Dublin House Prices Surge Most Since 2006

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Dublin home prices jumped the most in almost eight years last month amid warnings from analysts and regulators that a lack of supply in the Irish capital could stoke fresh financial instability.

Values of apartments and houses soared 22 percent compared with a year earlier, the biggest increase since August 2006, and gained 4.2 percent from April of this year, according to the Central Statistics Office. Nationally, prices rose an annual