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Page 1: The Daft.ie House Price Report · OECD research suggests that the typical housing market ... different experiences across each of 140 metropolitan areas. According to U.S. realtor

Introduction by Ronan Lyons, Economist at Daft.ie

The Daft.ie House Price ReportAn analysis of recent trends in the Irish residential sales market

2012 Q2

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IntroductionRonan Lyons, Economist, Daft.ie

Although the first signs of the slowdown in the Irish property market date back to the Daft.ie Report of mid-2006, the start of Ireland’s property market crash is typically dated from when property prices started to fall in the second quarter of 2007. This quarter’s report is Daft.ie’s 50th House Price Report. It marks five years of falling prices and presents an opportunity to take stock on what has happened and what that can tell us about the future.

Ireland in perspective

Already, Ireland’s property crash is recognised as one of the most severe ever experienced by a modern developed economy. OECD research suggests that the typical housing market downturn lasts over four and a half years, so the crash is already longer than the usual one. Not only is it longer, however, it is also sharper. During the typical OECD housing market downturn, the fall in prices is 23%. According to the latest Daft.ie Report, the average fall from the peak nationwide has been 53%.

An average, however, can hide all-important details. For example, in the U.S., the median house price has fallen 20% since 2006. However, to focus on the 20% is to ignore the hugely different experiences across each of 140 metropolitan areas. According to U.S. realtor figures, in 27 cities, including San Antonio and Amarillo in Texas, the median price has actually risen in those six years. Conversely, in high-profile cities such as Phoenix, Orlando, Las Vegas and LA, prices have fallen by more than 50%. In Detroit, the average house price has fallen 66% in the last six years.

Over the last few years, Daft.ie has built up a huge dataset of property listings – over 1.1 million lettings ads and 660,000 sales listings since the start of 2006. Tens of thousands of new listings are used each quarter in the Daft.ie reports on the sales and lettings markets. But the sample in its entirety can also be used to take stock and see what structural changes have happened in the Irish property market since the final stages of the bubble.

Mapping changes in the Irish market

Since the start of the year, I have been working with the National Institute for Regional & Spatial Analysis at NUI Maynooth analysing Ireland’s property market since 2006. The approach involved using the address of each listing to map all the ads as accurately as possible and then breaking the country down into as many zones as possible. These zones were built up from the 4,500 Census districts in the country (enumerator areas in the cities, electoral divisions elsewhere). These districts were added together until each zone had enough listings in both the bubble and crash period to estimate where it fits in the nationwide spread of prices (and rents), both in 2007 and in 2012. Maps of house prices and rents in 2007 and now are available at www.daft.ie/research.

2 | The Daft.ie House Price Report – 2012 Q2 Continued on next page >

Taking stock of Ireland’s property market, five years into the crash

Ronan Lyons is an economic researcher based at Balliol College, Oxford, where he lectures and is undertaking his doctorate in urban economics. He is also Economist with Daft.ie

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3 | The Daft.ie House Price Report – 2012 Q2

The models of house prices used – which are explained in more detail in a working paper available from the maps homepage – point to some important adjustments. They also highlight importance differences between the sales market and the lettings market. The obvious difference between prices and rents is that the typical fall in prices (54.5% according to the most thorough model developed) has been almost twice the size of that in the rents (29.4%). As a result, the rent-to-price ratio (or ‘yield’, which is also mapped for each of the 4,500 Census districts) has increased from historic lows in 2007 (3.5% on average) to 5.5% in 2012.

However, that is not the only significant difference between prices and rents. While the spread of rents has narrowed, the spread of house prices has if anything increased. The easiest way to think about this is to look at the premium associated with a particular property size. During the latter stages of the bubble, the average difference between a four-bedroom property and a two-bedroom property in the same location was 45%. Since 2009, though, it has increased to 58%. As shown in the figure below, this increasing premium associated with space holds true for property types (e.g. detached versus apartment) as well as for property sizes.

The increase in the price of space since the bubble ended is the opposite of what has happened in rents, where there has been greater compression in rents. In one sense, this runs counter to people’s intuitions – surely after a bubble, the more expensive properties will be hit most? The figures suggest, though, that the bubble was characterised by what could be termed a “property ladder” effect: people disregarded where they wanted to buy long-term, which pushed up the price of smaller properties, including one and two-bedroom apartments and terraced properties.

IntroductionRonan Lyons, Economist, Daft.ie

Taking stock of Ireland’s property market, five years into the crash

Continued on next page >

Premium associated with property types and sizes National average, by period, relative to semi-detached (type) and three-bedroom (size)

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What these maps mean for the future

Five years into Ireland’s property market crash, and prices continue to fall. According to the latest Daft.ie Report, the average asking price fell 2.6% in the second quarter of 2012, compared to 1.4% in the first quarter and an average quarterly fall of 4.3% during the period 2008-2011. Dublin prices have fallen by most – but as the maps show, this may be due to smaller properties seeing their prices fall by more on average.

In general, the signs from the Dublin property market are much healthier. The average asking price in Dublin in June (€214,000) was quite close to that in December (€217,000), while the average price outside the major cities fell from €162,000 to €149,000 in the same period. But it is important to remember that recovery in the property market is not about prices – it will take over four decades of “normal” house price inflation of 2% to reach the prices last seen in 2007 – rather, recovery is about activity.

Measures of activity in the Daft Report also suggest that the Dublin market is improving. The stock available for sale in Dublin, at just over 4,600, has fallen 35% from its peak of late 2008 and is only 18% above the levels of early 2007. In June, 34% of properties that were put on the market two months previously had sold – up from 25% last December. All these figures suggest that the Dublin market is closest to being a normal property market again.

Outside the major cities, though, it does not look like the property market adjustment has completed. Not only are prices still falling, oversupply is still an issue: there are still twice as many properties for sale now as in early 2007 (16,000 compared to 8,000). Unlike Dublin, there has been little change in the number of properties selling within two or four months. In Connacht- Ulster, just 12% of properties find a buyer within two months, a fraction that has not changed since the start of the year.

People will want to live near cities, which will drive most jobs growth. This demand-side factor will compound supply-side differences. A large oversupply in some areas and in some property types, such as apartments and terraced homes, will only slowly fade away, while urban areas may need construction of new family homes soon. While confidence and credit are of course important national factors, over coming years, Ireland’s property market will be characterised by these differences. Policymakers, both national and local, ignore them at their peril.closest to being a normal property market again.

Outside the major cities, though, it does not look like the property market adjustment has completed. Not only are prices still falling, oversupply is still an issue: there are still twice as many properties for sale now as in early 2007 (16,000 compared to 8,000). Unlike Dublin, there has been little change in the number of properties selling within two or four months. In Connacht- Ulster, just 12% of properties find a buyer within two months, a fraction that has not changed since the start of the year.

People will want to live near cities, which will drive most jobs growth. This demand-side factor will compound supply-side differences. A large oversupply in some areas and in some property types, such as apartments and terraced homes, will only slowly fade away, while urban areas may need construction of new family homes soon. While confidence and credit are of course important national factors, over coming years, Ireland’s property market will be characterised by these differences. Policymakers, both national and local, ignore them at their peril.

4 | The Daft.ie House Price Report – 2012 Q2

IntroductionRonan Lyons, Economist, Daft.ie

Taking stock of Ireland’s property market, five years into the crash

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Percentage change in asking prices, Q2 2012

€175,677 | Change: -5.5%

€137,039 | Change: -2.6%Galway€142,013 | Change: -8.5%

Sligo€149,707 | Change: -3.6%

€120,848 | Change: 2.0%

€138,506 | Change: -6.9%

€132,353 | Change: -6.7%

€99,997 | Change: -13.0%

Kerry€167,222 | Change: -0.5%

€157,090 | Change: -1.3%

Cork€170,344 | Change: -0.5%

Waterford

Meath€161,150 | Change: -6.3%

Cork City€187,666 | Change: -0.3%

Laois€121,599 | Change: -1.9%

O�aly€140,921 | Change: -4.8%

Limerick€154,769 | Change: 0.6%

Kilkenny€161,489 | Change: 2.3%

Waterford City€128,188 | Change: 0.7%

Galway City€184,272 | Change: -3.4%

Mayo€138,308 | Change: -11.4%

Donegal€138,611 | Change: -8.2%

Roscommon€114,359 | Change: -5.6%

Limerick City€151,998 | Change: -3.9%

Clare€151,211 | Change: -2.8%

Wicklow€231,417 | Change: -2.5%

Louth€148,883 | Change: -5.0%

Dublin City Centre€167,172 | Change: 0.0%

West Dublin County€165,598 | Change: -3.9%

North Dublin CountyDublinClose-up

€207,850 | Change: -0.8%

South Dublin County€328,959 | Change: -2.3%

North Dublin City€207,779 | Change: -0.9%

South Dublin City€208,451 | Change: -3.3%

Wexford€144,244 | Change: -0.1%

Carlow€158,325 | Change: 9.8%

Kildare

Westmeath

Leitrim

Monaghan

Cavan

Longford

Tipperary

€173,086 | Change: -1.2%

5 | The Daft.ie House Price Report – 2012 Q2

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The Daft.ie Asking Price Index is based on asking prices for properties posted for sale on Daft.ie. An index based on asking price, as opposed to closing price, is a measure of sellers’ expectations. Figures are calculated from econometric regressions, which calculate changes in price that are independent of changes in observable measures of quality, such as location, or bedroom number.

Daft.ie Asking Price Index

-2.6%Asking prices fell 2.6% in the second quarter of 2012, the second smallest fall in four years. The average asking price nationwide is now €172,000, compared to €366,000 at the peak in 2007.

6 | The Daft.ie House Price Report – 2012 Q2

Asking Prices, Residential Sales(2007 average = 100)

2005

73.0

75.4

76.9

77.5

77.4

78.8

79.1

79.3

80.9

83.0

84.0

88.0

2006

84.6

93.4

92.2

94.7

96.0

97.1

97.2

97.3

99.5

100.9

99.1

99.6

2007

99.8

100.6

100.3

100.0

100.5

100.5

101.0

100.3

99.5

99.4

98.5

99.5

2008

97.9

97.7

96.2

95.8

94.8

93.4

92.5

91.1

90.4

88.0

85.7

84.9

2009

83.5

82.0

80.3

79.5

77.9

76.4

75.8

73.8

73.2

71.7

69.5

69.5

January

February

March

April

May

June

July

August

September

October

November

December

2010

69.1

68.4

67.1

66.5

65.9

64.4

63.2

63.4

62.6

61.3

59.7

59.0

2011

58.7

58.4

57.3

56.3

55.5

53.8

54.1

53.0

52.6

50.0

49.0

48.4

2012

49.2

48.5

47.6

47.5

47.8

46.3

Stock of properties on Daft.ieStock of properties on Daft.ie (start of month) and �ow of properties, 2007-2012

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2007 III 2008 III 2009 III 2010 III 2011 III 2012 III

2007 average = 100

Dublin asking prices largely stableHaving fallen 10% in the second half of 2011, asking prices in the capital fell by less than 1% in the first half of 2012.

Many areas still seeing sharp falls in prices Leinster has also seen a slow-down in price falls but elsewhere prices have fallen by 7% since January compared to 8% in the second half of 2011.

Stock for sale continues to fallThe total number of properties fell below 53,000 in June, down from a peak of 63,000 - Dublin has seen the largest relative decline.

Market conditions improve in Dublin The proportion of properties selling within two months has risen in Dublin from 25% to 34% since the start of the year.

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Daft.ie Snapshot of Asking Prices Nationwide

What can I ask for? Can I afford it?Average house prices across Ireland, by county and bedroom number, Quarter 2 2012

7 | The Daft.ie House Price Report – 2012 Q2

Daft.ie Snapshot of Asking Prices Nationwide (�gures in thousands)

DublinCity Centre

North City

South City

North County

South County

West County

Meath

Kildare

Wicklow

Longford

O�aly

Westmeath

Laois

Louth

Carlow

Kilkenny

Wexford

Co. Waterford

Waterford City

Kerry

Co. Cork

Cork City

Clare

Co. Limerick

Limerick City

Tipperary

Co. Galway

Galway City

Mayo

Roscommon

Sligo

Leitrim

Donegal

Cavan

Monaghan

€123

€105

€116

€116

€162

€93

€62

€59

€100

*

€67

€62

€55

€55

*

€74

€83

€45

€52

€80

*

€80

€81

€70

€83

€59

€54

€78

*

€35

*

€53

€67

€59

*

€182

€152

€193

€159

€228

€123

€114

€115

€163

€88

€86

€104

€72

€91

€85

€94

€80

€75

€66

€131

€120

€130

€94

€92

€105

€107

€99

€133

€87

€65

€68

€80

€79

€69

€58

€203

€215

€229

€207

€320

€167

€147

€169

€194

€93

€124

€119

€105

€128

€125

€140

€123

€157

€115

€154

€151

€180

€124

€142

€148

€130

€135

€164

€119

€99

€125

€114

€118

€94

€113

*

€317

€424

€336

€548

€260

€238

€259

€312

€141

€191

€169

€166

€209

€203

€201

€194

€239

€198

€213

€248

€268

€186

€239

€220

€205

€180

€220

€169

€146

€197

€141

€187

€166

€172

*

€465

€578

€509

€694

€434

€328

€361

€409

€226

€275

€240

€308

€251

€302

€338

€248

€257

€271

€252

€290

€383

€261

€243

€281

€252

€228

€309

€237

€197

€271

€165

€229

€185

€185

Leinster

Munster

Connaught

Ulster

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North County DublinAverage price: €207,850Year-on-year change: -14.2%Quarter-on-quarter change: -0.8%Change from peak: -52.9%

Dublin City CentreAverage price: €167,172Year-on-year change: -10.2%Quarter-on-quarter change: 0.0%Change from peak: -59.3%

North Dublin CityAverage price: €207,779Year-on-year change: -14.8%Quarter-on-quarter change: -0.9%Change from peak: -56.7%

South Dublin CityAverage price: €208,451Year-on-year change: -17.7%Quarter-on-quarter change: -3.3%Change from peak: -59.1%

South County DublinAverage price: €328,959Year-on-year change: -11.3%Quarter-on-quarter change: -2.3%Change from peak: -54.4%

West County DublinAverage price: €165,598Year-on-year change: -19.0%Quarter-on-quarter change: -3.9%Change from peak: -56.8%

8 | The Daft.ie House Price Report – 2011 in review

Dublin TrendsAn analysis of recent trends in the Dublin residential sales market

n Prices in the last three months have been largely stable in central and North Dublin.

n In South and West Dublin, prices fell by 2-4% on average during the same period.

n Over one third of properties in Dublin now sell within two months, compared to one quarter last December.

nThe number of properties sitting on the market in Dublin continues to fall and is now at its lowest level since early 2007.

■ Dublin City Centre ■ North Dublin City ■ South Dublin City ■ North County Dublin ■ South County Dublin ■ West County Dublin

€100,000

€200,000

€300,000

€400,000

€500,000

€600,000

€700,000

€800,000

How have house prices changed?Average house price by area, 2006-2012

2007 II III IV 2008 II III IV 2009 II III IV 2010 II III IV 2011 II III IV 2012 II

12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1

Number of months on the market

■ December 2011 ■ March 2012 ■ June 2012

How fast are properties selling?Proportion of properties marked as sale agreed and withdrawn, 2011 - 2012

How many properties are on the market?Number of properties on the market and newly advertised, 2007-2012

2007 II III IV 2008 II III IV 2009 II III IV 2010 II III IV 2011 II III IV 2012 II

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KildareAverage price: €175,677Year-on-year change: -15.7%Quarter-on-quarter change: -5.5%Change from peak: -54.4%

CarlowAverage price: €158,325Year-on-year change: -5.3%Quarter-on-quarter change: 9.8%Change from peak: -49.5%

LouthAverage price: €148,883Year-on-year change: -16.6%Quarter-on-quarter change: -5.0%Change from peak: -58.5%

MeathAverage price: €161,150Year-on-year change: -18.4%Quarter-on-quarter change: -6.3%Change from peak: -56.0%

WicklowAverage price: €231,417Year-on-year change: -10.3%Quarter-on-quarter change: -2.5%Change from peak: -53.3%

WexfordAverage price: €144,244Year-on-year change: -15.8%Quarter-on-quarter change: -0.1%Change from peak: -56.3%

LongfordAverage price: €99,997Year-on-year change: -19.4%Quarter-on-quarter change: -13.0%Change from peak: -59.2%

WestmeathAverage price: €137,039Year-on-year change: -17.6%Quarter-on-quarter change: -2.6%Change from peak: -54.3%

O�alyAverage price: €140,921Year-on-year change: -12.5%Quarter-on-quarter change: -4.8%Change from peak: -54.9%

LaoisAverage price: €121,599Year-on-year change: -13.8%Quarter-on-quarter change: -1.9%Change from peak: -58.0%

KilkennyAverage price: €161,489Year-on-year change: -8.0%Quarter-on-quarter change: 2.3%Change from peak: -51.6%

Leinster TrendsAn analysis of recent trends in the Leinster residential sales market

n Prices fell sharply in Longford between March and June and the average price in the county is now €100,000.

n In South-East Leinster, asking prices were stable and increased by almost 10% in Carlow.

n Market conditions have changed little in the province since December, with 32% of properties finding a buyer within four months by June, compared to 30% last December.

n The total stock on the market in Leinster continues to fall gradually from a peak of 18,000 and is now below 14,000.

■ Dublin Commuter Counties ■ West Leinster ■ South-East Leinster

How have house prices changed?Average house price by area, 2006-2012

2007 II III IV 2008 II III IV 2009 II III IV 2010 II III IV 2011 II III IV 2012 II

12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1

Number of months on the market

■ December 2011 ■ March 2012 ■ June 2012

How fast are properties selling?Proportion of properties marked as sale agreed and withdrawn, 2011 - 2012

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How many properties are on the market?Number of properties on the market and newly advertised, 2007-2012

2007 II III IV 2008 II III IV 2009 II III IV 2010 II III IV 2011 II III IV 2012 II

0%

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

60%

€100,000

€150,000

€200,000

€250,000

€300,000

€350,000

€400,000

€450,000

■ Stock (LHS) ■ Inflow (RHS) ■ Outflow (RHS)

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TipperaryAverage price: €157,090Year-on-year change: -11.2%Quarter-on-quarter change: -1.3%Change from peak: -44.5%

Change from peak: -28.1%Limerick CityAverage price: €151,998Year-on-year change: -15.0%Quarter-on-quarter change: -3.9%Change from peak: -44.0%

Waterford CountyAverage price: €173,086Year-on-year change: -14.4%Quarter-on-quarter change: -1.2%Change from peak: -50.0%

ClareAverage price: €151,211Year-on-year change: -17.0%Quarter-on-quarter change: -2.8%Change from peak: -50.6%

Limerick CountyAverage price: €154,769Year-on-year change: -11.5%Quarter-on-quarter change: 0.6%Change from peak: -43.9%

KerryAverage price: €167,222Year-on-year change: -13.6%Quarter-on-quarter change: -0.5%Change from peak: -44.5%

Cork CountyAverage price: €170,344Year-on-year change: -14.3%Quarter-on-quarter change: -0.5%Change from peak: -51.3% Cork City

Average price: €187,666Year-on-year change: -13.6%Quarter-on-quarter change: -0.3%Change from peak: -50.7%

Waterford CityAverage price: €128,188Year-on-year change: -18.0%Quarter-on-quarter change: 0.7%Change from peak: -55.7%

Munster TrendsAn analysis of recent trends in the Leinster residential sales market

n In most of Munster, asking prices were stable between March and June - Limerick city and Clare the only exceptions.

n Compared to the peak, prices have fallen by 45% in Kerry, Limerick & Tipperary and 50% elsewhere in the province.

n Selling conditions have not improved noticeably since December, with still roughly one in four properties selling within four months.

n The total number of properties on the market in Munster has fallen slightly but is still at levels similar to 2008 and 2009.

■ Cork City ■ Limerick City ■ Waterford City ■ Rest-of -Munster

How have house prices changed?Average house price by area, 2006-2012

2007 II III IV 2008 II III IV 2009 II III IV 2010 II III IV 2011 II III IV 2012 II

12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1

Number of months on the market

■ December 2011 ■ March 2012 ■ June 2012

How fast are properties selling?Proportion of properties marked as sale agreed and withdrawn, 2011 - 2012

How many properties are on the market?Number of properties on the market and newly advertised, 2007-2012

2007 II III IV 2008 II III IV 2009 II III IV 2010 II III IV 2011 II III IV 2012 II

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10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

60%

€100,000

€150,000

€200,000

€250,000

€300,000

€350,000

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■ Stock (LHS) ■ In�ow (RHS) ■ Out�ow (RHS)

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LeitrimAverage price: €120,848Year-on-year change: -16.8%Quarter-on-quarter change: 2.0%Change from peak: -53.3%

CavanAverage price: €132,353Year-on-year change: -15.0%Quarter-on-quarter change: -6.7%Change from peak: -52.9%

MonaghanAverage price: €138,506Year-on-year change: -15.7%Quarter-on-quarter change: -6.9%Change from peak: -57.6%

RoscommonAverage price: €114,359Year-on-year change: -19.5%Quarter-on-quarter change: -5.6%Change from peak: -54.6%

MayoAverage price: €138,308Year-on-year change: -20.7%Quarter-on-quarter change: -11.4%Change from peak: -48.1%

DonegalAverage price: €138,611Year-on-year change: -11.1%Quarter-on-quarter change: -8.2%Change from peak: -48.7%

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Galway CityAverage price: €184,272Year-on-year change: -14.3%Quarter-on-quarter change: -3.4%Change from peak: -53.4%

GalwayAverage price: €142,013Year-on-year change: -14.0%Quarter-on-quarter change: -8.5%Change from peak: -53.9%

Average price: €149,707Year-on-year change: -12.7%Quarter-on-quarter change: -3.6%Change from peak: -48.7%

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How have house prices changed?Average house price by area, 2006-2012

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How many properties are on the market?Number of properties on the market and newly advertised, 2007-2012

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Connacht & Ulster TrendsAn analysis of recent trends in the Leinster residential sales market

n Throughout Connacht and Ulster, asking prices fell relatively sharply between March and June.

n The fall was less pronounced in Galway city and Sligo, and in Leitrim, average asking prices rose slightly.

n Market conditions have not improved noticeably since December, with still roughly one in four properties selling within four months.

n The total number of properties on the market has fallen below 16,000 for the first time in four years but remains at a high level.

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market make informed decisions about buying and selling. In addition, because it is

freely available, the Daft Report can help inform the media, the general public and

policymakers about the latest developments in the property market.

This is the Daft.ie House Price Report, the partner to the Daft.ie Rental Report, which will be

issued next month. Together, they give house-hunters and investors more information to help

them make their decisions. These twin reports mean that Daft is the only objective monitor

of trends in both rental and sales markets on a quarterly basis, making the report an

essential barometer for anyone with an interest in the Irish property market.

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