by Aaron Willis, General Manager of GPD (Glounthaune Property Development) While the volume of construction output has been rising steadily over the last number of years, the pace of building remains too slow. The 20% increase in total building and construction in 2017 can only be welcomed with caution, considering the volume of output in…
Established in 1968, Charles McCarthy Estate Agents & Auctioneers celebrate 50 years in business this year. The McCarthy family has been in business in Skibbereen for four generations. As he reflects on the current trends in the property market, Charlie McCarthy, Managing Director at Charles McCarthy Estate Agents & Auctioneers, reports that since no-deal Brexit…
The time for talking is over. This is the message that came through loud and clear from a number of high profile speakers at a conference organised to debate the thorny issue of tackling the housing crisis. Hosted by leading law firm, P.J. O’Driscoll & Sons, and moderated by journalist and broadcaster, Matt Cooper, the…
Photo: David Creedon Photography P.J. O’Driscoll & Sons Solicitors will host a conference entitled Housing Affordability and Supply – Delivering Solutions on Thursday September 20 at the Fota Island Resort from 2pm to 5pm. The conference will address the key issues affecting the housing crisis, including the affordability and supply of housing and what solutions can…
Minister Daly is pictured with, Clúid tenant. Photo: Gerard McCarthy Photography Minister of State at the Department of Health with special responsibility for Mental Health and Older People, Cork South West, Jim Daly TD, visited Clúid Housing’s Older Person’s scheme in Mill Court, Bandon, Cork, to see first-hand the benefits of developing purpose-built supported housing…
Fine Gael Minister Simon Coveney has welcomed the Rebuilding Ireland Home Loan mortgage scheme, unveiled by his colleague Eoghan Murphy. For the first time, Cork families will be be able to know their payments for the entire lifetime of a mortgage because of the fixed interest rates of 2 to 2.25 percent in this government-backed…