BOUGHT for around €350,000, this two-bed apartment at The Kestrel in Cork’s Jacob’s Island is now on the market at a slashed guide of €200,000.

THIS split-level east Cork home, at Drominane, Killeagh, works with, and not against, its site.

THE vendor wants to take up his beds, and berths, and walk.

ASHGROVE Meadows is about to provide something different for the Bandon area.

TWO years on, and not only has the penny dropped about local property pricing and comparative values, but the market overall has dropped too.

THE first re-sale in the small scheme of just 14 houses, says estate agent Donal Barry of No 9, is a smart stand-alone Glenville home in Glen Dule.

SIDE by side, cheek by jowl — but separate — two west Cork coastal neighbouring properties have appeals to buyers seeking slightly different things.

IT’S all about the site at 19 Greenfields in Ballincollig, Co Cork — which is not to detract from the house, but to underline the size of the site and the quality of the landscaping.

THE For Sale sign has gone up, bang on time, for Primrose Hill, a west Cork coastal property putting out its wares, as real primroses make their spring presence shown.

“CAN you call back, I’m just selling a house?” said builder Alan Bardsley when the Irish Examiner buzzed him on Monday last.

THE inside’s the star of this seaside pied a terre — don’t judge it wholly (or at all) from its diminutive exterior.

A FIANNA FÁIL backbencher said thousands of house sales could be put in train if banks set up special Islamic mortgage products to allow the large number of Muslims living in Ireland to venture into the property market.