The Institute of Professional Auctioneers and Valuers (Ipav) cited figures from the Residential Tenancies Board that showed there are over 1,700 fewer landlords in Ireland in 2018 than three years earlier.

Research shows that rent pressure zones are having a “moderating effect” on rent inflation but most landlords feel the restrictions are unfair.

A NEW 'HERD' mentality and political consensus in favour of an Irish house market of 50% rental/social housing, and 50% homes to buy, risks creating a new welfare state, and may leave tenants unable to afford rent when they retire.

Property prices have now increased by more than 80% since the market hit its lowest point in 2013.

There is an urgent need for the Government to take on a greater role in the provision of affordable homes, according to the Irish Congress of Trade Unions.

The country’s auctioneers representative group, IPAV, has called for a €10,000 deposit subsidy scheme to help first-time buyers get on the property ladder.

People are paying 2.6% more on average for a property near a secondary school compared to similar houses 1km away, a report from Daft.ie has found.

With rents rising, we asks experts what they think needs happen to ease the housing crisis.

The war of words over the Central Bank’s year-old mortgage rules has flared again, as bank governor Philip Lane said there will be no early review, even as auctioneers launched a fresh broadside calling for them to be changed immediately.

The numbers of auctioneers using drones in a bid to sell property is spiralling.

Auctioneers have reiterated their call on Finance Minister Michael Noonan to rethink the sale of Nama assets, saying it is time to scrap the sale of the €7.2bn Project Arrow loans, the largest auction by the agency to date.

Auctioneers say VAT must be reduced for new builds in a bid to tackle the housing crisis.

Irish auctioneers are calling for a dedicated property council to be set up to oversee the future of the property industry.

Which sectors of the property market will be buying in 2013? Conor Power asks the experts

Those who bought houses at the peak of the boom, paying tens of thousands of euro in stamp duty, will be liable for the new Property Tax from Jul 2013.

New directions for physical planning of the built environment post-Mahon Report, along with the future of the country’s ghost and unfinished estates, will come under a planners’ spotlight at month’s end.

RELIEFS for the tens of thousands of home owners now sunk in negative equity have been welcomed as “a surprise, but really, really good news.”

A MAJOR auctioneering body has expressed concerns about the possible exclusion of Irish property valuers from the State’s new toxic debt agency.

One of the busiest estate agents in the north-west has shut a sales office and laid off staff as the housing market slump bites hard.

Regulation in the property market is urgently needed to stop “cowboys” ripping off home buyers, it was claimed today.

Rents have increased by nearly 12% over the last year according to a study carried out by one of Irelands busiest property websites Daft.ie.

WHAT happened yesterday at Pfizer in Cork, where hundreds of jobs were put at risk, is a stark reminder that not everything is rosy in the Irish economy.

The Government must introduce legislation to regulate auctioneers and estate agents operating in the property market, the Dáil heard tonight.

THE abolition of stamp duty for first-time buyers was called for in the pre-Budget submission of the Institute of Professional Auctioneers and Valuers (IPAV).

The Institute of Professional Auctioneers and Valuers (IPAV) has today urged Minister for Finance Brian Cowen to change his mind about reforming the stamp-duty regime.

ONE of the country’s leading auctioneers dismissed a widow from his firm after she admitted to having a vaginal infection, due to non-consensual sex he had with her, an employment appeals’ tribunal heard yesterday.

THE Government has agreed to clamp down on rogue auctioneering practices through a new industry watchdog with extensive powers of investigation and sanction.

ESTATE agents will have to prove they are competent at their job before being allowed to practice.

THE cost of renting an apartment in Dublin is nearly 40% more expensive than in Cork City, a new survey has shown.

House prices in Dublin are increasing by €80 a day, it was claimed tonight.

The average price of a new house in Ireland has risen by 8% in the past 12 months, according to a survey conducted by the Institute of Professional Auctioneers and Valuers.

Auctioneers are calling on the Government to reduce the amount of money it takes from the sale of new houses.

THE decentralisation of eight Government departments will alleviate pressure on the Dublin housing market and spark economic growth throughout the country, it was claimed last night.

WANT to really put the wind up yourself for a property shock in next week’s budget? Consider the appalling, outside-shot vista for home-owners that mortgage interest relief could be tinkered with, reduced, or phased out.

AUCTIONEERS are urging homeowners to take out long-term fixed mortgages to avoid the risk of stiffer repayments in the event of interest rates rising again.

BORROWERS may not get the full benefit of the 0.5% cut in interest rates announced by the European Central Bank.

NEW house buyers have been hit by the Government as the 1% increase in VAT may add up to €2,000 to the cost of an average home, experts warned last night.

Auctioneers are calling on the Minister for Finance to extend tax credits for first time house buyers in the upcoming budget.

HOUSE prices in Dublin climbed by almost €14,000 in the first six months of 2002, a survey revealed yesterday.

The body representing the country’s auctioneers and valuers believes that the planning system that is currently in use causing a slowdown in the construction industry.