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Fall predicted in house prices

Despite a recent rise in property prices in Dublin, national house prices are expected to fall this year, according to a report yesterday. The latest Merrion Economics Irish Quarterly Economic Outlook projects a drop of 13.5 per cent in 2012 national house prices compared to…

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New research finds renters will spend far more than mortgage holders over their lifetime

Property News, The First Time Buyer, The Renter

New research in the UK has found that people locked out of home ownership will spend nearly £200,000 (€248,000) extra over a lifetime of renting rather than buying a house. Barclays' calculations show that the costs of buying, paying the mortgage on and maintaining an…

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Ireland the best country in Western Europe to invest in

Commercial Blog, Property News, The Investor

Ireland is the best country to invest in in Western Europe, according to the annual Global Best-to-Invest Rankings compiled by international magazine Site Selection. The country finished ahead of the UK, Germany, Austria, Switzerland and Italy, in the poll. Dublin was deemed the best metropolitan…

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Making sure Priory Hall doesn't happen again…

Building, General, Home, Property News

Minister for the Environment Phil Hogan is looking for submissions to help improve the quality and safety of buildings. Currently the proposal is to have a compulsory set of certificates issued by architects along with supporting documentation. Is this really a 'solution' or just a…

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NAMA set to sell Ealing shopping centre

Property News, The Seller

Benson Elliot Capital Management is set to buy the Arcadia Centre in Ealing, West London out of administration. Administrators at Grant Thornton, acting on behalf of NAMA, are understood to have picked the fund manager ahead of initial bids from Sellar Properties and Land Securities.…

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NAMA sells apartments next to London's Olympic Parks for €181k each

Mortgages & Money, Property News

The National Asset Management Agency has sold over 100 apartments next door to London’s Olympic Park for less than £150,000 (€181,544) each. The building, which also includes 12,000 sq ft of retail and office space, has been bought for £15.7 million by UK property firm…

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UK property at same level as a year ago

The Overseas Investor

The average UK house price slipped 0.5% in February but is at broadly the same level as last spring, lender Halifax said today. The news suggests that the property market may be stabilising across the water. The monthly fall to an average of £160,118 sterling…

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Ireland has highest level of private sector debt in the EU

Mortgages & Money

Ireland had the highest level of private sector debt in the European Union in 2010, according to new figures from Eurostat. In a new report on economic imbalances, the statistical agency says Irish private sector debt that year amounted to 341.3% of GDP. By comparison,…

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UK house prices fall by 0.2% in January

Property News, The Overseas Investor

UK house prices dipped by 0.2% in January, as analysts predicted that the market could tilt further in buyers' favour over the coming months. It was the second monthly drop in a row after a 0.2% fall in December, Nationwide's latest house price index said…

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Sherry FitzGerald to showcase Irish properties in London

Property News, The Overseas Investor

ESTATE agents Sherry FitzGerald will be heading to London next month to showcase properties from all over Ireland. The event, on February 4th, will see Sherry FitzGerald agents give UK purchasers an opportunity to meet estate agents from several of their offices around the country.…

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