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40 ghost estates to be demolished next year

Dozens of unfinished housing estates are to be demolished next year. According to yesterday's Sunday Times, Housing Minister Jan O'Sullivan has drawn up a list of 40 ghost estates where site clearance will begin in 2014. A spokesperson for the Minister says the Department of the…

Balbriggan ghost estate sells for €1.7m

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A ghost estate which was emptied of residents less than three months ago has sold at auction for €1.7m. That's more than double its €750,000 guide price or an average of €33,333 per home for the 51 almost completed houses and apartments at Hampton Gardens,…

Wicklow ghost estate sells for €550,000

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A partially built housing estate in Blessington, Co Wicklow, has been sold prior to auction for a figure believed to be close to €550,000. According to The Irish Times, the sale included a showhouse and five other houses in “shell” condition. The overall site of…

Blessington ghost estate on market for €350,000

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A partially finished ghost estate in Blessington, Co Wicklow has been put on the market with a guide price of €350,000. The 4.5-acre former grounds of the local GAA club were originally acquired in 2006 for €9.2 million. The Milltown Gate development was originally launched…

Over 2,000 unfinished housing developments in Ireland

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There are 2,066 unfinished housing developments around Ireland, according to a new report. The report into Ireland’s ghost estate problem has revealed that local authorities have developed site resolution plans for 770 developments. 211 of these have already been completed and a further 523 are…

Ghost estate in Kerry up for grabs in latest Allsop Space auction

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A housing estate made up of 14 unfinished houses, a 700-year-old castle and an 8,000sq ft Georgian building on Dublin’s Merrion Square are three of the lots set to go under the hammer at the next Allsop Space auction on July 6th. The unfinished housing…