Willowbank is new to market this weekend and holds its own against its neighbours, writes Tommy Barker.

It might be a bit old-school, but this four-bed semi-d near UCC on Cork’s College Road, called Glenlough, shows very well and will impress at open viewings from noon today.

Sq m: 173 (1,870 sq ft)

Sq m:139 (1,500 sq ft)

A quick glance around us reveals that little care or emphasis is placed on the basics of language, says Mary Leland

HOUSE prices in Cork are falling by less than the national average, with estate agents saying there are more cash buyers in the market.

IT’S going to be an eventful month for Cork builders Castlelands Construction. Just as they launch new A-rated homes in three locations, at significantly reduced prices and with an increased specification and fit-out, they are also in line for two very major planning decisions.

House prices in Ireland fell by over 20% in 2009, according to new figures.

WEST CORK holiday homes for €100,000 each? What’s the catch? Well, you have to buy 14 of them, that’s about it.

DETACHED, and Georgian in style, Woodcliffe House is a recently-built family home in Cork’s Glyntown, Glanmire.

A SURGE of interest in a 28-acre Co Kerry offering has hit Killarney auctioneer Michael Coghlan of the Sherry FitzGerald Sherry FitzGerald alliance — who reckons that half the world now want a lifestyle change and a move to the country.

WHILE the starter home market may be slow at present, mid and upper ranges houses are ticking over, slowly perhaps, but ticking nonetheless.

THE progressive Bridepark Viva looks the part in the Sherry/ Fitzgerald/Hennessy Novice 700 final at Youghal tonight.

Estate agents Sherry FitzGerald have today called for the Government to eliminate stamp duty for first time buyers in the forthcoming Budget 2007.

A SWIFT re-sale wanted means that last year’s disappointed underbidders on this Mountleader, Leamlara home have a second bite at the cherry.

Tommy Barker climbs the steps to a city centre home with a fine view.

LOOK, and learn. You can sense an architect’s hand at work in 3, Main Street, in Innishannon village. In fact, the only surprise is the fact this house was made over as far back as the early 1990s.

Ita Gibney, founder and managing director of public relations firm Gibney Communications, talks to David Clerkin.

THERE has been a good response to the launch of Caislean na hAbhann, Castlelands Constructions’ new development at Castletroy, in Limerick, which is ideally placed for access to the new bypass.

FROM the outside, 14 Arnott Street resembles a nice, compact little matchbox property, but there’s a lot more beneath the surface of the 980 sq ft home, which has accommodation spread over three levels.

THE address sounds like the airport at Amsterdam, Schiphol, but Shipool in Cork is a far more down to earth sort of place.

THE address sounds like the airport at Amsterdam, Schiphol, but Shipool in Cork is a far more down to earth sort of place.

TWO houses, with two different price ranges, but in the same beautiful setting at Caragh lake in Co Kerry, are on offer through Michael Coghlan of Sherry FitzGerald Coghlan, and include something for the first-time buyer and trader-upper.

House prices in Ireland fell by 4.63% in 2001, according to figures released by the Sherry FitzGerald estate agents today.