Irish house prices fell by an average 3 per cent in the year to March, the country’s Central Statistics Office has reported. This compares with an annual rate of fall of 3.3 per cent in January and 2.6 per cent in February. Although still a fall, the near 3 per cent rate of the last three months is way down on crashing declines of the last five years... MORE

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