Posts by Laura

Quite a lot happened for the industry this week… Setting aside the controversy within An Bord Pleanála, which is still unfolding, the Bord was the subject of a Currency.news feature this week, calling out “unimplemented institutional reforms, controversial government housing policies and relentless legal challenges”. At this stage, it is difficult to see how the proposed new…

Vacancy, dereliction and general obsolescence have always been features of the property market in Ireland, as they are of any property market. Economists even account for this when forecasting annual housing needs, for example, Ronan Lyons estimates a loss of approximately 8,000 homes in Ireland every year due to obsolescence. State attempts to tackle this…

Planning was sought under the old SHD system for more than 9,000 residential units in the first two weeks of April. This “scramble” to meet the strategic housing scheme deadline of April 19th has been the subject of heavy reporting by The Irish Times. While the scheme is currently being phased out, developers can still lodge SHD…

Did you see that former President Barack Obama now has his own netflix show? It is an environmental docu-series that captures footage of wild spaces and wildlife from within ‘Our Great National Parks’, overlaid with commentary from the retired politician. Observing the survivalist behaviours of animals in the wild, he shares many wry insights that hint at…

The first few reports of the new quarter focused on property price increases. This week, the focus is firmly on the supply side of the market. The latest BNP Paribas Real Estate Ireland Construction Total Activity Index recorded a slowdown in growth for Q1.  The slow down in growth was felt across all activities, including…

Last week saw the release of a whole host of residential property reports showing average price increases of between 8.4 to 12.3 percent over the past 12 months, with no signs of a market slowdown. Similarly, the latest commercial reporting from JLL and CBRE revealed a strong start to 2022, with a figure of between…

Three significant residential property reports were released this week. They came from MyHome.ie, Daft.ie, and the REA nationwide network of estate agents. There was a time, not that long ago, when the data for these reports might have been in conflict. But this is no longer the case, the discrepancies this quarter are slight, and…

Real estate is an industry full of moving parts. It is difficult (but not impossible) to manage or fully leverage assets that do not exist. The impacts of chronic levels of under-supply in recent years have been fully felt by the market, so we welcome the news that commencement notices for new homes hit their…

Within the next few months, we will be marking – or celebrating – a decade of property data in Ireland. While for many, it will not feel like 10 years since the initial publication of the Property Price Register, for others in the industry it is probably inconceivable to imagine valuing properties and interpreting residential…