Irish property in 2015: a tale of two markets
The cost of homes in the commuter counties has been driven up
As the dust settles on 2015 and we begin a new year, it is timely to reflect on housing market developments during the past 12 months. A first observation, given the sharply divergent trends in Dublin and elsewhere, is that the notion of a national market has never looked less adequate. Coming into 2015 prices in Dublin were rising at 22 per cent per annum. However this momentum gradually faded to mid-single digit ...