REA McDonald Newsletter

Providing regular property news from across Ireland

  • Electronic measures would reduce vacant properties - AGM 2017

    4th December 2017

    A host of electronic measures need to be implemented in an effort to reduce the number of vacant properties in the State, according to national estate agency group Real Estate Alliance. It is now taking five weeks on average to reach sale agreed on a second-hand property, with houses in Dublin t...

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  • Q4 2017 - Average House Price Index

    30th September 2017

    The rate of increase in three-bed semi-detached home prices in Dublin slowed to 1.5% in the fourth quarter of the year as buyers look to new homes on the horizon, the Q4 Irish Independent REA Average House Price Index has found. While prices in the capital s postcode areas have risen by 12.5% in...

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  • Renters Paying Twice as much as paying mortgages

    26th September 2017

    Renters are moving home to their parents in ever-increasing numbers in an effort to get on the property ladder, according to a national group of estate agents. With rents exceeding average monthly mortgage costs around the country, tenants are finding that the only way they can raise finance is ...

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  • Q3 2017 REA Average House Price Survey

    25th September 2017

    The average three bed semi-detached house nationally has risen by 3.1% to 221,843 since June, the Q3 REA Average House Price Survey has found.The REA Average House Price Survey concentrates on the up-to-date actual sale price of Ireland's typical stock home, the three-bed semi, giving a real-tim...

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  • Q3 2017 - Average House Price Index

    30th June 2017

    The average three bed semi-detached house nationally has risen by 3.1% to 221,843 since June, the Q3 REA Average House Price Survey has found. The REA Average House Price Survey concentrates on the up-to-date actual sale price of Ireland's typical stock home, the three-bed semi, giving a real-t...

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