It has been another busy property week, with the new selling season definitely upon us but before we get carried away, it's important to reflect on what is still broken within the system. Over the past week, three people who were classified as homeless in different...
I came across the following interesting article from ARUP recently entitled: How do you use technology to better manage a major new road bridge? We have featured many AI-empowered sensor systems to enhance, or rather pre-empt, routine maintenance within...
Apologies, I know that last week's offering was not up to scratch. I was too distracted by the scenic Wild Atlantic Way (Bundoran to Ballybunion!) to really knuckle down. Although, on my travels I did keep a note of all the derelict and deserted properties that we...
Estate agents in the Irish market enjoy a wide and varied role with sales and marketing at its core. While the tools of the trade have certainly changed over the past two decades, marketing is still at the core of the business. Online sales portals like Daft.ie...
As expected, the weekend's newspapers are dominated by the fallout of the UK vote so the property coverage in the main sections (outside of the property supplements) is limited. As regular readers will be aware, I am a strong proponent of digital marketing and PR as a...
Listen back to the RIPPLE story and hear about the evolution of shipping container homes and business popping up all around Ireland with Ireland's property bloggers:
They say you never forget your first, and as the State's first (non-junior) Minister for Housing, Simon Coveney has proven himself to be dogged and resourceful. Most importantly, he is not afraid to build on the ideas of other. This is a rare thing in partisan...
Today's offering is not quite as chunky as last week, all of the property sections/supplements feel a bit lighter today (in property news, features and advertising). The Sunday Business Post has an excellent front page (of the Money Plus section) piece by the...
We now have twice as many house-hunters across Ireland as we have available homes For would-be property buyers in Ireland right now, it is fair to say that the goalposts have shifted, regularly. In the last week we learned that despite the yoyo Central Bank lending...
Johnny Ronan on the need for Dublin to build upwards; why can't we solve a problem that everyone agrees on & rats in Dublin's emergency accommodation facilities... Good news for property watchers with plenty of time on their hands and very patient spouses, there...
Originally published on www.thejournal.ie , April 16, 2017 Last week I was invited to speak at the Irish Planning Institute AGM in beautiful Westport. Knowing that IPI membership is made up of planners from the public and private sector, I had to work to keep an open...
April 23, 2017 The Sunday Times Move If you only have time for one newspaper today, for property news, The Sunday Times is the one to get. Editor Linda Daly writes about 'A new generation of unban living - First time buyers, returnees, investors and renters want the...
#PropTech There has been massive resistance within sectors of the property industry to the emerging technologies designed specifically for this industry. But resisting change is no longer an option; property technology, or #PropTech, is revolutionising the...
How many New Age books did you give or receive this Christmas? How many sit on your bookshelves right now? Can you force a spiritual awakening? PEOPLE talk of epic journeys starting with a single step, but I'm not too sure about this. The more I think about it, the...
Sarah Caden, writing in the Sunday Independent, 8 March 2015 The starter home now just a fairytale for our children Youth of today told to forget about the property ladder while an older generation sits snug in their semi-ds It’s hard to know which would be...
Joseph Conroy writing on the Newstalk blog: Carol Tallon, author of the Irish Property Buyers Handbook joined The Pat Kenny Show to discuss the Irish property market – she warns that buyers face a tough few years as they wait for more supply to come on the market. The...
For the Irish Property Buyers Handbook 2014, the fourth year of the annual, I was delighted to have Dublin architect Derek Trenaman of Ceardean Design write a comprehensive section on Self-Building. This is in addition to the excellent chapter on Finance...
The morning after our hugely successful City Limits event, hosted by Dublin City Council, I joined City Architect Ali Grehan with Keelin Shanley on RTE Morning Edition. On the show, we discussed a number of the interesting proposals for alternative uses for...
by Carol Tallon & Derek Trenaman [Originally published in The Sunday Business Post, February 16 2014] The Building Control Amendment Regulation (SI.9 of 2014) comes into effect on 1st March 2014 and will apply to all new houses or extensions greater than 40...
As members of the Kanchi network, we were delighted to be part of their 'Kanchi 100' initiative last year - which was a commitment from 100 business to implement one change towards inclusiveness. For our part, we opened up our service via text to accommodate people...
There are many different types of property investors actively seeking a bargain in Ireland at the moment, from professionals looking for safely ‘park’ their cash for the next few decades right through to the large institutional investors who are looking to buy up...