Top Dublin property prices rise 8.74%

Prices of second hand residential Dublin property valued at €700,000 and over have risen by an average of 8.74% in the last three months, well above last year's rise of 2.6% in the sector in the same period.

According to the figures released today by estate agent Douglas Newman Good (DNG), prices at the upper end of the market therefore showed more than double the increase for the market as a whole.