REA Seamus Browne Newsletter

Providing regular property news from across Ireland

  • Q4 2015 - Average House Price Index

    30th September 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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  • Average age of first time buyer at 33

    24th August 2015

    The average age of the first time buyer in Ireland has risen by four years to 33 over the past decade, with a leading estate agency group predicting that this figure may rise sharply over the next few years. In 2005 the average first time buyer in Ireland was approximately 29 years old, but, acc...

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  • Time to level the playing field for second-time buyers

    5th August 2015

    The second-time buyer is potentially being excluded from the housing market as a consequence of the recently-introduced Central Bank deposit requirements. Philip Farrell, CEO of Real Estate Alliance believes that it is time for the Government and the Central Bank to reassess the effects that t...

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  • Dublin city house prices fall by 19k in Q2 - survey

    6th July 2015

    The price of an average three-bed semi in Dublin city has fallen by over 19,000 in the past three months as the new rules on mortgage deposits take effect, according to one national estate agency group. The average semi detached house nationally now costs 186,968, the Q2 Real Estate Alliance A...

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  • Q3 2015 - Average House Price Index

    30th June 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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