A low-key Irish firm has acquired and renovated dozens of apartments in 13 properties now for sale to institutional investors in one lot. Records show it is on track to double the capital invested.
Regulations should be judged not by their aims but by their effects. From housing standards to climate policy, well-meaning rules in Ireland risk pricing people out of homes and stifling urban renewal — unless policymakers properly weigh costs, benefits, and trade-offs.
Locals and business owners had raised concerns with Dublin City Council over the potential to attract on-street crowds and drinking and turn the area into “another tourist Temple Bar location”.
Shrewd, resilient, and ambitious, John Bruder has navigated Ireland’s property market from AIB to Treasury Holdings, founding Burlington, and now spearheading Gresham House Real Estate Ireland.
The latest Daft.ie report shows rents have far outpaced house prices since 2007, with yields pointing to market fundamentals, not overheating. The real danger isn’t another crash but a deepening shortage of homes.
The receiver to Camden Yard is in exclusive talks to sell the half-built site to European investor Orange Capital. But contractors who are owed millions for work already completed want to ensure they get paid.
Camden Yard remains a prime development site in Dublin despite facing many setbacks. A European investor is in exclusive talks to buy the site for €91m, and it is working with a development partner.
The collapse in new housing starts this year isn’t just a post-incentive hangover – it’s a sign of deeper issues in how Ireland is building, planning, and managing its long-term housing strategy.
The pandemic has left its mark on the jobs and housing markets. Jobs became hybrid and the trend of more expensive counties seeing greater house price growth was halted. Is there a new model emerging?
Estate agent John Stokes felt US-based building magnate Maurice Regan acted like an "absolute pig" in the Barne Estate transaction but he denies that he felt bullied by him.
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