Buying Real Estate in Ireland

A deposit, usually 10%, is paid to the vendors solicitor at the time of exchanging contracts which binds you to completing the purchase. Property is mostly freehold with some leasehold for apartments. You will ordinarily make an offer to buy subject to survey and contracts.

Solicitor / Lawyer

You will need to hire a solicitor/lawyer or conveyancer to handle the sale agreements and contracts with the fee normally agreed in advance, discounted sometimes for sale and buying contracts.

Fees

The fees for buying a property in Ireland will normally total between 6-10% of the buying price. Your legal fees should not be more than about 2% of the purchase price which will include VAT (Value Added Tax) at 21%, with small fees for the land registry which are around two hundred Irish pounds. New properties will also incur VAT. Stamp duty is charged for buyers who have bought before or buy a previously owned property. This will be scaled against the purchase price, at the most 9%.

Property Tax

Annual tax of around IR£50 for use of local services.

Ireland:

Ascotfirst - Irish Property Online
www.ascotfirst.com

Brendon McGlynn Propery
www.donegalproperty.com

Boland and Sons
www.bolandireland.com

Brennan Auctioneers
www.brennanauctioneers.com

Colm McEvoy Auctioneers
www.colmmcevoy.ie

City Property Services
www.monaghanproperty.com

Celti Property Estates Agents
www.celticproperties.com

Carrigeen Homes, Galway
www.galway.net/pages/carrigeen

Chesser Auctioneers
www.chesser-auctioneers.ie

De Courcy, Estate Agents
www.decourcy.ie

EPN, Ireland
www.europropertynet.com/ireland.html

Eurobond Estate Agents & Auctioneers Ltd
www.eurobond.ie

European Immobilien
www.immobilienmarkt.de

Gormley Auctioneers
www.gormley-auctioneers.ie

Gunne Property - Dundalk
www.gunneproperty.com

Glengarriff, Co.Cork, Ireland.
homepage.tinet.ie/~enchanted

Housefinder-Gateway to Property in Ireland
www.housefinder.ie

Hynes Auctioneers
www.hynes.ie

H J Byrne - Estate Agents
www.hjbyrne.com

Heskin Auctioneers - Galway
www.heskinauctioneers.com

Hume Auctioneers in Laois
www.humeauctioneers.com

Irish Houses
www.irish-houses.com

Irish National Property Network
www.npn.ie

Irish Property for Sale
www.hol.ie

Irish Property and Real Estate in Mayo
www.maloneyauctioneers.com

Iavi - Irish Property
www.iavi.ie

John M. Gleeson, Auctioneer & Estate Agent, Thurles
www.iol.ie/~jmglees

Jim Cashen Auctioneers
www.cashenauctioneers.com

John Shaw Auctioneers
www.irish-real-estate.com

John V Farrelly and Associates
www.jvf.ie

John Vaughan Auctioneers - CoClare
www.johnvaughan.net

Kelly & Company Estate Agents, County Dublin
www.kellyco.ie

Key Properties, West Cork
www.keyproperties.net

Kinsella Estates
www.kinsella.ie

Kieran O'Gorman Auctioneers
www.kieranogorman.com

M J Leyden and Associates
www.leyden.ie

McCauley Properties - Donegal
www.mccauleyproperties.com

Matt O'Sulivan Auctioneers
www.mattosullivan.com

McKenna O'Donoghue & Associates Ltd., Cork Michael Shepherd, BallydehobCo., West Cork
www.geocities.com/balydhob

Noel Farrelly, Eurobond Estate Agents and Auctioneers Ltd, Co Waterford
www.eurobond.ie

Orchard Properties Ltd., Rathfarnham, Dublin
www.orchard-properties.ie

O'Leary Auctioneers - CoKerry
www.olearyauctioneers.com

Oates Auctioneers and Insurance Brokers
www.aengusoates.com

Pat Callanan, Auctioneer, Property Sales Athenry Ltd, Galway
www.patcallanan.com

P Murray Auctioneers
www.pmurrayautioneers.com

Property for sale in Ireland
www.property.ie

Piers Murphy, FGM Property Services, Cavan
www.fgmpropertyservices.com

PropertyFile, Ireland's leading property source
www.propertyfile.net

RE/MAX Ireland
www.remax-ireland.com

Raymond Potterton and Co Auctioneers
www.raymondpotterton.com

Real Estate, Ireland
www.realty-ireland.com

Sean Daly and Co Ltd - Kenmore, Ireland
www.seandaly.com

Schiller and Schiller Auctioneers
www.irishproperties.com

Siobhan McGovern, Propertyfile, Kilkenny
www.propertyfile.net

T.E.Potterton - The Property Exchange
www.tepotterton.com

The Real Estate Agents - Co Monaghan
www.gartlan.com

Waterfords Premier Estate Agents
www.www.johnrohan.ie

Yeats Country Property
www.yeatsproperties.com