A location within a short walk to Cork city centre has driven swift interest and bids to 4 Capwell Road, at the start of the Douglas Road near lots of services.

Price of three-bed semi in Cork City up almost 4% in past year as new mortgage rules take effect in capital

Irish house prices are set to rise by 9.4% this year and by a further 20% up to 2019, bringing levels close to the peak reached in 2007.

Homes around Cork’s Ballinlough suburb have made a strong price recovery in the past several years.

Sq m: 84 (900 sq ft approx)

Capel View in Youghal has been upgraded in recent years, and the three-storey property has its own wine cellar, reports Trish Dromey.

Tommy Barker reports on this all done-up city townhouse

We view a selection of trading up homes from around the country

There’s a light, bright and airy touch to 11, Glincool Park, off Maglin Road just west of Cork City near Ballincollig — it’s almost a Scandinavian feel, in fact.

Alright, alright, not the prettiest in pictures right now, and even the concrete back yard hosts weeds and more weeds, and grass between the paving slabs, but in a way the photograph is honest — the place needs work.

SKEHARD ROAD, CORK €175,000

BLACKROCK, CORK €220,000