Housing Irish housing fund Activate Capital pays out €3m to directorsThe firm has advanced loans worth more than €1.9 billion to developers, which have funded the construction of more than 18,250 homes
Housing Analysis: How the private housing marketing got hooked on state cash to functionWith so many different state schemes to make housing affordable for developers, renters and buyers, the Irish market looks set to be reliant on taxpayers’ money for a long time
Housing Allow developers to convert Dublin offices into co-living units, says Grayling Properties bossPeter Horgan argues that amending the rules on conversions could help developers deliver more residential accommodation in city centre
Housing House price inflation has accelerated in recent months, CSO saysHouse prices decreased slightly in Dublin over the last 12 months but rose across the rest of the country
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Planning Plans to transform Dublin’s Hendrons Building into residential hub filed with local councilProposed redevelopment of the long-abandoned workshop includes plans for 93 apartments, outdoor seating and a retail unit
Housing State strikes deal to subsidise largest private apartment project in Cork in more than a decadeThe Housing Agency has revealed the first three deals under the Croí Cónaithe Cities scheme, which will deliver almost 400 for sale apartments on the open market
Housing O’Brien plans ‘backstop’ for developers and tax cuts for small landlordsMinister for Housing says budget measures would see state buy unsold apartments and use them for cost rental housing
Housing Apartment completions fall almost 20% compared to same period last yearThe highest number of completions of new dwellings in Ireland was in the Glencullen-Sandyford area of Dublin
Housing Dublin City Council warns landlord to remove fences and gates in luxury developmentOwner limited public access to high-end apartment block in Cabra West following series of anti-social incidents
Property Blanchardstown Centre put up for sale - reports Goldman Sachs has attached a guide price of €725 million
Housing Housing targets under ‘significant threat’ due to lack of funding optionsState’s Project Emerald report says private housing market leans too heavily on unreliable institutional funds and drive towards apartment blocks has driven up costs
Housing Killian Woods: State interventions in housing market may do more harm than goodIt looks increasingly like the government has little control over whether its own targets are met, as the private market reacts in negative ways to its attempted solutions
Housing Apartment standards should be cut to boost affordability – property lobbyistsBuilders should not have to build dual-aspect apartments, include balconies or add crèches, says Pat Farrell of Irish Institutional Property
Planning Developers redrawing tens of thousands of housing plans New government rules that could allow developers to double numbers of own-door houses, a response to the increasing unviability of apartments, are sending developers back to the drawing board
Property MKN applies to convert planned six office units to apartmentsThe development company said the change was requested due to lack of demand for office space in the East Wall location
Housing Ires Reit drops plans to build 400 apartments in SandyfordThe real estate company is to dispose of its Rockbrook development site
Housing Dublin City Council spending up to 40% more to deliver homes than private developersAn audit of the local authority’s homebuilding costs showed it spent up to €150,000 more per unit than private developers to deliver social housing
Housing Plans for more than 20,000 homes in central Dublin not yet acted onNew data released by Dublin City Council show projects with planning permission that could deliver 9,000 rental units are dormant
Housing Developers sign up for €144k in state subsidies to build private apartmentsIt is hoped the help for builders will allow them to deliver affordable housing