REA John Lee Newsletter
Providing regular property news from across Ireland
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REA Predictions for House Prices 2018
2nd January 2018The emergence of new homes as a real option for buyers for the first time in a decade is set to drive a less-heated property market in 2018, estate agents have predicted. A survey carried out for the Irish Independent by the Real Estate Alliance Group has found that agents throughout the country...
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Electronic measures would reduce vacant properties - AGM 2017
4th December 2017A 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 2017The 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 2017Renters 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 2017The 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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