The Sunday Business Post | The divided Docklands
The Sunday Business Post, Sunday, February 5th 2017 The development of the Docklands area of Dublin was a key driver in the construction sector during the boom and, while the bust interrupted proceedings, building is back again in this fascinating 1,285-acre part of the city. But it’s a tale of two halves in two distinct…
The Irish Times | Three to buy – bright options in south Dublin
The Irish Times, Thursday, January 26th 2017 The thirty-something couple who bought this three-bed semi in Blackrock, Co Dublin, in 2011 for €325,000 were told they were mad to do so. Prices were falling, and they’d never get it back, they were warned. Now their home at the front of the large Cloisters development…
The Irish Independent | Lack of supply becomes key factor
The Irish Independent, Saturday, January 21st 2017 Lack of supply was a key factor in pushing Dublin 2’s prices up in 2016. Although asking prices were only slightly up on the previous year (€486 per sq ft in 2016, as compared to €473 in 2015), our assessing agent Owen Reilly saw sale prices up by…
The Irish Times | Seventh floor heaven in docklands
The Irish Times, Thursday, January 19th 2017 Millennium Tower still holds the record as Dublin’s tallest residential building. Located in Grand Canal Dock, it was designed by O’Mahony Pike, and built by Zoe Developments. In 2000 the penthouse sold for close to €2.75 million. Number 53, on the seventh floor, offers views to the Sugar…
The Sunday Times | They’re out of the starting gate
The Sunday Times, Sunday, January 15th 2017 And they’re off. Some may call it a faltering start, but the 2017 property season has begun. Last week saw a trickle of homes come to the market, though estate agents were lamenting the fact that some clients were still clearing up the Christmas detritus and weren’t ready…
The Sunday Business Post | Two-bed penthouse gives a good view
The Sunday Business Post, Sunday, January 15th 2017 Perched on the sixth and seventh floors on the west side of the Hanover Quay residential complex in Dublin 2, is No 21 Hanover Riverside, a two-bedroom penthouse on the market with Owen Reilly and which is guiding €650,000. Located at Grand Canal Dock, on the south…
The Docklands Residential Report January 2017
Despite the geopolitical turbulence and the much-documented low stock of listings that continued to affect buyers and sellers, our clients’ experience was positive in 2016 and particularly so for our Dublin Docklands clients.
The Sunday Times | Cash flows in with surge of rental yields
The Sunday Times, Sunday, January 8th 2017 Dublin 2 South city centre, Grand Canal Dock CSO average house price: €359,384 2017 prediction: up 5% Despite a busy start to the year, the rate of property transactions in Dublin 2 slowed in the second quarter of 2016, falling by about 33%. It picked up again in the third…
The Sunday Business Post | Grounds for optimism in Dublin city centre
The Sunday Business Post, January 1st 2017 The new rules on mortgage lending, other buyer incentives and an increasing supply of new homes in the pipeline have created conditions that are altogether more positive for the property market. I expect an increased number of first-time buyers to enter the market this year and I believe…
The Sunday Times | Return customers – this elegant Ranelagh house…
The Sunday Times, December 18th 2016 The rain was belting down in Dublin on Wednesday morning and many of the houses around Ranelagh had Christmas fairy lights twinkling in the windows. It’s times such as this that Georgian properties come into their own. Those of us who aren’t lucky enough to live in a period…