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Roland O’Connell appointed new Savills chairman

Estate agent, Savills, has appointed Roland O’Connell as new chairman of its Irish operations. O’Connell who has been with Savills for 33 years is a veteran of the Dublin commercial property market and has extensive experience letting headquarter offices for high profile muiltinationals investing here.…

Commercial property returns up 2.3%

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Irish commercial property returns rose by 2.3 per cent in the three months up to the end of June, their highest in almost six years, as capital values stabilised and the nascent Irish recovery gathered momentum. Property values, which have fallen by over 65 per…

O'Connor elected new SCSI president

Building, Industry News, Property News

Micheál O'Connor was elected as the new chair of the Society of Chartered Surveyors Ireland (SCSI) at their AGM on Tuesday. Mr O’Connor succeeds Roland O’Connell having served under him as Senior Vice President. Micheál told the AGM that he believed the Irish construction industry…

Free seminar on property tax next Tuesday

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The Society of Chartered Surveyors Ireland and the Irish Tax Institute will host a free public information seminar on property tax and valuations on Tuesday 9th April in the Mont Clare Hotel in Dublin at 6pm. The SCSI and Irish Tax Institute, the largest…

SCSI provide tips on self-assessment for property tax

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The Society of Chartered Surveyors Ireland (SCSI) has urged homeowners around the country to ensure that they are fully informed when self-assessing the value of their home for property tax purposes. The President of the SCSI Roland O’Connell said it was important that homeowners used…

SCSI report shows a stabilising property market

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The average prices of family homes in Dublin stabilised and marginally increased in 2012 while there were further declines in house prices around the rest of the country, albeit at a slower pace than 2011, according to the Society of Chartered Surveyors Ireland (SCSI) annual survey…

SCSI conference to take place tomorrow

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The Society of Chartered Surveyors Ireland (SCSI) will host their annual conference at Chartered Accountants House, Pearse Street in Dublin 2 tomorrow (Thursday). The event, which has been given the title ‘ Reshaping Our Future’ gets underway at 9.15am with an address from SCSI president…

Job opportunities in property sector

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A new survey published by the Society of Chartered Surveyors Ireland has highlighted that there is currently a shortage of suitably qualified property graduates to fill available roles in the property sector. The survey also found that a shortage of graduates with surveying qualifications in…

Ireland outperforms UK commercial property in Q2 2012

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Total return in Ireland, now positive for the third consecutive quarter at 0.6%, outdid the 0.3% delivered by the UK commercial property sector in the three months to June, according to the IPD UK Monthly Property Index. Nevertheless, and despite growing international investor attention, which saw…

Roland O’Connell is new SCSI president

Industry News, Property News

Roland O’Connell has been elected the new president of the Society of Chartered Surveyors Ireland (SCSI). The Kildare native succeeds John Curtin in the role. Well known in the property scene as a director in the offices division of Savills, Roland has over three decades…