Significant Government intervention is needed to bring about stability in the housing market, according to Ireland’s largest estate agency.

The stock of properties available for sale in has fallen significantly since last year, according to estate agents Sherry FitzGerald.

The housing market continues to face “a crisis of supply”, according to one of the country’s largest auctioneers, which says that the number of houses available for sale has fallen 14% in the last year.

A man jailed for life for the murder of journalist Veronica Guerin has moved to have his conviction declared a miscarriage of justice.

If Government is ramping up spending in the run up to a 2016 election, it should be directed at capital projects, rather than public sector pay.

Ownership of Irish property will continue to go overseas in 2015, according to estate agents, DTZ, who this week hosted regional briefings in Cork and Limerick.

The head of O’Flynn Construction has warned that the housing market will not recover without the input of developers such as himself, and said the country’s planners need to come down from their "ivory towers".

Counties Waterford and Tipperary had Munster’ s strongest recoveries in house sales by volume in 2013, according to the Sherry FitzGerald price barometer.

The Chief economist with Sherry Fitzgerald auctioneers claims plans need to be made for the future to accommodate a growing population.

House prices will slump further if pressure on the banks to step up repossessions leads to a flooded market.

2012 proved to be a turning point for the Irish residential property market after five years of contracting prices, writes Marian Finnegan

With difficulty winning mortgage approval and facing tough competition from cash buyers, it wasn’t an easy year for first-time buyers.

House prices have continued to fall amid warnings that it could be a decade or more before prices recover.

Mortgage relief of 25% is a welcome boon for the young and for Irish property market, writes Trish Dromey

HOUSE prices in Cork are falling by less than the national average, with estate agents saying there are more cash buyers in the market.

IRELAND needs to build over 30,000 new homes per year to meet the needs of our growing population, a leading economist told a national housing conference in Dublin yesterday.

Ireland will need to build over 30,000 new homes per year over the next 15 years, an economist has claimed.

HOUSE prices have now plunged more than 55% from their peak, falling back to levels last seen at the start of 2002.

The average price of a second-hand property in Dublin fell by 6.2% in the second quarter of the year, according to the latest house price survey by Sherry Fitzgerald.

Estate agents, Sherry FitzGerald, have welcomed the announcement of a reduction in the rate of stamp duty on residential property.

THERE will be no recovery in the housing market, which has seen prices plunge by almost 50% from their peak, until the economy shows signs of improvement, according to experts.

SECOND-HAND house prices in Dublin could stabilise by the end of the year with figures showing that properties in the capital have now lost almost half their value.

House prices in Dublin have fallen by 49% from their peak in 2006, according to new data released today, with prices nationwide down by 42.9%.

THE housing market is on track to stabilise during the second half of the year, with estate agents seeing a jump in viewing levels and transactions.

A new study finds house prices in Dublin have nearly halved since values peaked in 2006.

INVESTORS have effectively exited the housing market – 93% of house purchased in 2009 were by owner occupiers – as house prices fell by 20.3% in the year and 40.2% from their 2006 peak.

House prices in Ireland fell by over 20% in 2009, according to new figures.

Estate agents, Sherry FitzGerald, have welcomed elements of today’s report by the Commission on Taxation but have called for immediate clarification from the Minister for Finance Brian Lenihan on the issue of stamp duty.

Estate agents, Sherry FitzGerald, have welcomed the reduction in stamp duty on commercial property (down from 9% to 6%), but have said the Minister for Finance should have changed the rate of stamp duty for residential property.

The average price of a second-hand property in Ireland fell by 5.9% during the third quarter of 2008, according to estate agents Sherry Fitzgerald.

Estate agents Sherry FitzGerald announced today that the average price of a second-hand property in Ireland fell by 4.5% during the second quarter of 2008, compared to a price reduction of 1.9% in the first quarter of 2008.

Estate agents, Sherry FitzGerald, announced today that the average price of a second-hand house in Ireland fell by 1.9% during the first quarter of 2008, compared to a price reduction of 2.4% in the final quarter of 2007.

FINANCE Minister Brian Cowen warned yesterday that house prices will continue to fall despite stamp duty reforms aimed at stimulating the market.

ALMOST one in five second-hand properties purchased so far this year was bought by an investor.

Tommy Barker says Langford Hall apartments will suit owner occupiers.

Sherry FitzGerald, Ireland's largest estate agents announced today that the average price of a second-hand property in Ireland eased back moderately by 1.1% during the first three months of 2007.

Estate agents Sherry FitzGerald have today called for the Government to eliminate stamp duty for first time buyers in the forthcoming Budget 2007.

The strength of migration into Ireland continues to underpin demand for property according to Sherry FitzGerald, Ireland’s largest estate agency.