HOUSE PRICES have fallen by a record 38% since their peak in 2006, a latest housing survey finds.

AVERAGE national house prices are at 2002 levels, falling by a further 1.3% in the third quarter of 2010.

AN independent inquiry is urgently needed into “all aspects of the planning system and its operation within and across different agencies”, according to a State-funded research group.

HOUSE prices dropped by 1.1% in September — extending a property slump that has reduced prices to the lowest in almost six years.

House prices are continuing to fall according to the latest edition of the permanent tsb/ESRI house price index.

HOUSE prices have fallen by more than a fifth since the property bubble peaked in February 2007, the latest market review revealed yesterday.

Average national house prices fell by 1.3% in May, according to figures released today, with prices now back to the levels they were in summer 2004.

HOUSE prices plunged by the fastest rate on record with more than €60,000, on average, being wiped off their value since a peak of two years ago.

Average national house prices reduced by 1.9% in April according to the latest permanent tsb / ESRI House Price Index.

Thousands of bank customers who have their ATM cards lost or stolen will no longer be left stranded without cash thanks to a new texting service from permanent tsb.

HOUSE prices continued to drop last month, with the average home now having lost 10% of its value since this time last year.

HOUSE prices continued to slide last month — canceling out all the gains in value for the previous four years.

THE decline in house prices is accelerating, with homes in the Dublin commuter belt losing a fifth of their value over the past 12 months.

MORE misery was heaped on homeowners yesterday with news that house prices have fallen by 10.6% in the past year as average house prices are now estimated to be €267,594, down from €287,887 in December 2007.

THE slump in property values is continuing with average house prices falling by a further 0.2% in July, according to the latest results of the Permanent TSB/ESRI house price index.

DEPENDING on your relationship with the property market, the latest results of the Permanent TSB/ESRI house price index will either provide reassurance that house prices are moving towards realistic and affordable levels or confirm one’s worst fears about home values being on a long-running downward spiral.

HOUSE prices nationally are continuing to fall but less dramatically than in previous months.

HOUSE prices fell by €25,000 over the past year.

ESTATE agents and banks formed “an unholy alliance” to talk up house prices — just as the market began to slump last year, according to economist David McWilliams.

TWELVE months ago, the authors of the respected Permanent TSB/ESRI house price index predicted house prices would grow by up to 6% during 2007.

THE decline in the property market continued in September, with the latest figures showing another drop in average house values.

HOUSE prices are expected to fall by 4% this year, cutting €12,000 from average Irish property prices.

Permanent tsb bank has welcomed the Government’s plans to abolish stamp duty for first time buyers announced today.

The average price paid for a house in Ireland in March was €2,007 below the February figure, according to the latest edition of the permanent tsb / ESRI House Price Index.

National house prices showed no growth in February of this year while prices in a number of sub-sectors of the market declined slightly according to the latest edition of the permanent tsb / ESRI House Price Index.

HOUSE prices are almost at a standstill according to latest figures from a Government think-tank.

Permanent TSB today launched Ireland’s first ever Green Loan Scheme.

House prices continue to increase, rising by 1.2% in June this year, according to the latest edition of the Permanent tsb / ESRI House Price Index.

House prices continue to increase, rising by 1.6% in May this year, according to a permanent tsb/ESRI House Price Index.

House prices in Ireland have risen by an average of 15% every year for the last decade, according to figures published today by the Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI) and Permanent TSB.

DUBLIN house prices are growing faster than anywhere else in the country - with the average price of a home in the capital standing at €378,822.

Permanent tsb bank and the IRFU have confirmed that the bank will not be renewing its sponsorship of the Irish team following the expiry of the current agreement at the end of May.

THE Government was urged last night to intervene as house prices continue to rise at three times the rate of inflation.

Irish people borrowed at record levels last year with banks lending more than €21bn in mortgages, it emerged today.

The high price of living in Dublin was underlined today as it was listed among the 20 most expensive cities in the world.

HOUSE prices are expected to have grown 9% this year.

HOUSE prices are growing at the slowest rate in almost a decade, but first-time buyers are still struggling to get a foot on the property ladder.

Permanent tsb today announced a cut in its range of fixed interest rates, covering mortgage fixed rate terms from one to 10 years.

HOUSE price increases have slowed down to their lowest level for nine years, according to the latest figures released yesterday by Permanent TSB and the Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI).

AROUND 23,000 people have dumped their bank to take advantage of Permanent TSB’s free banking offer since it was launched earlier this year, the bank said yesterday.

THE Permanent TSB and the ESRI house price survey for the first quarter of this year show the lowest rise since the survey began.

Bank customers are realising they do not have to pay charges, says DAVID CLERKIN.

THE slowdown in the growth of house prices has finally emerged with prices for first-time buyers dropping in January, according to the latest survey.

AVERAGE house prices have risen by almost €400 a week this year despite a slowdown in annual property inflation, from 13.6% a year ago to 9.8% in November of this year.