10 January 2024 By Mary Bermingham mary@TheCork.ie The price of the average three-bed semi in both Cork City and county is expected to rise by 4pc in the next 12 months, according to a survey by Real Estate Alliance. Three-bed semi-detached homes in the City now cost an average of €370,000, up 4pc on the... Read More
2 January 2024 By Bryan McCarthy bryan@TheCork.ie The full report is available on the Daft.ie website here Housing prices during 2023 rose by an average of 3.4%, the smallest increase since 2019, according to the latest Daft.ie House Price Report released today by Ireland’s largest property website, Daft.ie. The typical listed price nationwide in... Read More
20 December 2023 By David Lynch david@TheCork.ie The Mayor of the County of Cork, Cllr Frank O’ Flynn has visited five Social and Affordable Housing Developments in North Cork that will provide 78 new homes in the area. In Mitchelstown, construction is underway on an eight home social housing development at Brigown Road. Additionally, a... Read More
7 December 2023 By David Lynch david@TheCork.ie ALDI’s 27th store in Carrigaline is located West of the existing Collins SuperValu – it means that Carrigaline now has a SuperValu, Dunnes Stores, Lidl, and an Aldi ALDI’s new store in Carrigaline, Co Cork opened today, creating 30 new permanent jobs. It continues ALDI’s nationwide expansion and... Read More
6 December 2023 By David Lynch david@TheCork.ie Hibernia Star & McCarthy Developments Awarded Planning For Major Development for Cork at Jacobs Island, Cork An Bord Pleanála has granted full planning permission to Hibernia Star for a new 165-bedroom hotel, and more than 10,600m2 office buildings overlooking Cork harbour on the Douglas Estuary at Jacob’s Island,... Read More
17 November 2023 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Cork’s newest pedestrian and cycle path and bridge was opened today by the Minister for Transport, Eamon Ryan T.D. and the Lord Mayor of Cork Cllr. Kieran McCarthy. Funded by the National Transport Authority, the four-metre wide, 63-metre-long Vernon Mount Bridge and one-kilometre long pathway provides safe and... Read More
13 November 2023 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Market rents in Munster rose 13% year-on-year, reflecting very low availability – just over 200 homes were available to rent on November 1, largely unchanged on a year ago and only one quarter the level of availability seen during the late 2010s. In Cork City, rents have risen... Read More
25 October 2023 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Socialist Party TD Mick Barry said this morning that the Government’s HAP scheme no longer bears any relationship with the realities of the rental market and that HAP limits urgently need to be increased. His comments come in the wake of the Simon Community’s “Locked Out Of The... Read More
7 October 2023 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie The Charity ‘Enable Ireland’ is giving you a chance to win a house in the Janeville Estate, Carrigaline, Co Cork, valued at €350,000 Enable Ireland is running an exciting fundraiser which the charity hopes will raise much-needed funds for their disability services. The charity, which provides services to... Read More
22 September 2023 By Roger Kennedy roger@TheCork.ie Property Businesses looking for commercial real estate space in Cork should be able to find it easily. With post-pandemic remote work increasing and layoffs in the technology job sector, many businesses now find themselves with considerable ‘grey space’ or unused office space, and some companies that currently have... Read More
23 July 2023 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie 27 Lower Midleton Street, Cobh, Co. Cork 2 Bed – 1 Bath – 68 m² – Terrace – Could be starter home or investment opportunity with potential annual rental income of €14,400 G.F.C.H. DNG are handling the sale of 27 Lower Midleton Street Cobh Co Cork. The property... Read More
23 July 2023 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie 2 Castán Dóire, Halfway, Ballinhassig, Co. Cork It’s a Terrace House with two bedrooms and two bathrooms and a floor area of 100 sq.m. “Prime Investment Opportunity – Avail of Vacant and derelict property grant” is the Estate Agents heading. Number 2 is described as a in need... Read More