Rea Stokes & Quirke Newsletter

Providing regular property news from across Ireland

  • Reversal of Fortunes for Tallaght Q4 2015

    21st December 2015

    The issues being experienced in Dublin s typical average first-time buyer area, Tallaght, have typified the flux currently being experienced in the market. Average three-bed semi prices in Tallaght and its environs have fallen by 10,000 (-4.55%) in the last three months, with three-bed semis no...

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  • REA Q4 Report 2015

    21st December 2015

    Average house prices in Dublin city and county fell by over 6% in 2015 as a combination of lack of suitable supply, high rents and the Central Bank s deposit rules stagnated the capital s market, according to a national survey carried out by Real Estate Alliance. The average house in Dublin city...

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  • Nationwide development rebates needed to solve housing supply crisis

    19th November 2015

    The Government needs to impose the proposed local development charge rebate scheme on a nationwide basis in order to ease the current housing supply crisis, a leading estate agency group has advised. Failure to recognise that supply problems are not just an issue in Dublin or Cork will do little...

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  • REA Leinster Auction a success

    21st October 2015

    The first REA Leinster auction was a terrific success, with more than 3,500,000 worth of residential and commercial property sold with some going for more than 60% over their AMVs. Eighteen properties were sold under the hammer at the auction in the Louis Fitzgerald Hotel in Newlands Cross, D...

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  • REA Average House Q3 survey - Rule change needed as spiralling rents rule out house buying for many

    12th October 2015

    The average three-bed semi in South County Dublin has seen 15,000 wiped off its value in three months as the new deposit rules stifle the higher end of the market, according to a national survey carried out by Real Estate Alliance. And spiralling rents will cut off mortgages as an option for ma...

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