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Michael Noonan said Stamp Duty was not a useful tool for controlling property prices

NAMA may be used to control rising property prices

Minister for Finance Michael Noonan said he has asked the National Asset Management Agency to see if it can use land it controls as a way of controlling rapidly rising property prices, particularly in Dublin.

News • 16 Apr 14

IRES REIT appoints NAMA man as its chief investment officer

IRES REIT names new chief investment officer

Irish Residential Properties REIT has appointed former NAMA advisor Donal Kellegher as its chief investment officer.

Business • 10 Apr 14

NAMA chairman Frank Daly says the deal is the biggest so far for the agency

NAMA sells off Northern Ireland loan portfolio

The National Asset Management Agency has announced its biggest ever transaction.

Business • 04 Apr 14

NAMA CEO Brendan McDonagh described agency as the 'largest work-out organisation ever'

NAMA's €4.5 billion of assets for sale in Ireland

NAMA's CEO has told an audience in London that the organisation has €4.5 billion of loan and property assets for sale on the island of Ireland.

Business • 22 Mar 14

Sources said the assets up for sale are linked to developer Gerry Conlan and will be sold at a discount

NAMA planning €300m sale of property loans: report

The National Asset Management Agency is preparing to sell property loans with a face value of over €300m as demand for property rises.

Business • 19 Mar 14

Junior debt payment would 'represent a major development in the history of the Irish property agency'

NAMA planning optional debt payout - report

NAMA plans to make a first optional interest payment on its riskiest securities as the outlook for its commercial property assets improves.

Business • 24 Feb 14

Michael Noonan said the Dublin property market had become 'totally distorted'

Govt concerned about limited property supply

Minister for Finance Michael Noonan has said that the Government is "concerned" about the limited supply of property available in the Dublin area and the consequent rising prices.

News • 18 Feb 14

The docklands accounts were scrutinised at the Public Accounts Committee

Docklands transfer cost taxpayer €50m, PAC told

The Public Accounts Committee has heard that the loss to the taxpayer after the transfer of assets and lands in the North Lotts area from the Docklands authority to NAMA was approximately €50 million.

News • 06 Feb 14

NAMA has redeemed €1.75 billlion of the €12.93 billion issued to the Central Bank to acquire a floating charge over IBRC assets

NAMA redeems €750m debt linked to prom note swap

NAMA has redeemed €750m of bonds issued to the Central Bank in connection with the liquidation of the former Anglo Irish Bank.

Business • 03 Feb 14

Green Reit and Kennedy Wilson have paid over €310m for Central Park - reports

Green REIT & Kennedy Wilson win Central Park bid

Green REIT and Kennedy Wilson have won the competitive bidding process for the Central Park development in Leopardstown in south Dublin.

Business • 31 Jan 14

NAMA gets higher than expected Central Park bids

It is believed that NAMA has received two bids of over €300m for the Central Park development in Leopardstown in south Dublin.

Business • 30 Jan 14

Mr Daly said that while the recovery is strongest in Dublin, he expects it to spread

NAMA chairman says property crash is over

The chairman of NAMA has said he believes the property crash in Ireland is over, that property prices have begun to move off the bottom and that the property market has moved into a different phase.

News • 17 Jan 14

NAMA had launched 80:20 initiative in 2012 to generate more activity in the Irish housing market

NAMA's 80:20 scheme to end in May

The National Asset Management Agency is to close the 80:20 Deferred Payment Initiative to new entrants from the end of May.

Business • 16 Jan 14

Frank Daly and Brendan McDonagh addressed allegations made against NAMA in recent days (Pic: Laura Hutton/Photocall)

NAMA CEO willing to meet developer McKillen

NAMA Chief Executive Brendan McDonagh has said he is willing to meet the developer Paddy McKillen, who is taking a High Court action against the agency.

News • 20 Dec 13

A second former employee has been reported to gardaí

NAMA to respond to criminal activity claims

NAMA has accepted an invitation from the Dáil's Public Accounts Committee to appear before it tomorrow to respond to allegations of criminal activity.

News • 19 Dec 13

Taoiseach Enda Kenny said a firm of solicitors had made a complaint to gardaí about NAMA

NAMA reports second former employee to gardaí

A spokesman for the National Asset Management Agency has confirmed it has reported a second former employee to gardaí for allegedly sharing information unlawfully.

News • 17 Dec 13

NAMA planning sale of loans linked to developer Michael O'Flynn?

NAMA plans sale of €1.8 billion of loans

NAMA is preparing to sell Irish, German and UK property loans with a face value of €1.8 billion, two people with knowledge of the plan said.

Business • 06 Dec 13

NAMA announces deal with Pepper Asset Management

Pepper wins NAMA loans servicing deal

NAMA has selected Pepper Asset Management as its preferred bidder to provide services on the portfolio of personal loans which it may buy from the Special Liquidators to IBRC.

Business • 05 Dec 13

NAMA CEO Brendan McDonagh says agency set to redeem another €7.5 billion by 2016

NAMA meets its redemption target of €7.5 billion

The National Asset Management Agency said it has redeemed a further €500m of senior debt.

Business • 04 Dec 13

NAMA 'disappointed' over low demand for social housing units despite criticism

NAMA 'disappointed' over social housing take-up

A senior NAMA official has said the agency was "disappointed" at the level of demand it received from local authorities to the 4,500 homes it has made available for social housing.

News • 01 Dec 13

Facebook is to move to new offices in Dublin with space for 1,000 workers

Facebook to move to bigger Dublin offices

Facebook is set to expand its international headquarters in Dublin.

Business • 07 Nov 13

Bernard McNamara's had debts of around €2.7bn at the height of the boom

Bernard McNamara due to exit insolvency in Britain

Former billionaire developer Bernard McNamara is to discharge bankruptcy proceedings in Britain tomorrow.

Business • 01 Nov 13

Many of the houses in NAMA's portfolio are in areas where there is no social housing need

Just 443 NAMA sites transferred for social housing

Fewer than half the potential homes that NAMA believed could be used for social housing are suitable for that purpose, Minister for Housing Jan O’Sullivan has told the Dáil.

News • 23 Oct 13

NAMA has agreed €1 billion loan facility with special liquidators of IBRC

NAMA generated €2 billion in cash in H1

NAMA accounts for the second quarter of this year show the agency has generated €2 billion in cash during the first six months of 2013.

Business • 23 Oct 13

London mayor Boris Johnson and Ballymore chairman Sean Mulryan with a model of the London City Island project at a launch exhibition in Hong Kong

Ballymore could make €300-350m from London project

Ballymore, which is led by developer Sean Mulryan, is expected to make a profit of between €300m and €350m from a new UK development called London City Island.

Business • 18 Oct 13

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