ONE third of house buyers are paying cash, according to a leading estate agency.

MAEVE Donovan is to step down as managing director of the Irish Times with immediate effect.

LONG arms and deep pockets saw Ballintaggart Stud in Colbinstown, Co Kildare, sell for more than €13 million to property magnate Paul Newman.

Househunters were today warned they face a tricky balancing act in getting on to the property ladder as a new house price survey showed signs of a slowdown, the first for five years.

The estate agents Douglas Newman Good have reported a slight slowdown in second-hand house prices in Dublin over the past few months.

A new survey claims that the price of second-hand houses in Dublin has risen by more than 10% so far this year.

UP TO 80,000 houses will be built in Ireland this year, with Dublin house prices set to rise by over €200 each day.

Fun in a Vineyard. Les Jardins de Saint Benoît is located on a 17 acre riverside site at the edge of the picturesque village of St. Laurent in the heart of the Languedoc.

Keith Lowe, left, MD of Douglas Newman Good, with TV show About the House presenter Duncan Stewart, and Michael Glynn, right, DNG.

Auctioneers and estate agents must be urgently regulated to ensure young home-buyers get a fair deal, it was claimed today.

THE union representing bank workers will land a €12 million windfall for members when it sells its landmark headquarters later this month.

Second-hand house prices in Dublin have risen by 5% in the first three months of this year, according to estate agents Douglas Newman Good.

Dublin’s light rail system has given nearby property prices a major boost, it was claimed today.

HOUSE prices in Dublin have been driven up because of a shortage of family-sized homes in the city.

House prices at the top end of the Dublin market are increasing faster than the national average, according to figures released today by the estate agents Douglas Newman Good.

FEARS of overheating in the property market were heightened yesterday after new figures showed that borrowing remains at a 20-year high.

DUBLIN auctioneer Douglas Newman Good is launching a new nationwide franchise operation with the aim of knocking Sherry Fitzgerald from its number one slot.

Douglas Newman Good (DNG) has launched a nationwide marketing campaign to encourage estate agents to join its network, as part of the company's expansion plans.

Estate agents Douglas Newman Good has appointed Michael Glynn as partner with responsibility for expanding the DNG residential branch network in Ireland.

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.

THE property market will crash unless the spiralling pace of growth in house prices begins to slow immediately, a top economist has warned.

FALLING rents and an increased supply of rental accommodation have resulted in a slowdown in the buy-to-let market over the last year, but banks continue to report strong demand among borrowers.

HOUSE prices in Dublin grew by less than 1% in the final three months of last year, but the average home in the city now costs just shy of €340,000.

HOMEOWNERS are facing a property market crash where the value of their house will be worth 20% less than what they paid for it, an economic report has warned.

Second-hand house prices in Dublin rose by 7% in the second quarter of this year, according to Douglas Newman Good’s latest House Price Gauge.