite Road is in turnkey condition and has off-street parking

Landlords want tax cut on rental income and overhaul of regulations

‘Minuscule’ budget measures have had no impact on stemming exodus of landlords from the market, says lobby

Wave of small landlords exit as buy-to-lets make up 40% of property sales in Q4 - report

Society of Chartered Surveyors Ireland predicts house prices to continue rising despite effects of inflation and higher interest rates

‘A lot done, more to do’, Minister for Housing tells conference

Minister sees some grounds for optimism on delivery of new homes

How to make housing more affordable, from VAT cuts to planning reform

Rising interest rates, construction-cost inflation and an increase in the cost of living threaten to make the affordability crisis far worse

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