IPAV in the News
- Irish Independent
CSO consumer price index ‘should be used to set rent hikes’
Landlords fear they will be subjected to an unintended rent freeze because of how a tool measuring inflation is used to determine increases.
- Limerick Leader
Property report shows price increases across Limerick
IPAV’s Residential Property Price Barometer charts prices actually achieved by auctioneers for three and four-bedroom houses and two-bedroom …
- Galway Advertiser
Property premiums escalate further in latter half of 2023 – IPAV
IPAV’s twice yearly Residential Property Price Barometer published this past weekend has found that while the overall price increase for the …
- Midwest Radio
According to latest IPAV survey, the highest prices nationally for forestry land last year, was …
Land prices are up 5% to an average €12,840/acre for 2023, according to the professional body for auctioneers and valuers (IPAV). Launching its …
- Business Plus
Revealed: The number of rental homes lost due to exodus of landlords – Business Plus
Exodus of landlords Pat Davitt CEO IPAV. Costs are now likely to rise again this year, according to Pat Davitt, IPAV’s chief executive. He said the ..
- Irish Times
Irish residential property prices could increase by 5% in 2024, report says
Ipav chief executive Pat Davitt said “prices remain resilient and, given the paucity of supply, it’s not unreasonable to think that, barring a …
- Irish Independent
No respite for house-hunters as prices predicted to rise another 5pc this year
IPAV’s chief executive Pat Davitt said the market is being strangled by a lack of supply and failed state interventions. Prices stabilised in Dublin …
- Business Post
Cost of building homes outside Dublin soars – Business Post
The Ipav analysis charted prices actually achieved by auctioneers for … Ipav. This was followed by neighbouring Dublin 6 (€802,500) and Dublin 2 …
- Newstalk
Property prices rise: ‘You can’t use rent to prove you can pay a mortgage’ | Newstalk
New data from the Institute of Professional Auctioneers and Valuers (IPAV) estimates that average residential property prices will rise by 5% in 2024.
- Offaly Independent
Offaly house prices continued to rise sharply in last six months of 2023
The twice yearly Residential Property Price Barometer from the Irish Professional Auctioneers and Valuers (IPAV)O published today (Sunday) has …
- RSVP Live
Experts explain why it’s so expensive to buy a house and how to solve it
IPAV’s latest Residential Property Price Barometer shows that in 2017, the average price of a home in Ireland was €238,008. It now stands at …
- Anglo Celt
Rural house prices gaining ground on city properties
IPAV. Published: Wed 24 Jan 2024, 2:55 PM. IPAV observe that rural property prices are gaining ground on city residences. Commenting on today’s CSO …
- Nenagh Guardian
IPAV call for new measures on house prices – Nenagh Guardian
Pat Davitt, IPAV’s Chief Executive, said: “Availability of homes, and at affordable prices for those on average wages, has been and remains the main …
- Galway Advertiser
CSO house prices show market stabilised but major problems remain – IPAV
Commenting on this week’s CSO Residential Property Price Index for August, IPAV, the Institute of Professional Auctioneers & Valuers, said prices …
- Longford Leader
October 2023 Over 70% of consumers face headaches in buying property
A new survey by Ireland Thinks found that almost seven in ten consumers (73%) have experienced difficulties when trying to buy properties.
- Irish Times
Auctioneers welcome Bill they say will cut conveyancing period by at least half
Delays in conveyancing can lead to loan offers lapsing and property purchases falling through
- Business Post
73% of consumers experience unnecessary delays buying property – IPAV
73% of consumers experience unnecessary delays buying property – IPAV. Majority of consumers would like to see measures introduced to speed up …
- Westmeath Examiner
Almost seven in ten experience ‘unnecessary delays’ in buying properties | Westmeath Examiner
Pat Davitt, IPAV (Institute of Professional Auctioneers & Valuers) Chief Executive, Joe Flaherty TD and Fintan McGill, IPAV Jnr Vice-President.
- Business Post
Pat Davitt: Seller’s legal pack would make property sales quicker, easier and cheaper
Conveyancing typically takes four months or more, sometimes leading to buyers losing mortgage approval while they wait for documents
- The Irish Times
Dublin house prices fall at sharpest rate in three years
Irish price inflation slows to 1.5% as mortgage costs take the heat out of property market
- RTE
Annual house price growth cools to 1.5% in July – CSO
New figures from the Central Statistics Office show that residential property prices rose by 1.5% in the 12 months to July.
- Limerick Post
Property prices rose across Limerick in past six months
IPAV Chief Executive Pat Davitt said the forthcoming October Budget will need to contain unprecedented measures to arrest the housing crisis and the “ …
- Irish Independent
Home Truths: Outrageous conveyancing delays are killing house sale deals, so where are …
According to IPAV, it takes on average 10.4 weeks to conveyance a property between the sale being agreed and the signing of contract, …
- Irish Independent
Home Economics: What’s the tax situation if I rent out my apartment while working abroad?
Our property finance expert answers your questions
- Business Post
Calls for mortgage provisions to be treated as separate to other forms of lending
Ipav chief executive points to ‘lopsided equation’ whereby lenders’ interests ‘supersede’ those of consumers.
- Business Plus
House Price Rises Slip To Just 2%
House price rises have slipped again – dipping to just over 2% for the first six months of the year.
- The Anglo Celt
House prices up 4-6% in first half of year
There’s been a call for unprecedented measures in the forthcoming Budget to ease the housing crisis.
- Irish Times
Auctioneers call for ‘unprecedented measures’ to ease housing crisis
The Institute of Professional Auctioneers and Valuers say selling price inflation has slowed to just 2.05%
- Irish Independent
Help to Buy scheme ‘must target lower paid’, say experts, or it risks wasting millions of euro on people who don’t need the help
‘Government is keen to promote scheme as it gives impression it helps people get on the property ladder’
- Irish Independent
Price of a house is up 25pc since coalition took office, property report shows
Young buyers are forced out of the market as IPAV calls for radical reform to ‘very sick’ and ‘disjointed’ housing system
- Radio Kerry
House prices in Kerry rose in the first six months of the year | RadioKerry.ie
That’s according to IPAV’s residential property barometer, which measures property price sales from the start of this year.
- Donegal Live
Donegal remains one of the cheapest counties to buy property
IPAV chief Pat Davitt says that people who started saving for a home during the pandemic will increasingly find their dream slipping away. House …
- Radio Kerry
Kerry IPAV member says conveyancing legislation would speed up house sales procedure
Brendan Mannix, of Mannix Property Services in Castleisland, is a member of the Institute of Professional Auctioneers and Valuers (IPAV).
- Irish Independent
Mortgage offers expiring because of legal delays, estate agents say
People are losing out on mortgage offers because of legal delays, estate agents say. A majority (84pc) of real estate agents surveyed by the Institute of Professional Auctioneers and Valuers (IPAV)
- Business Plus
84% Of Estate Agents Have Seen Sales Fall Through Due To Delays In Conveyancing
More than eight in 10 estate agents have seen sales fall through because of delays in the conveyancing process, according to the Institute of Professional Auctioneers & Valuers (IPAV).
- RTE
Conveyancing delays leading to failed property sales
A survey by IPAV has found that four out of every five estate agents say they have seen sales fail because of delays in the conveyancing process.
- Leitrim Observer
Rent Pressure Zones causing rent increases – IPAV
Rent Pressure Zones (RPZ), a designated area where rents cannot exceed general inflation, are causing rents to increase according to IPAV, …
- Irish Examiner
Conveyancing issues causing house sales to fall through, survey finds
IPAV chief executive Pat Davitt said: ‘Conveyancing delays put extra worry and pressure on purchasers and vendors as well as extra rental costs too in …
- Business Post
Mortgage offers frequently withdrawn due to ‘lethargic’ conveyancing process – IPAV
Mortgage offers frequently withdrawn due to ‘lethargic’ conveyancing process – IPAV. Estate agents are calling for urgent reform of the system, …
- Midlands 103
Loan Offers Could Be Withdrawn Due To Conveyancing Delays
Castlepollard’s Pat Davitt IPAV Chief Executive said: “Conveyancing delays put extra worry and pressure on purchasers and vendors as well as extra …