The laborious bond application process is even more painstaking for the self-employed and it’s critical that these buyers take the time beforehand to familiarise themselves with exactly what is required and the criteria to be met as applications can easily be delayed - or even declined - due to simple omissions or errors.

The long-held belief that bigger is better when it comes to property is certainly one that is being challenged all the time.

While this has probably remained below the radar for many home owners, amendments to Regulation 68 47/1937 of the Deeds Registries Act which were published in January this year (2019) means that there’s a longer, more onerous - and no doubt costlier route you need to follow if you’ve lost the original Title Deed to your property.

Whether it be a commercial or residential property sale, every owner begins the anxious countdown to the months it takes to transfer the property to the new buyer and subsequently receive payment of their proceeds.