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EVERY WEEK, WE bring you all the news you need to know about the property market.

The Big Movers

3,800 houses to be built in south Dublin

A new housing development in Cherrywood, Dublin is moving closer to becoming a reality, as developer Hines Ireland has put in plans for phase one this week.

Mortgage restrictions mean home-owning looking less and less likely for first-time buyers

The current restrictions on mortgages faced by first-time buyers is seriously reducing people’s expectations of ever owning their own home, according to a survey by Co-operative Housing Ireland.

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• The Association of Expert Mortgage Advisers has said that there should be special mortgage rules in place to stop first-time buyers being priced out of buying a home. 
• If you feel like downsizing, tiny houses are all the rage, but this two-bedroom 600-square-foot tiny home in the Hamptons is listed for $550,000 - so it’s small but not cheap.

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