Home-building activity in Dublin and Cork accounted for almost 40% of all new residential units under construction in December.

There has been a 300% increase in the number of homes selling for €1 million or more in the last ten years.

The number of empty commercial units across the country is rising.

There were more than 14,000 new homes built in Ireland over the past 12 months, according to GeoDirectory, Ireland's address database.

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Vacancies in commercial premises remain “stubbornly high” around the country with more than one in 10 buildings unoccupied, a report from property database GeoDirectory has said.

The National Commercial Vacancy Report for Q2 2018, carried out by GeoDirectory, claims that commercial vacancy rates nationally have fallen to 13.1%. This is a drop of 0.4% from the same period last year.

The west of Ireland and Ulster counties have considerably more vacant shops, offices and factories than Dublin and the rest of Leinster, a survey of properties nationwide has shown.

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Carrigaline has the lowest level of commercial vacant buildings among Cork towns while Youghal has the highest, according to research from Ireland’s only complete database of commercial and residential buildings.

The amount of vacant business premises remains “stubbornly high” despite the recovery of the economy, with Connacht vastly above the national average, a new economic report has found.

The accuracy of figures used by officials to assess the depth of the housing crisis has again been called into question by the chief economist at Goodbody after an authoritative private survey suggested a lot fewer homes were under construction than currently thought.

The construction of new homes was up by a third in the 12 months up to June, but a substantial increase in building activity is needed.

The construction of new homes was up by a third in the 12 months up to June, but a substantial increase in building activity is needed.

Returning emigrants could provide a much-needed regional jobs boost as new research suggests a continuing division in the pace of recovery across the country.

The number of commercial units lying vacant across the country increased to just shy of 28,500 at the tail-end of 2014 despite the quickening pace of economic recovery.

The price of homes has fallen nationwide for the first time in 10 months.

Kerry has the lowest number of vacant commercial properties in the country followed by Wexford and Westmeath, while Munster tops the provincial table with the fewest number of vacancies.

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Dublin is experiencing a serious housing shortage, according to a new report on Ireland's housing stock.

Home-buyers are once again overstretching themselves with outsized mortgages in the fresh frenzy to get on the property ladder.

An increasing number of businesses are closing down in Limerick.

Hotels and guesthouses are struggling to find trained workers to fill entry level positions within their businesses the Irish Hotels Federation’s Annual Conference in Trim heard.

Irish house prices are rising faster than most in the EU, where prices continue to mostly fall.

Cork recorded the highest number of new buildings in the country last year — but its total was still 21% less than a year earlier.

Over 12% of commercial properties were vacant across the country in the third quarter of 2013.

Nearly 12% of Ireland’s commercial premises are lying vacant, with that number up by 0.5% quarter on quarter, according to latest findings.

Almost 24,000 commercial units are vacant out of a total of about 226,500 business premises across the country.

Two new reports show that all sectors of the property market continue to struggle, although there are signs that the Dublin industrial property market could be close to stabilising.

THE slump in new building may be slowing, according to number-crunching figures released by An Post subsidiary GeoDirectory.

A total of 7,330 new residential and commercial buildings were identified across the country in the first six months of 2011, according to figures released today by GeoDirectory.

THERE was a 23% drop in the number of new buildings completed last year to 17,587.

A survey has found that 17,587 new buildings were identified across the country in 2010.

More than 300,000 houses are lying empty around the country – three times the official estimate, academics claimed today.

The level of building activity in Ireland has fallen 49% in the first half of this year compared to the same period last year, according to figures out today.

The number of new buildings being constructed in Ireland has fallen by 57% in the first six months of this year, according to new figures out today.

THE readership of daily newspapers in Ireland has jumped by almost 6%, according to the latest Joint National Readership Survey (JNRS).