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New builds work differently: you sign two contracts, and a completion notice starts a short deadline to close. A solicitor's guide for buyers in Ireland.
Sale Agreed is not legally binding. The steps from accepted offer to keys: solicitor details, booking deposit, contracts, title checks, survey and closing.
Steven Jacob and Damian Woods talk to The Currency about eConveyancing, video calls, e-signatures and the new 10-working-day rule for banks to release deeds.
A married couple's second-hand house in Cork, up to €400,000, completed in 10 weeks from instruction, with solicitor and broker timelines side by side.
Damian Woods, Solicitor Partner, on WLR FM's The Hot Desk business programme, on the story behind Jacob Law LLP's growth as an online property solicitor.
A first-time buyer's new-build house in Gorey, Co. Wexford, bought with Help to Buy and gifted funds, went from onboarding to completion in 6 weeks.
New home commencements surged 184% in Q1 2026, with 8,408 homes started, the latest Department of Housing data on Ireland's strengthening construction sector.
A first-time buyer's second-hand apartment in Lucan, Co. Dublin, bought with a mortgage as part of a chain, completed in 7 weeks from instruction.
Damian Woods answers an Irish Independent reader whose late father's deeds are lost: Tailte Éireann searches, €5 folio copies, memorials and title bonds.
Ten steps from saving the deposit to collecting the keys, with approval in principle (valid six months) and the 10% deposit along the way.
A cash buyer's new-build family home in Swords, Co. Dublin, priced over €600,000, completed in 4 weeks from case opening, with AML checks on gifted funds.
A new CCPC - report from 9 February 2026 highlights persistent stress, delays and knowledge gaps in Ireland’s property market.
From Instruction to Completion in 3 weeks. Our client recently purchased a new-build semi-detached house in Lusk, Co. Dublin, which will be their family home.
First Home Scheme Property Price Ceilings 2026 | Property price ceilings are set by each local authority and apply to houses, apartments, and self-builds.
Case Study | Second-Hand Property Purchase in Dublin - Jacob Law LLP handled all legal aspects of the transaction, completing the purchase in just five weeks.
Stamp Duty - a government tax calculated as a percentage of the property's value and payable by the buyer at completion.
Case Study | Second-Hand Property Purchase in Co. Cork - High Complexity | Property not vacant | Experienced buyer | Special clause
Life cover, also referred to as mortgage protection, is an insurance policy designed to repay your mortgage in the event of your death during the loan term.
Transferring the family home into both spouses' names as joint tenants: exempt from stamp duty and CAT, and Jacob Law charges no professional fee for it.
Legal Civil Partnership in Ireland - An Overview: Eligibility, Registration Process, Legal Rights and Obligations, Dissolution of Civil Partnership
The Family Home Protection Act covers married couples only. Who qualifies as a cohabitant, the redress scheme, and what a cohabitation agreement does.
The First Home Scheme FHS is a Government‑backed shared‑equity scheme. It helps eligible buyers bridge the gap between the deposit and mortgage and the price
Local property tax (LPT) is annual self-assessed tax charged on the market value of all residential properties in Ireland.
Anti Money Laundering Checks (AML) - The law requires solicitors to carry out strict Anti-Money Laundering (AML) checks.
Financial Gift to Assist with Purchase; What happens when you receive money from family, friends, relatives, to assist in the purchase of a house or apartment
Tenant (Incremental) Purchase Scheme (T(IPS)) allows long-term tenants of local authority houses to purchase their homes at a discounted price.
The Affordable Housing Scheme (AHS) is designed to help eligible first time buyers and other qualifying individuals buy newly built homes at below-market prices
Croí Cónaithe (Towns) Scheme - supporting the construction of new homes in urban areas where housing demand is high but development is not financially viable
Loan Approval - what does it include, your responsibilities, our responsibilities, next stages in the legal process, signing loan offer, switching lenders...
HomeBond covers major structural defects for ten years after a new home is built, and builder insolvency, but not cosmetic faults. How to make a claim.
Auctions offer a fast-paced way to buy and sell a house or apartment. Once your bid is accepted you must sign a binding contract and pay a nonrefundable deposit
Up to €50,000, or €70,000 for derelict homes, to renovate a property vacant for 2 years and built before 2008, with a 10-year clawback charge on the title.
The Registry of Deeds records deeds and is voluntary; the Land Registry registers title on a folio and is compulsory. How the two systems differ.
Help to Buy refunds first-time buyers 10% of a new build's price, up to €30,000, on homes costing up to €500,000. The scheme runs to the end of 2029.
Service charges, the sinking fund and the owners' management company (OMC), plus the OMC solicitor's fee of about €200 to €300 that the seller pays.
Seven steps before you bid: check the schemes, talk to a broker or lender, appoint a solicitor, get approval in principle, then search, survey and snag.
Who to engage for a purchase, sale or mortgage switch, and in what order: solicitor, surveyor, estate agent, BER assessor, mortgage and insurance brokers.
