• Sales surge as developer drops prices in Ashtown

  Brisk sales were reported last weekend at a new homes scheme in Ashtown, Dublin 15 where price drops of up to €100,000 per unit attracted first-time buyers and investors back into the market.
  

• Stamp duty reform ups enquiries

  Estate agents are reporting a step up in activity following the reform of stamp duty announced in last week's Budget.
  

• Rathgar redbrick sells for around €4.5 million

  Dublin 6&8 PRIVATE TREATY Ellesmere, 66 Orwell Pk, Rathgar, D6 Six-bed detached period house. Sold: region €4.5m. Agent: Sherry FitzGerald
  

• Planning&Development

  Council says yes to AIB HQ plans Dublin City Council has approved plans for an office block of five to eight storeys at AIB's Bankcentre HQ in Ballsbridge, Dublin 4. The new building of 18,600sq m (200,209sq ft) will be to the north-east of the site close to a large extension already under construction.
  

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