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People living in Dublin City are now spending as much as 55% of their take-home pay on rent. That’s according to new figures from Sherry FitzGerald, released this week. They show just how expensive it is to rent in the capital with the rise in rents in recent years outpacing earnings growth over the same…

The second half of the year should see a new selection of houses come on the market. Here at MyHome.ie we’ve come up 20 of the new developments in Leinster which will be launched in the months ahead. Bloomfield House, Donnybrook, Dublin 4 Type: 11 two bed apartments and 1 three bed apartment Expected: Soon…

The five most expensive places to live in Leinster have been revealed. According to the latest MyHome.ie Property Report, in association with Davy, Dublin is unsurprisingly the most expensive place to reside in the country. In Leinster it is followed by the commuter counties of Wicklow, Kildare, Meath and Louth when it comes to the…

Estate agents Lisney have announced that they has formed an alliance with FitzGerald Auctioneers in Kilkenny. This adds to Lisney’s existing alliances with Conway Auctioneers in Kildare and Smith Harrington in Navan. Duncan Lyster, Managing Director of Lisney said: “We are delighted to join forces with FitzGerald Auctioneers. Our alliance means that both firms will be able to bring…

The number of residential property sales for the first half of 2016 was down 8.2 per cent compared to the same period last year. According to an analysis of the Property Price Register by MyHome.ie, there were 20,447 sales recorded between January 1st and June 30th of this year – 1,826 fewer than in the…

Anyone looking to buy a home at present will be all to aware how difficult it is. Firstly, there’s the task of finding something suitable to your needs – something that is not always easy given the fact that demand still far exceeds supply. That’s a situation unlikely to get much better in the not-too-distant…

The Magee Barracks site in Kildare town is to be developed following its recent sale at auction for €8.2 million. The auction, in the Keadeen Hotel, included competitive bidding from several major national developers and overseas funds. The initial guide price for the site was €2 million and local auctioneer John Conway of Conway Auctioneers presided over…

Turnover of Irish residential property is barely 50 per cent of what is considered “normal” in a healthy housing market. According to GeoDirectory, the State’s largest property database, there were just 43,428 residential property transactions last year from a total housing stock of more than two million. This equates to a national turnover rate of…

The 16-acre Village at Lyons wedding venue and cookery school in Celbridge, Co Kildare, has gone sale agreed with a unidentified buyer. The venue forms part of the vast Lyons Demesne, which was restored to its former glory by the late Irish entrepreneur and Ryanair founder Tony Ryan, who purchased the property in 1996. This commercial arm of the estate,…

Castlemartin House, the former family home of Sir Anthony O’Reilly in Kilcullen, Co Kildare, looks like being the most expensive sale of 2015. With the year drawing to a close, MyHome.ie decided to look back on some of the biggest sales of the year with the €26.5 million paid for the estate so far leading…