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EVERY WEEK, WE bring you all the news you need to know about the property market.

The Big Movers

Property tax freeze

The government is hoping to pass legislation soon that would freeze property tax until 2019. The freeze, confirmed in last month’s Budget, means homeowners “will not be faced with increases in their LPT in 2017 as a result of increased property values,” says a government spokesperson.

House prices outside Dublin are on the rise

Property prices outside the capital are rising twice as fast as within the capital and are at unsustainable levels, according to economists. New construction should help with this problem, but the rate of construction is not happening fast enough to keep up.

Under Construction

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• 2015 has seen a big spike in the amount of money spent on construction - to the tune of €1.7 billion so far this year.
• Jury’s Inn Hotel on Custom House Quay is facing a rebrand to a Hilton Garden Inn next year, as well as a massive extension.
• The National Standards Authority of Ireland (NSAI) is warning that badly retro-fitted insulation is not only bad for your house, but could be bad for your health.

Des Res

Fancy living like the villain in a Bond movie? This house in Morocco was used as Christoph Waltz’s lair in SPECTRE. And it’s a mere $4 million (€3.7 million)…