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Archive for October 2010

  • Beat the blues with a few rays of sunshine!

    If the thoughts of another damp, dull, dreary day sandwiched on the luas, dart or bus to work are driving you over the edge; don't despair! There's a light at the end of the tunnel.

    Now is the perfect time to get away and catch the last few rays of sunshine before the winter properly kicks in. While the chill is starting to set in here, countries such as Turkey and Portugal are enjoying pleasant temperatures in the mid-twenties.  So you can enjoy some cheerful sunshine as opposed to intense heat.

    On the overseas section of our website, we have a wide range of holiday homes in Europe and further a field. The great thing about rented accommodation is the freedom it offers you. Unlike package holidays, you can come and go as you please and it’s up to you if you want to eat in or dine out. The owner may also be flexible with arrival and departure dates so you can make your stay as long or short as you please.

  • 10 MOST Expensive Areas in Cork Revealed

    A couple of weeks ago, we brought you the most expensive areas in Dublin, but today it's Cork's turn!

    CorkWe split Cork (city and county) into almost fifty different areas and interestingly we found that the most expensive area is about twice as expensive as the least! The least expensive areas being located in the North-West quarter - Dunmanway, Mitchelstown and Charleville.

    We also found that there are parts of Cork county outside the city areas that are every bit as expensive, on a like for like basis, as prime urban Cork. For example, in the middle of the rankings, Cobh and the North-West part of Cork city are surrounded by the Glengariff area (slightly more expensive) and Bandon (slightly less expensive).

    So moving to our list,  in number one position is.......drumroll....

  • QR Codes on Daft

    Just a quick post to let you know that we've enabled QR codes on all our links. In order to create a QR code for a Daft URL all you have to do is replace the 'www' in the URL with a 'qr'.

    So what's a QR code?
    A QR Code is a 2D barcode that is readable by QR scanners, mobile phones with a camera and smartphones (there are loads of free QR apps available for both Android & iPhone phones). The code consists of black modules arranged in a square pattern on white background. The information encoded can be text, URL or other data. There's more info on the history of QR codes over on wikipedia.

    So what's this got to do with Daft?
    We've made it very easy to convert a link on Daft into a QR code that contains the URL, to use this feature just swap out the 'www' part of the URL with 'qr', this will enable you to print a QR code that links directly to your property or your search.

    e.g. http://www.daft.ie/searchsale.daft?id=557389 -> http://qr.daft.ie/searchsale.daft?id=557389

    Here's an interesting post that details how different companies are using QR codes.

    Have fun!
    Ciarán
    @ciaranmaher

  • Daft Report Q3 2010 - house prices still falling!

    Ronan has done the number crunching for quarter 3 and it seems that property prices are still falling. They fell by 3.7% during the past quarter which means they're down 37% s2010-Q3-sale-askingince the peak.

    However, he's also found that properties are still selling,  "Of the 5,000 properties listed for sale during April, about two in five have now sold."

    You can read more details on our daft report page or read the press release. Also keep out an eye on Ronan’s blog for further analysis and commentary.