Last week saw the release of the latest Daft.ie Sales report, covering trends in the first quarter of 2024. Two key findings will sound depressingly familiar to those keeping tabs on the housing market in Ireland.  The first is the persistent increase in prices. Adjusting for the mix of properties listed for sale around the country, prices rose by 1.8 per cent between December and March, meaning that the average listed price was 5.8 per cent higher in the first quarter of the year than a year previously.  Both these rates effectively match the ten-year average quarterly and annual increases…