On sale at a discount, with rail ticket thrown inDONABATE: FROM €195,000 A four-day ‘stock clearance sales event’ has been organised to clear up to 20 apartments at a scheme…Thu Jun 25 2009 - 01:00
Pity there is no State cash left to buy majestic estateThe public would gain a lot more pleasure from the Lyons Estate than from land soon to be bought on their behalfFri Jun 12 2009 - 01:00
Fine weather no excuse for nation's filthy behaviourGood weather is a rare benefit in this country – why ruin it by dumping rubbish everywhere, asks ORNA MULCAHY.Fri Jun 05 2009 - 01:00
On view this weekendA modern house at the seaside in Wexford, a two-bed by the Luas, an executive home in Howth and a D6W Edwardian redbrick are …Thu May 21 2009 - 01:00
Airport skinflints inspire Ziploc-led survival strategyRecession survivors will need to keep a resealable sandwich bag about their person at all times, writes ORNA MULCAHY.Fri May 08 2009 - 01:00
On View This WeekendFrom cute cottages to apartments and spacious family houses, there’s lots to view this weekendThu Apr 30 2009 - 01:00
Facing up to post-Budget reality of life in the slow laneWorkers who still have jobs are gracefully accepting pay cuts and looking at ways of saving moneyFri Apr 10 2009 - 01:00
Valley views from pretty GeorgianA 200-year-old south-facing house in its own grounds has come down in price to €695,000Thu Apr 09 2009 - 01:00
On View This WeekendFrom a traditional thatched cottage to modern Section 23s and spacious family houses, there’s a lot to see this weekendThu Apr 02 2009 - 01:00
On view this weekendBig houses in D4, D15 and Wicklow coming back to the market with big price cuts are some on view this weekendThu Mar 26 2009 - 00:00
On view this weekendFrom Donnybrook, Dún Laoghaire and Rathmines in Dublin to Kilkenny, there is plenty to see this weekendThu Mar 12 2009 - 00:00
Recession ushers in culture of informal borrowingOPINION: Loans from friends and family may become the norm – but how should we ask for a dig out?Fri Mar 06 2009 - 00:00
ON VIEW THIS WEEKENDA modern mews, a country house and a cottage in the suburbs with potential are all on view this weekendThu Mar 05 2009 - 00:00
On Raglan Road: €5.9m house will test the marketIt may be the best house to come on the market in Dublin for many months – but will it sell in the current climate?Thu Feb 26 2009 - 00:00
On View This WeekendFrom a fine house in Killiney to spacious period-style golf resort homes, fixer-uppers and cut-price first-time buys, there’s…Thu Feb 26 2009 - 00:00
Resentment and suspicion bloom in recessionThe great retreat from wealth is under way, and the going is getting tough. We’re in the knuckle-down phaseFri Feb 13 2009 - 00:00
Supply is down. Is it time to trade up?Fewer properties are coming on the market and some are being withdrawn altogether as buyers wait for the bottom to appearThu Feb 12 2009 - 00:00
Seeking absolution from the shame of shoppingYou can feel rich on a drained bank account in Bangkok – but even this shopping paradise is not immune from the global recession…Fri Jan 30 2009 - 00:00
Trophy seaside home tells story of the boomIF A SINGLE house could tell the story of the property boom then it might be Sorrento Villa on Vico Road in Dalkey, Co Dublin…Thu Jan 22 2009 - 00:00
More price cuts as season startsThere will be a drop in the supply of houses new to the market in 2009, but sellers are still having to cut prices - againThu Jan 08 2009 - 00:00
It was once all about lifestyle - now it's about survivalWHAT A relief to be back in the office and out of the house where Christmas continues as long as there is a scatter of Roses …Fri Jan 02 2009 - 00:00
If you can't sell, swap: how the rich do itA Dublin property developer has acquired the Canadian embassy residence on nine acres opposite Bono's house in Killiney in exchange…Thu Dec 04 2008 - 00:00
€1 million price drop for well located propertyDONNYBROOK €2.25m This four-bedroom house on Nutley Lane, which was extensively and expensively refurbished, has seen its price…Thu Nov 27 2008 - 00:00
Greed was good - now it's time to go on a dietWITH ALL this talk of belt-tightening one has to wonder how many people actually have a waist anymore, writes Orna MulcahyFri Nov 14 2008 - 00:00
Va va voom villa in Sandycove with 007 twistA Victorian villa near the sea in Sandycove comes with the ultimate glass box extension, as well as surround sound, mood lighting…Thu Nov 13 2008 - 00:00
Women's networks have to start doing the businessWhile men are approachable and willing to help, women tend to view networking with suspicion, says Orna MulcahyFri Nov 07 2008 - 00:00
Sherry FitzGerald cuts staff as house sales dwindleTHE COUNTRY'S largest estate agency chain, Sherry FitzGerald, has shed over 20 of its 259 staff and cut the working hours of …Thu Oct 23 2008 - 01:00
Renovated end-terrace house in sought-after roadDUN LAOGHAIRE - €700,000: HIGHTHORN PARK off Lower Mounttown Road in Dún Laoghaire is an address that could be described as …Thu Sept 25 2008 - 01:00
Palatial house on Shrewsbury Road for €25mTHE GOVERNMENT has instructed the Pharmaceutical Society of Ireland to sell its Ballsbridge headquarters - a large Edwardian …Thu Sept 11 2008 - 01:00
Developers offer interest-free loans to attract buyersTWO OF the State's biggest property developers will today announce initiatives to assist buyers who find it difficult to put …Thu Sept 04 2008 - 01:00
Last chance at Donnybrook des-resDONNYBROOK: FROM €495,000 The final phase of apartments and houses at Bloomfield Park in Donnybrook is priced to sell.Thu Sept 04 2008 - 01:00
Developers cut prices, give interest free loansApartments in Elm Park, D4 and The Grange in Stillorgan are among those being offered at cut rates to buyers, writes Orna Mulcahy…Thu Sept 04 2008 - 01:00
Uniformly crestfallen over school demandsOPINION: It's that time of year when new school uniforms and books test the patience and finances of parents, writes Orna Mulcahy…Wed Jul 30 2008 - 01:00
Discount shopping comes of agePrice is the new imperative, and a new breed of covert shoppers is abandoning Superquinn and Dunnes for Lidl and AldiSat Jul 05 2008 - 01:00
€50m French embassy fails to sell and is back on marketTHE FRENCH government has failed to clinch the sale of its embassy residence on Ailesbury Road in Ballsbridge, Dublin, despite…Sat Jun 14 2008 - 01:00
Docklands apartments awash with glamourDUBLIN 2: FROM €405,000 A swish waterside scheme on Hanover Quay in the centre of Dublin has stunning apartments that will test…Thu May 08 2008 - 01:00
Geneva - where property's so good they don't want to sell itRestrictions have eased for foreigners buying property in Switzerland, but in Geneva, there are still obstacles - notably a lack…Thu May 01 2008 - 01:00
Set sail for marina homes on the ShannonATHLONE - FROM €290,000: WITH THE MAY bank holiday coming up fast, agents of a waterfront scheme in Athlone will be hoping that…Thu Apr 24 2008 - 01:00
Strong yields tempting in scheme near Canary WharfDOCKLANDS: FROM £275,000: INVESTORS LOOKING for a London bolthole with good rental prospects will be interested in apartments…Thu Apr 03 2008 - 01:00
Refurbished house a fair deal in fashionable FoxrockDUBLIN 18 €4.25M: While many home prices are moving back towards 2005 levels, the owners of this house are asking €5Thu Apr 03 2008 - 01:00
Irish deposits on New York apartments to be returnedIRISH INVESTORS who had been hoping to collect keys to their Manhattan condominiums in the coming weeks have been told that they…Sat Mar 01 2008 - 00:00
Lavish redbrick opposite US embassy refurbished by developerBallsbridge - €2.75m: 9B Elgin Road in Ballsbridge is a house that thinks it's an apartmentThu Feb 21 2008 - 00:00
Developer's 'Louvre' development to offer concierge service of hotelFirst Seán Dunne promised to bring Knightsbridge to BallsbridgeWed Feb 06 2008 - 00:00
French ambassador's house for sale - at asking price €60mYou have to admire the style of the FrenchThu Jan 17 2008 - 00:00
Stamp duty reform ups enquiriesEstate agents are reporting a step up in activity following the reform of stamp duty announced in last week's Budget.Thu Dec 13 2007 - 00:00
Nutley house back on the market after a costly revampDublin 4: €3.25m The business of buying houses to renovate and sell on is no longer as profitable as it was at the height of…Thu Nov 29 2007 - 00:00
€10.5m Wellington Road house fetches €3m above estimated priceOne swallow does not make a summer, but the sale yesterday of a Victorian house on Wellington Road, Ballsbridge, for €10Fri Nov 02 2007 - 00:00
You buy my house and I'll buy yours.....Trade in your old house and get a new house is the offer being made by one homebuilder in an effort to get the property market…Thu Nov 01 2007 - 00:00
Fort Faulkner's strength is potentialCo Wicklow: €2.3m A pretty Georgian house standing on 28 acres of land near Aughrim in Co Wicklow is the kind of property often…Thu Oct 25 2007 - 01:00
