Ronan Lyons | Personal Website
Ronan Lyons | Personal Website

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2010 marks the end of a single national property market

This post reviews the latest Daft Report, which outlines trends in house prices around Ireland over the course of 2010. In particular, it discusses the end of a single national property market and how the focus should now turn to the different regional markets around Ireland. Some of these, particularly in the cities, look quite close to the adjustment “finishing line”, while others may perhaps be only half way through their adjustment. Read more

Rents stabilise during the first months of 2010

This post reviews the latest Daft Report, on the rental market in Q1 2010, released this morning. Overall, it finds that rents have been stabilising, particularly in the city areas. The market remains fragile, though, with the total number of properties available to rent outside the main cities well above the number of monthly transactions. The post finishes by looking at what’s happened the dishwasher premium over the course of the recession. Read more

House price down 4.7% in the third quarter of 2009

This post goes through some of the findings from the latest Daft.ie Report, out this morning, which reviews trends up to the end of September. Optimists can point to falling stock for sale and quicker sale times in Dublin. Clear regional differences are now emerging in the house price adjustments, while sellers many counties also seem to engaging in a six month wait-and-see strategy. Read more