Entries will remain open until 3 December for the National Property Awards 2026, and the winners across all 17 categories will be announced at the awards ceremony on Thursday 5 March 2026 at the Intercontentinal Hotel in Dublin.
The Business Post National Property Awards will once again serve to acknowledge achievements, accomplishments and advances made by both individuals and organisations across the property industry. Nominations may be made across multiple categories.
The 17 categories identifies the highest level of achievement across the following range of residential and commercial sectors:
- ESG/Sustainability Initiative of the Year
- Commercial Development of the Year
- Developer of the Year
- Social Housing Development of the Year
- Marketing Team of the Year
- Social Media Campaign of the Year
- Placemaking Initiative of the Year
- Property Management Company of the Year
- Proptech Award of the Year
- Emerging Proptech Company Award of the Year
- Irish Agency of the Year
- Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Initiative Project of the Year
- Fund & Asset Management Company of the Year
- Buyer’s Agent of the Year
- Future Leader in Property
- Outstanding Property Leader (Judge’s Choice)
- Lifetime Achievement Award (Judge’s Choice)
12th National Property Summit: The National Property Awards 2026 will complement the 12th National Property Summit which will take place on Wednesday 26 November in Dublin. The summit will bring together developers, investors, agents, policymakers, and financial institutions to Dublin to debate and analyse housing delivery, development finance, planning, ESG and the market outlook.
National Property Summit topics will include:
- Economic outlook and Budget 2026: Implications for property development and investment.
- Housing policy one year into a new government: Progress, roadblocks and what’s still missing.
- Rebalancing the rental market: Regulation, affordability and investor sentiment.
- Build-to-Rent and PRS.
- Vacancy and dereliction: Strategies to unlock supply through urban regeneration.
- Modern Methods of Construction (MMC): Scaling innovation to meet housing targets, infrastructure and delivery.
- Stranded assets and the climate transition.
- Decarbonisation and ESG.
- Planning reform: Assessing the impact of new processes on timelines and certainty.
- Alternative asset classes: Opportunities in logistics, healthcare and later living.
- Emerging demand models: Co-living, downsizing and multifamily living in urban centres.
- The evolution of estate agency.
- Smart capital flows: Where domestic and global investors are placing bets in 2026.
Early bird rates are available until 12 November for the National Property Summit 2025.
