For Dublin as a whole, open-market rents in the second quarter were just 0.9% higher than they were at the end of 2022, compared to an increase of 5.7% seen outside Dublin, on average, and even bigger increases seen in the north-west.
Nick Corcoran grew up in Dublin’s inner city and his first job was selling vegetables from a van in Ballymun. Today, along with his business partner Nigel McDermott, he runs Cardinal Capital, a pioneer in the Irish alternative financing sector.
I-Res's core business of renting out flats is going great but market pressures are forcing it to narrow its ambitions. Six key graphs help explain why.
The pandemic understandably squeezed the number of second-hand homes listed for sale. But why has the market not recovered since?
With offices shut and nursing homes locked down, Blackbee directed clients into the credit of offices and nursing homes. An update to clients shows how the investments are performing.
Last year, LetterOne was forced to cut ties with some of its Russian founders following the invasion of Ukraine. It is now financing one of Ireland’s fastest-growing institutional landlords.
When we observe the yield on housing rising, some might be tempted to see that as evidence of a tilt in power away from labour and towards capital. But instead, it is a reflection of a housing system – and in particular a rental system – that is short on supply.
The financialisation of every single industry has all but closed opportunities to get rich through entrepreneurship. In Ireland, those who squeezed through are now buying houses for their children, but this won't build intergenerational wealth.
New working and shopping patterns plus higher interest rates have altered the commercial property equation, but agents TWM say there are plenty of cash investors. Founders Seán O’Neill and Michele Jackson explain how uncertainty gives their firm an edge.
By selling the research farm touted as Ireland’s answer to climate change, the livestock nutrition and agricultural technology group is closing a symbolic chapter. But the true meaning of the decision emerges from Devenish’s debt history.
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