Property boom? A county guide to house prices and rental rates

Sean MacCarthaigh crunches the figures from both the Residential Property Price Register and the Private Residential Tenancies Board Rent Index to provide a composite view of how both markets fared against a background of a housing crisis where affordability has become a key issue for both prospective buyers and tenants.

IT'S back… and with a bang that, in normal circumstances, would have all hallmarks of another potential boom.

The Irish property market recorded its busiest year in 2015 since the start of the economic downturn in 2008 with strong growth figures in practically every sector.