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Apartment & Duplex Building Defects Survey Launched

A series of online surveys are being launched by the Working Group to Examine Defects in Housing. The Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage, Darragh O’Brien, TD, established the group to examine defects in housing.

The Working Group will use the survey responses to inform its report on the nature, scale and difficulties arising from discovery of such defects. It will also provide information on the costs and levies associated with remediating defects.

he Programme for Government sets out a number of commitments in respect of the important policy area addressing building defects. It commits to an examination of defects in housing, having regard to the recommendations of the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing’s report, “Safe as Houses ?” . Housing for All, the Government’s national plan on housing to 2030, reiterates this commitment.

In this context, the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage, Darragh O’Brien, TD, has established a Working Group to Examine Defects in Housing.

Read the full details in the Gov.ie

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

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Surveyors lobby legal regulator to build e-conveyancing system

Ireland’s property surveyors have urged the legal profession to introduce a digital conveyancing system to stop the long delays that are hampering the property market.

The Society of Chartered Surveyors Ireland (SCSI) has submitted a proposal for an e-conveyancing system to the regulator of Ireland’s legal profession. The SCSI’s annual residential property review predicts a 5pc rise in prices this year.

In a submission to the Legal Services Regulatory Authority it said it seeks “to highlight the growing tension and delays on conveyancing, and the urgent need for e-conveyancing” to be introduced.

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.

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Residential property prices up 12.4% in the year to September

Residential property prices increased by 12.4 per cent nationally in the year to September, according to the latest data from the Central Statistics Office (CSO).

This compares to an increase of 10.9 per cent in the year to August and a decrease of 0.8 per cent in the 12 months to September 2020.

In Dublin, residential property prices saw an increase of 11.5 per cent in the year to September, while property prices outside Dublin were 13.2 per cent higher.

In the capital, house prices increased by 12.4 per cent and apartment prices increased by 7.7 per cent. The highest house price growth in Dublin was in the city at 14.1 per cent, while Fingal saw a rise of 8.6 per cent.

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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Cost of building rising at twice rate as before pandemic

The cost of building is rising at twice the rate that it was before the pandemic, according to a new survey. The Society of Chartered Surveyors in Ireland (SCSI) tender price index figures show prices nationally jumped by 7 per cent in first half of 2021.

That is up dramatically on the 1.3 per cent recorded in the second half of last year.

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.

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House prices growing twice as fast outside cities in Covid exodus

Workers are still looking to move away from the cities despite the easing of Covid restrictions and the return of office life.

The trend of home buyers moving to rural locations, that began in lockdown, is now snowballing rather than slackening off.


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.

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Covid-19 and housing crisis drive demand for better rental properties

At a time when housing market concerns are top of the agenda, the findings of Knight Frank Ireland’s research into the preferences of the occupiers of rental accommodation give some interesting insights into both renter preferences and to the evolving requirements facing the development sector.

Investor demand for assets in the private residential sector gathered more momentum in 2021, making up 50 per cent of total investor spend in the second quarter. The demographics and the economic profile of Ireland indicate that demand for residential assets is set to remain competitive, making the preferences of the end users critical when making investment decisions.

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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Property prices rise at fastest pace in two years

PROPERTY prices have risen again, piling more pressure on people trying to purchase their first home.

March saw prices rise at their fastest pace in two years. Potential first-time buyers are already being hit by soaring rents and stagnant wages. The latest figures from the Central Statistics Office show that property prices rose again in March.

A chronic shortage of homes to buy and pent-up demand from those with pandemic savings is pushing up prices. Prices of houses and apartments rose by 3.7pc nationally in the year to March, as the market accelerated further.

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.

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Majority of new home schemes delayed by up to six months by Covid-19 lockdowns

As with other sectors, the new homes market has been adversely affected by the pandemic lockdowns.

The latest one will begin to lift on April 12th allowing developers to get back on site.

The demand for housing, which was already considerably in excess of annual supply delivery, has intensified in the last year. Key historical drivers of demand such as population growth, which has been the engine of demand in Ireland for the last decade, have been compounded by increased momentum from buyers whose jobs in sectors such as technology, media and telecom, finance and pharmaceuticals have been largely unaffected by the pandemic.

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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Cost to develop Dublin city apartment as much as €619,000

The cost of delivering a two-bed apartment in Dublin ranges from €359,000 for a low-rise unit in the suburbs to as much as €619,000 for a high-rise unit in the city centre, according to a report from the Society of Chartered Surveyors Ireland (SCSI).

The figures, based on data obtained from 49 developments in Dublin last year, suggest the “bricks and mortar” element of construction on average accounted for less than half (47 per cent) of the overall cost of building an apartment.

The so-called “soft” construction costs – land, development levies, professional fees, VAT, developers’ margins – accounted for the remainder.

The SCSI’s Real Costs of New Apartment Delivery 2020 report feeds into an increasingly heated debate about the cost of construction in Ireland.

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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Irish house prices forecast to rise by 4% as supply struggles to meet demand

Irish residential property prices, which remained resilient during the Covid-19 shock last year, are set to rise by an average of 4 per cent in 2021 as supply shortages continue to prop up valuations, according to a survey of chartered surveyors.

The Society of Chartered Surveyors Ireland (SCSI) found that two-thirds of 250 chartered agents surveyed in December expect property prices to increase this year, ranging from a 3 per cent advance in Dublin to 6 per cent growth across Connacht and Ulster.

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.

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