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Pat Davitt: Law Society’s opposition to conveyancing bill is misguided

The Seller’s Legal Pack for Property Buyers Bill 2021 should be deemed priority legislation, a situation that will help everyone

A keen, green world of work is built on strong stakeholder relations

The emerging need for buildings to be sustainable, and for staff welfare to be prioritised, means the relationship between owner and occupier will have to become more collaborative both in construction and during the life cycle of the build, writes Patricia Ward

Where it’s at: Do your homework on your new house’s location

What separates a house from a home is location. If you’re looking for a place to call home, serious research on your new location is worthwhile

Industrial and logistics beating other sectors hands down

The 97,000 square metres of industrial space snapped up in the first quarter are more than double that of the office sector

Surveyors must be equipped to lead on green building practice

SCSI members acknowledge the urgency of sustainable development, but need support to fully embed it in their business operations, according to a recent report by the body

Conveyancing reform will lead to faster property transactions

The Law Society of Ireland has two teams working on proposals that it believes will improve and speed up the process of property sales

Buyers get moving again with strong activity coming from overseas

A prevailing trend right now is that buyers are returning to Dublin from overseas with healthy deposits and cash balances in place

Year in review: PRS and logistics show star quality in a difficult year

For the market, this year was neither the best of times nor the worst

Year in review: Many buyers contemplating a move to the country

Despite ongoing restrictions that resulted in some virtual auctions, 2021 was a successful year for Coonan with strong sales of countryside homes, farmland sales and development land

Year in review: Property market rebounds despite pandemic constraints

Owen Reilly assesses a year of seller’s markets, affluent families buying second homes, some price stabilisation, and landlords leaving the market

Editor’s note: It’s Groundhog Year as winter 2020 blurs into winter 2021

Things may feel as unsettling and uncertain as they did last year, but there are positive signs, with economists projecting total investment values in the real estate sector of some €4.5 billion

Year in review: Investment market showing strong recovery after Covid restrictions

Residential investment was the main driver of activity in 2021, while changes in consumer behaviour due to the pandemic sparked investor interest in logistics

Year in review: Strong house price inflation seen this year set to continue

House prices are rising sharply nationwide as rents increase, interest rates stay low and builders struggle to keep up with demand

Year in review: Shared Equity Scheme will increase access to new homes

With approximately 21,000 completions forecast before the end of the year, the New Homes sector has demonstrated agility and capacity given the annus horribilis of lockdowns, supply chain challenges and policy interventions.

Year in review: Auctioneers at home in the digital space

Moving online has continued to pay off in 2021 for agents O’Connor Murphy and Youbid.ie, whose 11 auctions saw 96 per cent of lots sold with prices exceeding reserves by over 20 per cent

The year in review: Home buyers in 2021 were organised, motivated – and plentiful

It has been a busy year at REA Grimes, with properties of all kinds in keen demand

Year in review: Traditional auction roots support solid online platform

Giving purchasers immediate access to the legal documents has made the house-buying process quicker, easier and more transparent at BidX1

Year in review: Private rental sector key to solving housing shortages

Total investment into the PRS market this year has outpaced pre-pandemic levels, but with the exit of many smaller investors, reliance on institutional funds will grow

Year in review: High-end residential housing demand as strong as ever

The year has seen much international interest, with buyers from Hong Kong and Saudi Arabia vying for asset homes alongside returning ex-pats and tech professionals

Developers in Cork scramble to get in ahead of fast-track planning deadline

Commercial investment activity in the city was relatively quiet in the third quarter, but the retail rental market is picking up