Househunters were today warned they face a balancing act in getting on to the property ladder as a new house price survey showed signs of a slowdown, the first for five years.
Estate agents Douglas Newman Good revealed that rising interest rates were helping to create the much touted soft landing in the market, but at [...]

A 30 acre residential site in Johnstown, Navan, Co Meath is expected to sell for around €45m.
The site comes with full planning permission for 425 new homes and is on offer in one or two lots through Raymond Potterton Auctioneers.
The property is located off the Dublin Road, just five minutes walk from the Ballis neighbourhood [...]

THE runaway property market is finally beginning to cool and some homes are even seeing a drop in prices for the first time in more than a decade.
Estate agents said yesterday they had seen the first evidence of a “soft landing” after years of astounding growth.
But the Irish Auctioneers and Valuers Institute insisted there was [...]

THE former home of tragic suicide victim Jason Smurfit was sold for €1.41m at a crowded auction room yesterday.
The auction attracted plenty of interest, eventually selling for €310,000 more than the guide price. Five separate bidders got involved in the quickfire auction held in the plush surrounds of the Fitzpatrick Castle Hotel, Killiney, in leafy [...]

Two properties owned by Queen’s University in Belfast have been sold at public auction for a total of £2.5m.
The first to go under the gavel was an end-of-terrace property at 14-16 Upper Crescent, off University Road. Bidding started at £700,000; however, it quickly soared until a final knock-down of £1.66m.
Consisting of three interconnecting, listed buildings, [...]