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The Parliamentary Budget Office had found the cost of housing here is 'severely unaffordable'

'Collapse' in home ownership among young adults

Home ownership among adults of prime working age has "collapsed" since the financial crisis, according to a report from the Parliamentary Budget Office.

Business • 13 Jan 22

DNG's National Price Gauge shows the overall rate of house price increases last year stood at 12%

DNG sees further house price rises for 2022

House prices are set to continue rising this year after the strong growth in values recorded in 2021, the latest residential market review and outlook from property advisors DNG suggests.

Business • 10 Jan 22

Sherry FitzGerald said the overarching story for the residential housing market last year was the heightened levels of house price inflation (Pic:RollingNews.ie)

Second-hand home prices increase by 9.6% in 2021

Estate agent Sherry FitzGerald said the average value of second-hand homes in Ireland increased by 2.2% in the fourth quarter of 2021, with values rising 9.6% cumulatively over the year.

Business • 31 Dec 21

Residential property prices see an annual increase of 13.5% in October

Annual property prices jump by 13.5% in October - CSO

Property prices in October rose by 13.5% on an annual basis to mark the fastest annual pace of growth in over six years, according to the latest figures from the Central Statistics Office.

Business • 15 Dec 21

Residential property prices increased by 10.9% nationally in the year to August, new CSO figures show

Home prices jump by 10.9% in year to August - CSO

Residential property prices increased by 10.9% nationally in the year to August, with about half of this growth coming in the latest three months, new figures from the Central Statistics Office show.

Business • 14 Oct 21

The stock of homes available for purchase remains at near record lows, both reports find

Help-to-Buy to remain a little longer, says Varadkar

Asking prices for homes in the third quarter were up 9% across the country compared to the same period last year, according to two separate reports by property websites.

Business • 27 Sep 21

The most common expectation was that prices would rise by between 4 and 5%

Consumers expect house prices to continue rising

70% of Irish consumers expect house prices to rise over the next three years, according to a new survey by KBC Bank Ireland.

Business • 19 Aug 21

The price of houses and apartments nationally rose by 6.9% in the year to June, compared to 5.4% in May

Price of homes up over 95% from low point in 2013 - CSO

Residential property prices rose again in June, according to the latest figures from the Central Statistics Office.

Business • 12 Aug 21

In monthly terms, house prices fell by 0.5% from June

UK house prices fall in July as tax cut is scaled back

British house prices fell in July after a Covid-19 emergency tax break for buyers was scaled back at the end of June but demand for bigger homes as a result of the pandemic is likely to support the market, mortgage lender Nationwide said.

Business • 28 Jul 21

Asking prices have risen by 6.7% over the past six months.

UK house prices rise again amid record monthly sales

Asking prices for British homes rose by 0.7% between mid-June and early July compared with a month earlier, the biggest rise for the time of year since 2007 despite the scaling back of a tax break for buyers on 1 July, property website Rightmove said.

Business • 19 Jul 21

New CSO figures show that property prices gained 5.5% in May on an annual basis (Pic: RollingNews.ie)

Residential property prices up by 5.5% in May - CSO

Residential property prices rose at the fastest annual pace since the end of 2018 in May, new figures from the Central Statistics Office show today.

Business • 14 Jul 21

House prices in the euro area rose 5.8% in the first quarter of the year compared to the same time last year, Eurostat figures show

Euro zone house prices see fastest growth since 2006

House prices in the euro area rose 5.8% in the first quarter of the year compared to the same period last year, according to EU's official statistics agency Eurostat.

Business • 08 Jul 21

House prices are now 11.1% higher at a national level and 9.4% higher in Dublin than they were in June 2020, new figures from DNG said (Pic: RollingNews.ie)

House prices rising at fastest rate since 2017 - DNG

House price inflation is now running at its highest level since 2017, the latest residential market review from property advisors DNG shows.

Business • 05 Jul 21

Tight supply will continue to be a factor into 2022, the research states.

Dublin house prices could rise by 7% this year - JLL

House prices in Dublin could rise by 7% this year, according to a new forecast from real estate firm JLL.

Business • 21 Jun 21

Today's data shows that overall, property prices nationally have increased by 91% from their trough in early 2013

Home prices see annual increase of 4.5% in April - CSO

The price of residential property increased by 4.5% in April, according to the latest figures from the Central Statistics Office.

Business • 16 Jun 21

Local Property Tax rates have been cut and bands widened while changes have been made to include new properties built since 2013

Review of Local Property Tax valuations every 4 years

Details of new Local Property Tax rates have been published by the Department of Finance today. Rates have been cut and bands widened while changes have been made to include new properties built since 2013.

Business • 02 Jun 21

Rental prices in Ireland rose by 61.8% over the last ten years - the third highest increase in the EU

European rents up 15%, house prices up 28.6% since 2010

Irish house prices rose in line with the EU average of 28.9% over the past decade, according to figures published today by Eurostat, the EU's statistical agency.

Business • 08 Apr 21

The total number of properties available to buy on March 1 was just under 12,000

Daft: Asking prices rise almost 8%, supply drops by 34%

Listed house prices have increased by 7.6% on average over the past year, while the number of homes available to buy are down 34%, according to the latest report from property website Daft.ie.

Business • 31 Mar 21

Half of respondents agree that the home-buying market is more competitive now than it was before Covid-19 emerged

47% of homebuyers think prices will rise by up to 10%

47% of prospective homebuyers think prices will rise by up to 10% in the coming year, according to a new survey from property website MyHome.ie.

Business • 09 Mar 21

The Central Bank rules were introduced in 2015

Mortgage lending rules keep house inflation down - ESRI

New research by the ESRI has found evidence that mortgage lending rules put in place by the Central Bank six years ago have helped keep house prices 9% lower than they might otherwise have been.

Business • 23 Feb 21

Latest CSO figures show that residential property prices increased by 0.2% nationally in the year to November

Home prices saw a return to growth in November - CSO

Residential property prices rose on an annual basis for the first time in six months in November after disruption from the initial Covid-19 lockdown of the economy halted seven years of unbroken annual growth.

Business • 19 Jan 21

The SCSI concludes that housing supply and demand equilibrium may not be achieved until after 2030

Prices to rise as estate agents struggle to meet demand

Chartered estate agents say they are struggling to meet demand for property, especially from first-time buyers.

Business • 18 Jan 21

House market listings were as low as 15,390 at the start of December - down one third on the already low figure recorded in the same month in 2019

Housing supply issues amplified by pandemic - economist

The Covid-19 pandemic has amplified a trend of chronic and worsening shortage of housing and this is already being reflected in house prices and rents.

Business • 18 Dec 20

Property prices nationally have increased by 84.6% from their trough in early 2013, the CSO said

Annual residential property prices down 0.4% in October

Residential property prices fell by 0.4% in October on an annual basis, new Central Statistics Office figures show.

Business • 16 Dec 20

The average house sale price nationwide stood at €263,750, the latest Daft.ie report shows

Fall in supply pushes home prices up 4.8% in Q3

House prices rose by 4.8% between June and September, the latest Daft.ie House Price Report shows today, as the number of homes on sale in Ireland hit a 14-year low.

Business • 19 Oct 20

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