Property Plus On the market, by Lily Killeen
The Sunday Business Post, Sunday, February 7th 2016 13 South Lotts Road, Ringsend, Dublin 4 Price €435,000 What: this unassuming two-bed terraced house measures 70 square metres and was completely refurbished in 2011 to provide a bright, energy-efficient, B3-rated home. There is a front garden and a south-facing rear garden with paving and access to…
BLOG Mount St Anne’s – rus in urbe in Milltown
Blog Post by Owen Reilly, February 4th 2016 When Park Developments bought the site of what is now Mount St Anne’s, they were aiming to provide one of Ireland’s most prestigious residential developments. Located overlooking the River Dodder at the top of Milltown Hill, the landmark site was bought in the 1990s from the Sisters…
End of CGT exemption slows early market but D2 on the up
The Irish Independent, Saturday, January 23rd 2016 Dublin 2 Average Price: €330,000 Areas: South City Centre, Quays, Grand Canal Dock, Pembroke, Leeson, Temple Bar Up: + 10% One Year Forecast: + 5% Assessing Agent: Owen Reilly Property Consultants The apartment-filled market in Dublin 2 had a slow start to last year following the expiry of…
New breed of buyer comes into complex D1 market
The Irish Independent, Saturday, January 23rd 2016 The Dublin 1 market is dominated by apartments, the investor’s favourite buy. So given the expiry of the capital gains tax relief at the end of 2014 and the flurry of purchasing from investors that it caused, it was likely that the north city centre would have a…
BLOG Observations on the residential property market in Dublin’s Docklands
A summary of our sales and letting transactions in Dublin’s Docklands during 2015 highlights strong rents, strong demand from investors and strong selling prices across the board. Sale prices, buyer profiles and rents are among the information included in our report Observations on the residential property market in Dublin’s Docklands January 2016 Strong asking prices and…
Real estate and building are on a roll, by Tina-Marie O’Neill
The Sunday Business Post, Sunday, January 3rd 2016 … In Dublin, Owen Reilly, who established his estate agency in Dublin’s Docklands in 2008 and handles properties throughout South Dublin said: “I am optimistic about 2016; I believe the market is now in a phase beyond recovery and has reached a welcome state of equilibrium. To generate…
BLOG Selling your property at Christmas 2015
Blog Post by Anita Davey, December 10th 2015 Is this the right time of year to sell your property? Christmas is a time when family, friends and neighbours gather in celebration. Very often in this relaxed atmosphere people tend to reflect and evaluate their lives. I am often asked when is the most suitable time…
Dublin harbours new ambitions, by Nathan Brooker
The Financial Times, Saturday, November 21st 2015 The cluster of tech companies straddling a portion of the river Liffey in central Dublin has earned its rough square mile the predictable — if by now slightly irritating — moniker: “Silicon Docks”. Bandwagoning aside, since the financial crash of 2008 delivered Ireland one of the worst economic…
Top let | Grand designs on the rental market, Sandymount, Dublin
The Irish Independent, Friday, November 20th 2015 Sandymount is always popular with families and many of its turn of the century houses have been upgraded, renovated or extended over the years, making this one of the more expensive and salubrious parts of Dublin. This property, on Tritonville Road, has been effectively demolished and re-built entirely,…
New rental measures are a missed opportunity, by Owen Reilly
The Sunday Independent, Sunday, November 15th 2015 After much speculation, the Government has given us a “rent freeze”. Landlords are obviously not happy – but neither are tenants. Landlords, among them people in negative equity who are struggling to keep their heads above water, feel they are being unfairly tar- geted and unfairly blamed for…