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THE CENTRAL STATISTICS Office (CSO) has today launched a new online tool to aid house buyers across the country.
The interactive portal, catchily-titled ‘House Prices by Eircode’ takes your Eircode routing key (the first three characters of whatever code) and throws back price information for the area in question.
It’s very user-friendly, although more digging will be required if you’re searching for specific information.
You’ll need to know your Eircode (which, let’s face it, you don’t), but a link to the online code finder is included. Alternatively, you can use the name of the area, but we found it quicker to search for the Eircode and then use that.
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The tool will tell you the average price of property in the area over the last 12 months (up to July 2016), together with comparisons between that asking price and the national average, and the contrast between new builds, second-hand, and unoccupied homes changing hands.
The volume of sales in the area for the last six years is also returned.
The blurb for the new option states that it is designed to work in conjunction with the Residential Property Price Register. Also, it says it “harnesses the power of Eircodes”. Which is nice.
Evaluation? It’s quite slick and very worthwhile for a quick check, but given no drilldown detail is given on the types of home being talked about or the specific areas in which they fall, it’s probably best utilised as a starting point for buyers only.
It’s still pretty handy though. Check it out here.
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What kind of a sad individual would make such a senseless call.. Idiots!
Immature children maybe… It’s called a prank
The same sick twisted individuals that call out ambulance, fire brigade and Gardaí… There should be serious consequences for those caught as the act endangers the lives of rescuers and indeed others that might actually need those emergency services.
Idiots
Got caught there in a wind over tide F7…my fook up but not nice.
Where when how. Details man. Dont leave us hanging
In a sailing boat about 7 years ago. Was following a sailing race from skerries and wind was considerably stronger than forecast (F6-7 rather than F4-5)so everyone arrived at the entrance to the lough early.
A following wind and an emptying tide leads to very large standing waves and boat ended up pitching from 45 degrees up to 45 degrees down. About 300-400m of rollercoaster ride through a narrow enough channel. One of the crew on another boat was taken to hospital with head injuries.
Once past the entrance the lough was almost flat calm and when reading the sailing directions for the lough it said never attempt entering Carlingford in a wind over tide scenario. By the time we realised that we were in the manure it was too late to turn back.
Interesting lesson, showed us how seaworthy the boat was but lucky not to suffer damage or injury. Taught me the importance of proper passage planning and to not rely 100% on sea area forecast from met eireann.
That could have put others at risk?
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