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RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY PRICES have fallen year-on-year for the second month in a row, according to figures from the Central Statistics Office (CSO).
New data from the statistics agency shows that the price of a home fell by 0.6% in the year to August, following a year-on-year decrease of 0.6% in July.
However, figures also showed that property prices increased month-on-month by 0.3% in August, following a 0.2% monthly increase in July and o.1% in June.
That followed average monthly decreases of 0.1% in both March and April as economic activity fell as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic.
The CSO figures show that across the country, house prices were up by 0.4% in the year to August while apartment prices were down by 0.7% year-on-year.
In Dublin, property prices saw a decline of 1.6% in the year to August, with house prices decreasing by 1.4% and apartment prices increasing by 0.1%.
The highest house price growth in Dublin was in Fingal, where prices rose by 1.7% year-on year. In contrast, Dublin city saw prices decline by 3.4% year-on-year.
The region outside of Dublin that saw the largest rise in house prices was the south-west at 5.2% year-on-year, while the Border saw the biggest decline with a 2.7% fall in the year to August.
Overall, house prices remain 17.6% lower than at their peak in 2007.
In Dublin, house prices are 22.6% below their February 2007 peak, while in the rest of Ireland, house prices are 20.1% below their May 2007 peak.
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Tulsa had no problem acting when it came to poor Sgt Maurice McCabe.
All these government agencies,Tulsa,GDA etc that are found not doing their jobs properly are never held to account, inquiry is set up and comes up with strict guidelines and announced,but again they are not implemented and with Tulsa this is very worrying as children are involved. It’s all repeat repeat and cover up.
@@mdmak33: good ol mizz Zappone… she’s fantastic at having her photo taken with babies we goota give her that
Tusla Rotten to the Core.Well able to Set up frame Maurice McCabe I believe there is 1000s of other Maurice McCabe in Ireland who have fake/falsified Data/information on their good names on the Garda pulse records & Tusla records a lot of this is going on in family law courts /industries for custody of Children Big Money to made of the backs of innocent families this all needs to be looked into further by Human Rights Organisations our reporter s from the Journal.ie
Tusla covering up child abuse now there’s a suprise
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