House prices have fallen by almost 3% over the last three months with the rate of inflation expected to flatline by the end of the year.

House prices outside Dublin continue to rise, in some cases by double digits, but not as fast as expected.

Home values in parts of the country could hit their Celtic Tiger peaks “within a year or two” with prices nationally set to increase by up to 8% this year.

Government revenues from corporation tax, excise duties and Vat surged last month, but income tax revenues faltered as the amount of taxes collected from the self-employed unexpectedly fell short, according to the latest exchequer figures.

The average price of a home is now €253,000, according to a new report.

The Government should focus on solving “structural” issues holding back home building rather than on policies that may lead to higher house prices, according to a major report by Davy.

THE future of the help-to-buy scheme for first-time house buyers has been put in doubt, after Housing Minister Eoghan Murphy, said he was “concerned” that it could be inflationary.

House prices will rise 10% this year across the State and climb at even faster pace outside of Dublin, fuelled by the Government’s Help to Buy scheme and the Central Bank’s loosening of its mortgage lending controls, Davy Stockbrokers has predicted.

Government targets will not meet demand, leading to higher prices, writes Stephen Rogers

GDP numbers suggesting the economy leaped in the latest quarter again overstate the strength of the economy, analysts have said, as a wary eye is kept on the potential Brexit fallout in the coming months.

More than 2m people are in employment, the most working in the country since 2008, according to the latest figures from the Central Statistics Office.

There is a warning this morning about the higher-than-expected spending increases in Budget 2017.

Tax receipts are booming, new exchequer figures have shown. 

House prices are surging at double-digit rates in cities outside Dublin, while the capital’s housing market has stabilised, new figures show.

Almost €10bn was wiped off the combined value of Irish shares yesterday, as the Irish Stock Exchange bore the brunt of investors continuing to react negatively to Britain’s decision to leave the EU.

The property market grew in the first quarter of the year, new figures indicate.

There are indications that house prices will bounce back this year, but Dublin is likely to lag behind the rest of the country.

House prices are expected to rise by 5% this year, according to the latest report from MyHome.ie.

House prices are expected to increase by 5% this year, with the growth strongest outside of Dublin.

The clock is ticking on the Coalition to deliver on a big commitment it made only last month, after exchequer figures yesterday showed a large part of an extra €1.5bn spending pledge has yet to be spent this year.

A huge flow of corporation tax receipts has swelled exchequer finances, meaning the Government is likely to have €3bn more in its coffers at the end of this year than it expected just a year ago.

House prices showed a surprisingly strong rise last month — jumping 2.3% nationally.

Car sales, boosted by the recent introduction of the ‘152’ registration plates, drove retail sales volumes up nearly 12% last month reaching a 10-year high in the process.

Ireland’s trade balance is expected to show a first increase in five years, this year, as the broad-based recovery in export performance continues.

The Dublin region will see substantial growth rates in the coming years –matching the economic surge of the ‘pre-bubble Celtic Tiger’ era, but leading economists are struggling to find a new moniker for this new and milder economic beast —with suggestions so far including ‘the Celtic Wolfhound’ and ‘the Celtic Kitten’.

Leading Irish economists are considering increasing their growth forecasts later this month, as the recovery enters a new phase that looks more like the early “virtuous” years of the Celtic Tiger before the economy ballooned 12 years ago.

House prices are continuing to rise across the country and are predicted to rise at a modest rate until the end of the year.

A buoyant set of exchequer figures for May confirm that the economy is growing rapidly. The Department of Finance figures showed that revenues from all the main tax headings rose significantly in the first five months of the year.

Ireland’s manufacturing industries showed strong growth in March — according to new CSO data — with production levels rising nearly 3% in the month and by as much as 45.5% on a year-on-year basis.

A budget deficit of under 2% of GDP is still anticipated for 2015, despite latest exchequer returns disappointing slightly.

Unemployment is still expected to fall below 10% this quarter, despite fresh data showing no change in April — only the third time in two years that the jobless rate hasn’t declined on a month-to-month basis.

Ireland’s seasonally adjusted trade surplus slipped by 1% to €3.8bn in February, although another strong export performance is anticipated for 2015, as a whole.

House prices are still rising, but at a slower rate.

Latest exchequer returns have raised hopes Ireland may beat its 2.7% of GDP budget deficit target for 2015.

There will be no Greek style political earthquake following the Irish general election next year, with the established parties most likely forming the next government, according to a major new report on political risks to Ireland’s recovery.

Ireland’s trade surplus fell by 4% last year, according to preliminary figures published yesterday by the CSO.

Household debt levels reached an eight-year low towards the end of last year, figures from the Central Bank showed yesterday.

Ireland’s unemployment rate could fall to as low as 7% by 2017, Davy Stockbrokers has suggested.

Ireland remains on course to be the fastest growing EU economy in 2014 despite GDP increasing by a marginal 0.1% over the third quarter of the year.

The number of mortgage solutions for loans in arrears that involves loss of ownership to the borrower is exceptionally high at almost 50%, according to a leading stockbroking firm.

Irish debt-to-GDP is set to fall below 80% by the end of the decade and the country is on course to regain its AAA credit rating over the same timeframe, according to Davy Stockbrokers.

The volumes of retail sales increased for the 11th month in a row in September, edging 0.1% higher compared with August, although they are up 5.9% for the year, according to the CSO.