The first phase of Ashbourne Manor, a housing scheme in Carrickfergus by Lotus Homes, has sold out on the same day that it was placed on the market. Sales are worth £2.25m

Confirmation UK is in recession came today.But N.Ireland was ahead of the recessionary curve.NISRA’s NICEI (Composite Economic Index) - nearest thing we have to GDP - posted its 3rd successive quarterly decline in Q1. So ‘technical recession’ confirmed in Q4.Q2 will be 4 in a row

Revealed: Debenhams has appointed Hilco Capital to assist with contingency plans for the potential liquidation of the 242 year-old department store chain - a move which could trigger the single-biggest jobs cull of the coronavirus pandemic. news.sky.com/story/coronavi…

Northern Ireland housebuilding stats for Q2 out this morning. A period were Building Control inspections were limited & some were virtual. Starts down 34% y/y & Completions down 61% y/y - at 691 the fewest completed dwellings on record. H1 starts -22% y/y H1 completions -33% y/y

Havelock house- another demolition ahead? 100% unanimous objections on the planning site. HED rejection of submitted plans. Can BCC take a hint and apply their supposed green credentials? Refurbish and re-use is the only option!

750 workers usually in Bedford House. Am told grand total of 12 people working there now. Which makes live kinda tough for best sandwich shop in town Ventnors which just opened again last week. Big questions for future direction of city which will be explored at Homecoming 2 Oct.

Harworth Group (buying land and prepping for sale to house builders, supported by income from sheds.) reports £5.1m loss in six months to June. A £30m drop in land values on major development sites to £220m reported.

Flooding in Germany right now. Unreal. And devastating.

True to form Tax future generations so the luckiest generation ever doesn’t have to sell its precious bloody houses Anyone under 40 who votes Tory really should be sectioned

A thought for Igor, who lost his job as a chef and died homeless, here in Dun Laoghaire, ten days ago. A local woman, Sandra Perry, traced his family in Latvia, organised his repatriation, and what she describes as ‘a small send-off’ here. The best and worst of Ireland in one.

To honor the folks who have made Real Estate Twitter (ReTwit) what it is today, and keep spreading the word about the folks who share their unique knowledge daily, I will donate $20 for every ReTweet this gets. $15k max, any charity Moses Kagan chooses. x.com/i/lists/141766…

Game of Thrones’ Belfast home put on the market - BelfastTelegraph.co.uk ⁦Riddell McKibbin now C&W McCombe Pierce⁩ More to follow 👇 belfasttelegraph.co.uk/entertainment/…

World book day - MR14 give harry a 👍👌

The late David Ervine words on the #DUP - "These people are not to be trusted, their interest does not lie in Northern Ireland, their interest is self interest"

Planning #approval has been recommended for a new 164-bedroom #hotel development in #Belfast, Co. Antrim. The building is the former Nambarrie Tea Factory which will be converted into a Moxy by Marriott Hotel. Full detail, contact info & leads: bit.ly/3xx7rWw

People want to know exactly what a United Ireland would be like...? Ireland is exactly like this now Below EU Standard of Living 2nd highest costs for consumer goods in EU Highest Mortgage Rate in Eurozone By far the highest debt per capita in Europe No Energy Security

They will tell you the EU and the USA will put in huge investment. According to CSO Ireland they have had 1.09 trilling euro in investment and 44 billion euro in funding from the EU up to now.