Property Registration Authority Archives

Vacancies in the membership of the Property Registration Authority

The Minister for Justice and Equality, Alan Shatter TD, has announced that he is seeking expressions of interest from suitably-qualified persons for membership of the Property Registration Authority. The Authority was established on 4 November, 2006 under the provisions of the Registration of Deeds and…

Land Registry fees set to rise

General, Home, Industry News, Mortgages & Money, Property News, The First Time Buyer, The Seller

Fees for registering new ownership of a home are to go up by as much as 86 per cent next month. From December 1st, there will be a substantial hike in the fees for the registration of a transfer on sale at the Land Registry…

Why are we waiting and what are we waiting for?

General, Home, Property News

We have been told by successive governments that we will get a property prices register, it was listed in the 2009 programme for Government. The actual legislative backing was done in the Property Services Regulation Act 2011 (see part 12), which took two whole years…

Household charge reminders to be sent next month

Home, Mortgages & Money, Property News

Those who have yet to pay the €100 household charge are to be sent reminder letters next month by the local authority in their area. Leitrim County Manager Jackie Maguire who is Chair of the Household Charge Project Board says they have spent the past…

Expert group appointed to establish property tax

Home, Mortgages & Money, Property News

The controversial household charge will be replaced with a fully-formed property tax possibly as soon as next year, according to Minister for the Environment Phil Hogan. An “expert group” have now been appointed to consider the structures and modalities for an equitable valuation-based property tax…