In the month of April residential property prices rose by 0.6% nationwide. Residential property prices remained up 15.8% on an annual basis.
In Dublin residential property prices rose by 1.0% in April. Dublin residential property prices were 20.2% higher than in April 2014.
Kelly's commitment to tackle rising rents welcomed
Focus Ireland has welcomed the commitment by Minister of Environment Alan Kelly to take action on the issue of rising rents.
837,000 households register for water charges.
Just over half of the total number of households expected to be customers of Irish Water have now registered with the utility.
Irish Water says 837,000 households have registered for water charges.
95% compliance rate for Local Property Tax in 2014
More than €450m was collected through the Local Property Tax last year, according to the Revenue Commissioners, with 95% of liable households paying the charge.
Grafton's revenues up 9.5% on improving Irish and UK economies.
Builders merchanting, manufacturing and DIY group Grafton has reported a 9.5% rise in revenue for last year.
Revenue for the year to the end of December rose to £2.08 billion from £1.9 billion the same time the previous year.
Home building up in Dublin city for first time since crash . Last year 812 homes were constructed in the city, the highest number since 2010
The number of homes built in Dublin city rose last year for the first time in eight years, according the latest figures from the Department of the Environment. The number of houses and apartments that were completed, the number on which construction started and the number of homes for which planning permission was granted by Dublin City Council are all at their highest levels since the boom.
PRTB rent Index Quarter 3 2014
Data for quarter 3, 2014 show that although rents continue to increase, the rate of growth moderated in the third quarter.
Based on the sub-indices it is evident that this moderation is a reflection of trends in the Dublin rental market, with the pace of increase in the rental markets outside Dublin being stronger in quarter 3 when compared with quarter 2, 2014.
3,000 homes to be built on €2bn Cherrywood lands
Thousands of homes will be built on a prominent Cherrywood development.
It has emerged that close to €2bn will be spent on developing the much sought-after site.
Sharp rise in number of rent receivers appointed to buy-to-let properties
There was a sharp increase in the number of rent receivers appointed by banks to buy-to-let properties in September, according to figures from the Department of Finance.
Nama to sell hundreds more apartments around Dublin
Plenty of interest expected from overseas as lot produces total rental income of €7.43m
In another mass sale of Dublin apartments, the National Asset Management Agency (Nama) is to seek buyers for 588 homes in six Dublin suburbs and one in the city centre.
In the year to September, residential property prices at a national level, increased by 15.0%. This compares with an increase of 14.9% in August and an increase of 3.6% recorded in the twelve months to September 2013.
Residential property prices rose by 1.8% in the month of September. This compares with an increase of 2.3% recorded in August and an increase of 1.8% recorded in September of last year.
Thousands of homeowners received letters this week telling them that money they owe for the household charge is being deducted from their wages and pensions.
The €200 household charge has been replaced by the property tax, but Revenue is now getting tough with those who have so far failed to pay it.
Eircodes will help the public, businesses and public bodies to locate every individual address in the State. Eircodes will bring many benefits to the daily lives of people, householders and businesses. Currently, around 35% of addresses - mainly in rural areas - do not have a unique name or number in their address. With Eircodes, delivery of services and goods will be much easier and quicker to these addresses.
The crazy world of Irish property.
The economist who most accurately predicted the financial crash in Ireland was back with new warnings recently. Morgan Kelly, who teaches economics at the biggest university in Ireland, was predicting that many small businesses here would be forced to close in the next year or two because they owe so much money to the banks.
Ireland Exits Recession.
(Reuters) - Ireland emerged from its second recession in five years in the second quarter but tepid growth left official forecasts for the year in doubt and may dash government hopes of easing up on austerity.