Carlow and Kilkenny property agents, FitzGerald Auctioneers and Liberty Estates have joined forces to create the Agents Network. The natural links between the south-east’s premier commercial centres have been strengthened by this innovative new venture, which according to David Fitzgerald aims to provide a new level of customer service to vendors by making their property [...]

House supply in Sligo has outstretched demand resulting in one of the slowest growth in property prices in the country last year.
Prices rose by only 6 per cent in 2006.
The highest houseprice rise was in County Leitrim, with a 29 per cent growth for the same period according to the latest figures released [...]

PropertyNews.com, which was acquired by Independent News & Media plc in March 2006, and terms itself the definitive property website for Ireland (Republic) and Northern Ireland, today announced a partnership deal with Real Estate Alliance, the Irish property group of auctioneers and estate agents.
The three year agreement facilitates an arrangement whereby all 46 locally owned [...]

Estate agents in the Republic of Ireland expect residential values to continue rising in 2007 but ‘more modestly’ than last year, the Irish Auctioneers and Valuers Institute has reported.
IAVI’s annual property survey confirmed that 2006 was a year of two halves in the Irish property market with Dublin auction prices rocketing in the first half [...]

In its annual review of the property market Gunne Residential said it expects the price of second-hand homes to rise between 3% and 5% this year, with affordability a major issue for some buyers.
The auctioneers said although 2006 was overall a successful one for the second-hand housing market with prices up by around 12% – [...]

Property prices in the State should grow by around 4 to 5 per cent this year, according to the body representing estate agents.
In its annual property survey for 2006, the Irish Auctioneers and Valuers Institute (IAVI) said last year’s property market “continued to confound the pessimists”, with a record 92,000 new housing units completed and [...]

A small town in North Carolina will be the unlikely venue for a major auction of Irish art next month.
A small town in North Carolina will be the unlikely venue for a major auction of Irish art next month. The pieces on sale are expected to fetch about $1 million (€770,000).
Among the works that will [...]

eBay has announced it will acquire online ticket re-seller StubHub for $310 million cash.
“StubHub has been extremely successful in the online tickets segment, and it’s a perfect complement to eBay’s tickets business,” said eBay’s Bill Cobb.
This acquisition – which is subject to regulatory approval and approval of StubHub’s stockholders, among other conditions – is expected [...]

Intending to boost consumer confidence in its online payment system — and t thwart the scourge of phishing attacks aimed at its users. PayPal will begin offering customers the option of using a password-generating device to beef up security.
The system will use a key fob, known as the PayPal Security Key, an electronic [...]

Press Release
Finditt Auctions a service of Finditt has recently launched and is already attracting highly sort after collectibles. With autographs of hollywood mega stars being listed visitors can now buy and sell such items on Finditt Auctions, with fees far less than Ebay.
Ebay Auctions has raised prices and Finditt is attracting buyers and sellers to [...]

Christie’s auction house is selling Study For Portrait II next month, when the work is expected to fetch at least £12 million.
Being sold by a private collector, and appearing in public for the first time, it is one of the most famous of the 50-plus papal portraits painted by Bacon, who was obsessed by Velazquez’s [...]

Six terrace tickets for the Ireland England clash have already been bought on eBay for the asking price of almost €350 each, a huge mark-up on the €30 normal cost.

According to data released by IE Internet, almost two thirds of all email received in this country (62.13pc) last month was spam. This is the highest level ever recorded in Ireland.
Figures for the final month of the year tend to be slightly skewed by the fact that many businesses are closed for the Christmas [...]