Average Irish national house prices fell by 1.1% in September - down 10.6% in 12-month period
Oct 24th, 2008 | By Finfacts Ireland Business & Finance Portal | Category: News worldwide
Average Irish national house prices fell by 1.1% in September according to the latest edition of the permanent tsb / ESRI House Price Index. This follows reductions of 0.9% in August, 0.2% in July and 0.6% in June. In the first nine months of 2008 average national prices fell by 7.0%, compared with a drop of 6.0% in the year up to August 2008. Measuring the rate of growth in the 12 months (year on year) to September, average national prices were down by 10.6%. This compares to a decline of 9.9% recorded in the 12 months to August.