The number of homes for sale throughout the country rose 3% in the past year but is half of what was available eight years ago, according to estate agency Sherry FitzGerald.

IN PROPERTY sales, quick results most readily come from a top location, a top address or simply a covetable home, in tip-top order. 

Almost €4 million was transacted in a Cork-based property auction, with 15 of 25 lots selling under the hammer, at an inaugural DTZ/Sherry FitzGerald southern auction with a further DTZ commercial property auction due with 15 more lots, on July 27 in Dublin.

EVERY spring when the daffodils come up, half the country must regret not planting more of these cheering bulbs the preceding autumn. 

IT WAS only after one of the current owners of WoodsGift bought it, 45 years ago, and had a team in clearing its considerable overgrowth, that he realised.... he’d been here before.

There’ s a touch of deja vu upon visiting No 2 Adelaide Place, just above Cork city’s St Luke’s Cross.

A larger, 2,700 sq ft five-bed detached home at Crawford Woods had a swift sale last month with Sherry FitzGerald, making just under its €585,000 March asking price, to close in July at €570,000.

Tommy Barker basks in the gardens and city oasis of this hideaway home near cathedral and Bishop’s Palace.

Glencorran, in Douglas, is now marked way down in, as it’s back, on a smaller site, says Tommy Barker.