Irish property prices up 8% year on year but start of 2016 sees growth slowing

Residential property prices in Ireland increased by 8% in the year to February 2016, up from 7.6% in January and an increase of 14.9% recorded in the 12 months to February 2015. The data from the Central Statistics Office also shows, however, that month on month ere was no change in prices compared with a decrease of 0.5% recorded in January and a decrease of 0.4% recorded in February of last year. A breakdown of the figures show that in Dublin prices decreased by 0.1% in February and were 4% hi...