REA O'Donoghue & Clarke Newsletter

Providing regular property news from across Ireland

  • REA Q2 Average Property House Price Index

    11th July 2016

    A nationwide supply shortage has fuelled a rise of over 2% in the price of the average house in the last three months, according to a national survey carried out by Real Estate Alliance. The majority of counties in the State recorded price increases in Quarter Two this year, the latest Real Esta...

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  • Q3 2016 - Average House Price Index

    30th June 2016

    The average three-bed semi has risen above 200,000 for the first time since the country emerged from the property crash, according to a national survey carried out by Real Estate Alliance. And with an increase of mortgage-backed buyers on the market chasing a limited supply, prices in Dublin ha...

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  • Average age of first-time buyer rises to 34

    7th June 2016

    The average age of the first-time buyer in Ireland has risen by five years to 34 over the past decade, with a leading estate agency group predicting that home ownership may soon be a pipedream for those in their twenties. In 2006 the average first-time buyer in Ireland was approximately 29 years...

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  • Agents View - Sunday Independent

    1st June 2016

    If you build it, they will come ..With apologies to Kevin Costner you have to build them, the would-be occupiers are already here. There is no single solution to meeting the housing needs of the population just a series of joined-up actions that are readily achievable if the will is there.W...

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  • Q2 2016 - Average House Price Index

    30th March 2016

    A nationwide supply shortage has fuelled a rise of over 2% in the price of the average house in the last three months, according to a national survey carried out by Real Estate Alliance. The majority of counties in the State recorded price increases in Quarter Two this year, the latest Real Esta...

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