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

The Big Movers

Dublin lags behind in house prices

Believe it or not, Dublin is actually not keeping up with the national trend for house prices rising nationwide. Asking prices for newly listed houses only rose by 0.9% in Dublin as opposed to a 2.1% rise nationwide.

Blanchardstown shopping centre could be worth €1 billion

Developer Joe O’Reilly is one of the bidders for the Blanchardstown Centre and is prepared to spend up to €1 billion to acquire it, according to a report in the Irish Independent. The centre was put on the market in February by Green Property.

Under Construction

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• Residents in Beaumont, north Dublin are objecting to Túath Housing buying a whole newly-built development in the area to be used for social housing. 
• A family with a sick child have been squatting in an abandoned house in Meath due to concerns over the standard of conditions in their emergency accommodation.
• Fancy seeing Dublin from the air? Here’s some beautiful drone footage over Dublin 4 by Darren Houlihan and Fred Kelly.

Des Res

If you’re on the lookout for new digs in Los Angeles, then you could do worse than check out the house of BCBG founder Max Azria, who is selling his 60-room Californian estate for $88 million (approximately €77.2 million).