Property prices will likely continue to rise in the absence of a significant increase in supply, with a new survey pointing to as many as 300,000 potential home buyers emerging over the next two years.

According to the latest KBC Homebuyer survey, more than one in four Irish consumers is now considering a property purchase, with almost half of these already “active”, a survey of some 2,000 Irish consumers has found.

Moreover, with some 70,000 homeowners now “ready and able to finance house purchase”, the survey suggests potential demand could grow to about 300,000 home sales over the next two years. However, supply isn’t growing at such a rate to match demand; in 2016 for example, fewer than 48,000 properties were sold in the whole year

Read the full details in the Irish Times

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Latest figures indicate a marked increase in those seeking and securing mortgages, while property prices have also risen sharply over the same periodIt may be worthwhile to consider just how significant this demand pressure is.

Latest mortgage approvals from the Banking and Payments Federation of Ireland (BPFI) show a sharp rise in the number of people seeking mortgage approval. In February 2017, 2,840 would-be home buyers received mortgage approval, up from 1,996 a year earlier.

Read the full details in the Irish Times

If it’s a Structural Survey Report (Building Survey Report, House Survey Report, Home Survey  Report, Property Survey Report,) Condition Survey, Commercial Survey or Land Survey, ABL Surveyors are a firm of Chartered Building Surveyors with vast experience who will provide a professional, cost effective and efficient service to all our clients. Each inspection is carried out by a Chartered Building Surveyor (Building Surveyor, Home Surveyor, House Surveyor, Property Surveyor, or Land Surveyor) who has vast experience in their relevant field of Surveying.

We have offices in Navan, Dundalk and Dublin and also cover the surrounding counties and will travel nationwide if required.

ABL Surveyors are a member of the Society of Chartered Surveyors
Ireland and holds full professional indemnity insurance cover.

In the event that you require any of these services, ABL Surveyors are the right choice for you so please contact us for a quote

Construction of new homes reached a seven-year high in January, as developers look to capitalise on the Government’s Help to Buy by increasing their output.

Latest figures from the Department of Housing show that based on electricity connections, some 1,244 units were completed across the country in January, up by 35 per cent year on year. On an annual basis, it means that 15,256 units were completed in the year to January, the highest level since 2010.

Read the full details in the Irish Times

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We have offices in Navan, Dundalk and Dublin and also cover the surrounding counties and will travel nationwide if required.

ABL Surveyors are a member of the Society of Chartered Surveyors
Ireland and holds full professional indemnity insurance cover.

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New research by homeless charity the Peter McVerry Trust has found that 62 per cent of people are in favour of a tax on empty homes.

The latest CSO figures show there are 198,000 empty homes, excluding holiday homes in Ireland.

CEO of the Peter McVerry Trust, Pat Doyle said that putting a tax on empty homes, collected through the existing property tax would yield an extra €20 million per annum to the State.

“The Government is launching at the end of the month an empty homes strategy and what we are saying is that there will be grants to encourage landlords and those who are not using their properties to bring them back. But if they won’t or they are not interested in supporting the State tackle what is a crisis in housing right now we are saying there should be a tax.

Read the full details in the Irish Times

If it’s a Structural Survey Report (Building Survey Report, House Survey Report, Home Survey  Report, Property Survey Report,) Condition Survey, Commercial Survey or Land Survey, ABL Surveyors are a firm of Chartered Building Surveyors with vast experience who will provide a professional, cost effective and efficient service to all our clients. Each inspection is carried out by a Chartered Building Surveyor (Building Surveyor, Home Surveyor, House Surveyor, Property Surveyor, or Land Surveyor) who has vast experience in their relevant field of Surveying.

We have offices in Navan, Dundalk and Dublin and also cover the surrounding counties and will travel nationwide if required.

ABL Surveyors are a member of the Society of Chartered Surveyors
Ireland and holds full professional indemnity insurance cover.

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The current shortage of homes for the sale and rental markets is not only causing serious hardship to those needing accommodation, it is also putting at risk our economic well-being and competitiveness, including threatening much-needed foreign direct investment. The shortage is far more severe than is generally appreciated and is only going to get worse unless more radical measures are introduced immediately to stimulate supply.

Read the full details in the Irish Independent

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We have offices in Navan, Dundalk and Dublin and also cover the surrounding counties and will travel nationwide if required.

ABL Surveyors are a member of the Society of Chartered Surveyors
Ireland and holds full professional indemnity insurance cover.

In the event that you require any of these services, ABL Surveyors are the right choice for you so please contact us for a quote

It may take another decade before supply matches demand in the Irish property market, Standard and Poor’s (S&P) has warned.

In a new report, the rating agency said the property market here remains impaired by what it called “crisis legacy issues”. In particular, it highlighted the high levels of household debt that still prevail eight years on from the crash.

Economy-wide debt-to-disposable income ratio in Ireland fell to 150 per cent last year, down from 170 per cent a year earlier, and from above 230 per cent at its peak in 2009.

Read the full details in the Irish Times

If it’s a Structural Survey Report (Building Survey Report, House Survey Report, Home Survey  Report, Property Survey Report,) Condition Survey, Commercial Survey or Land Survey, ABL Surveyors are a firm of Chartered Building Surveyors with vast experience who will provide a professional, cost effective and efficient service to all our clients. Each inspection is carried out by a Chartered Building Surveyor (Building Surveyor, Home Surveyor, House Surveyor, Property Surveyor, or Land Surveyor) who has vast experience in their relevant field of Surveying.

We have offices in Navan, Dundalk and Dublin and also cover the surrounding counties and will travel nationwide if required.

ABL Surveyors are a member of the Society of Chartered Surveyors
Ireland and holds full professional indemnity insurance cover.

In the event that you require any of these services, ABL Surveyors are the right choice for you so please contact us for a quote