PropertyPal's analysis suggests monthly mortgage payments for the average first-time buyer have fallen back below the average rent costs for a 2/3-bed home. Rate cuts appear to be filtering through, but rent inflation does not appear to be slowing down. www.irishnews.com/news/busines...

Newcastle's former railway station is on the market for £1.95m. Lidl, which has occupied the building since 2001, is due to relocate to a new supermarket in the Co Down town. Its lease expires on Nov 1 2025.

The Eiffel Tower still looks the part in the icy fog.

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Just over 1,000 in attendance at the largest ever NI Chamber President’s Banquet in ICC Belfast tonight. #PB2024

The front pages of today’s Irish News and Business Insight.

MLAs have voted in favour of the SDLP motion (after rejecting the DUP amendment 37-21). Story to follow on some interesting comments made by the finance minister around vacant non-domestic property and rates liability. (The motion attached FYI):

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