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Tuath Housing partners with credit unions nationwide to deliver social housing 

Tuath Housing partners with credit unions nationwide to deliver social housing 

Ireland’s largest approved housing body delivers the first 52 social homes through new private finance facility for AHBs Minister of State at the Department of Finance, Jennifer Carroll MacNeill TD, visited the Parklands development in Citywest today to announce the first collaboration between Tuath Housing, the Credit Union Approved Housing Body (AHB) Fund, South Dublin […]

Tuath Housing announces launch of application process for Louth’s First-Ever Cost Rental Homes

Tuath Housing announces launch of application process for Louth’s First-Ever Cost Rental Homes

Ferrard Court, a brand-new residential development, will include 34 cost rental homes being delivered by Tuath in partnership with Louth County Council, The Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, The Housing Agency and the Housing Finance Agency HFA). Conveniently located near Drogheda Institute on the Twenties Lane, the development features an enticing mix of […]

THIS WEEK: DESIGN POP

THIS WEEK: DESIGN POP

Happening across Cork city – 1st – 3rd September 2023 www.designpop.ie A weekend-long celebration of over 28 architecture and design events Cork city’s architecture and design festival, Design POP, returns to the streets of Cork this weekend, September 1st – 3rd. Enjoy architecture and design through a series of architectural pavilions, events, talks, exhibitions, and […]

Sharp slowdown in commercial activity drags construction index to its lowest reading this year

Sharp slowdown in commercial activity drags construction index to its lowest reading this year

Ongoing demand weakness continued to pose challenges to companies within the Irish construction sector and drove sharper downturns in activity and new orders in August. Purchasing activity was subsequently scaled back and the rate of employment growth eased over the course of the month. Cost pressures, meanwhile, mounted further with input price inflation hitting a […]

Second John Behan Memorial Cycle takes place in Connemara

Second John Behan Memorial Cycle takes place in Connemara

Club Rothaiochta Chonamara, sponsored by PLACEengage, is hosting the second annual John Behan Memorial Cycle starting in Carraroe on Saturday, September 16th The team at PLACEengage are delighted to sponsor the second annual John Behan Memorial Cycle, hosted by Club Rothaiochta Chonamara. Scheduled for September 16, 2023. This day of cycling is bound to be […]

New orders fall for first time in six months

New orders fall for first time in six months

After having returned to growth in June, construction activity in Ireland saw a renewed decline in July amid a first reduction in new orders since January. More positively, firms continued to take on extra staff and remained optimistic that activity will expand over the coming year. The headline seasonally adjusted BNP Paribas Real Estate Ireland […]

New data shows sitting tenants paying markedly lower rents than new tenants

New data shows sitting tenants paying markedly lower rents than new tenants

Research published today by the ESRI explores how the rental prices faced by new tenants compare to those faced by existing or sitting tenants across Ireland. This work was funded by the Residential Tenancies Board. The lack of timely, comprehensive data on the rents faced by existing tenants in the Irish private rental sector has […]

National three-bed semi price surpasses €300,000 – REA survey

National three-bed semi price surpasses €300,000 – REA survey

The average price of a three-bed semi nationally has breached €300,000 for the first time since 2007, the Q3 REA Average House Price Index has found. House prices in Ireland’s large towns rose by 2pc in the past three months and are increasing at twice the rate of Dublin and the major cities as mortgage-approved […]

Lotus targets loan deployment of €250 million via new fund launched

Lotus targets loan deployment of €250 million via new fund launched

Lotus Investment Group aims to support the delivery of large scale housing projects throughout the country in the next 12-24 months Lotus Investment Group has announced the launch of its new fund to provide financing to house builders embarking on projects of anything up to 500 homes. The fund will sit alongside Lotus’ other sources […]

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