Positive Trends in Longford Property Prices

Longford house prices continue to increase with strong gains in 2005. Year end reports show prices nationally are up 9.3% with Longford beating the average and showing 11% increases. Most of the growth in prices came in the last few months of the year as prices increased dramatically after the summer. Westmeath prices are up 11% while Leitrim are only up 2%. Cavan is up 14% and Roscommon prices are up 12%. More details can be found at the ESRI website.
Total house completions last year were 973 which is a 7% increase over the previous years total. These numbers are small however when compared to Cavan which completed over 2100 houses in 2005. There is continued strong demand for farmland in County Longford with many local farmers looking for grazing land to let.

High Speed Broadband Comes to Longford Town

Crossan Cable are now one of the fastest internet providers in the country with over 9MB download speed available over their cable lines to their customers.

Property and construction are booming

The property and building sectors are currently enjoying a boom due to the Rural Renewal tax incentives. It seems as if the whole county is under construction and every second person you meet has planning in for a few houses or a new development. Here are a few projects currently under way.




On the construction side there are projects on the Market Square at the old Longford Leader office....And at the Courthouse.........



Lyons old meat factory on the banks of the Camlin is being demolished.......



Homebase are building a new store on the Sligo road (N4) just out side of town.....

Longford is changing fast

Like the rest of Ireland, Longford has seen an influx of immigrants in the past few years and they are starting to change the appearance of the town. Most seem to have settled in well and a few have opened stores. Here are a few of them.

This one is on the Market Square.



Here is an Eastern European store......



A couple of internet cafes and phone centers have also opened up to cater for this growing community.
Here is a new one specializing in international phone calls.



This cyber-cafe was opened recently by a guy from Pakistan. Nice new computers and friendly service.

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Here is a potential blog about Longford if I ever pursue it.............