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A decline in home sales in the second quarter of 2024 failed to arrest a rise in prices, according to property tech firm Geowox. The group’s latest report on the property market indicated a total of 12,212 homes were sold between April and June this year, down over Photograph: Alan Betson/The Irish Timesin the second quarter of 2024 failed to arrest a rise in prices, according to property tech firm Geowox.

At the same time the median price for a home sold in the first quarter was €335,000, which was up 5.3 per cent or €17,000 compared to the same period in 2023. Eoin Burke-Kennedy has the details.to almost €36 million last year, its holding company said on Friday.Sicon Ltd, the holding company for the Sisk construction group, reported that turnover rose 43 per cent to €2.5 billion last year from €1.74 billion in 2022.

Pre-tax profit grew more than 300 per cent to €35.9 million in 2023 from €11.5 million the previous year, writes Barry O’Halloran. Ireland’sshowed more positive signs in the second quarter of the year, as vacancies remained steady compared to the previous quarter. This was the first time that quarterly vacancies have not decline since 2022, and 19 sectors showed gains. Ciara O’Brien reports.

EY Entrepreneur of the Year profiles: From treating hair loss in men to providing e-scooters across Europe, here are some of this year’s nomineeschosen in the emerging category. Meet our contestants from in areas from treating hair loss in men to providing e-scooters across Europe.of staff gave a grim appraisal of the war in Ukraine recently in the High Court where insurers are resisting demands to compensate Irish leasing companies for aircraft lost because of the Russian invasion.

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