REA Seamus Browne Newsletter

Providing regular property news from across Ireland

  • REA Q4 Report 2015

    21st December 2015

    Average house prices in Dublin city and county fell by over 6% in 2015 as a combination of lack of suitable supply, high rents and the Central Bank s deposit rules stagnated the capital s market, according to a national survey carried out by Real Estate Alliance. The average house in Dublin city...

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  • Nationwide development rebates needed to solve housing supply crisis

    19th November 2015

    The Government needs to impose the proposed local development charge rebate scheme on a nationwide basis in order to ease the current housing supply crisis, a leading estate agency group has advised. Failure to recognise that supply problems are not just an issue in Dublin or Cork will do little...

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  • REA Leinster Auction a success

    21st October 2015

    The first REA Leinster auction was a terrific success, with more than 3,500,000 worth of residential and commercial property sold with some going for more than 60% over their AMVs. Eighteen properties were sold under the hammer at the auction in the Louis Fitzgerald Hotel in Newlands Cross, D...

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  • REA Average House Q3 survey - Rule change needed as spiralling rents rule out house buying for many

    12th October 2015

    The average three-bed semi in South County Dublin has seen 15,000 wiped off its value in three months as the new deposit rules stifle the higher end of the market, according to a national survey carried out by Real Estate Alliance. And spiralling rents will cut off mortgages as an option for ma...

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  • €6.5m of commercial and residential property to go under the hammer at first REA Leinster Auction

    1st October 2015

    6.5m of commercial and residential property to go under the hammer at first REA Leinster Auction Louis Fitzgerald Hotel, Newlands Cross, Dublin on the 15th of October The Real Estate Alliance, one of Ireland s biggest estate agent groups, has announced the first in a series of auctions compris...

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