Month: November 2013

Good progress being made on unfinished housing developments

Minister for Housing and Planning, Jan O’Sullivan, yesterday published the second annual progress report on tackling the issue of unfinished housing developments which points to “even…

Mortgage arrears continue to increase

There’s been a further increase in the number of people in mortgage arrears for more than 90 days. The Central Bank says there were over…

NAMA to release 450 homes to the homeless next year

Housing Minister Jan O'Sullivan says NAMA will release 450 homes next year to help people in long term homelessness. Focus Ireland has criticised the agency…

Property prices continue to rise across the board in October

Residential property prices grew by 1.8% in the month of October, according to the latest figures from the Central Statistics Office (CSO). The same increase…

Property tax deadline extended due to volume of calls to Revenue

Tens of thousands of householders trying to pay their property tax who tried unsuccessfully to reach the Revenue helpline in the past few days will…

One in five renters hoping to purchase a home in the next year

One in five people who are currently renting a home say they are likely to purchase a property in the next 12 months according to…

Thousands of calls to Revenue ahead of property tax deadline

Around 15,000 people called the Revenue Commissioners yesterday seeking help in filing their property tax returns. The calls came as the countdown to tomorrow’s deadline…