The rental cost of office space in Dublin increased by almost eight times the European average in the last year, according to new research by property consultants Savills.

The shockwaves from the collapse of the property market in 2007 are still reverberating through the economy and impacting negatively on house prices, a report shows.

The new owners of subprime lender, GE Money’s Irish loan book believe that homeowners need to be freed from debt prison.

A new survey published by the Society of Chartered Surveyors Ireland indicates that there is a shortage of suitably qualified property graduates in the property sector.

Despite the continuing slump in the housing market, competitively priced houses are still attracting buyers.

NAMA will pay billions above its real value for commercial property because the Government has refused to enact legislation banning upward-only lease agreements.