Million-plus sales on the rise

Tommy Barker says Cork houses have broken the million mark by the dozen in 2005.

A MILLION ain’t what it used to be. The number of Cork houses selling for €1 million and considerably over it headed up to the two dozen sales mark in 2005, and a few even larger €3-4 million deals wait to be closed out early in the New Year. Here’s a flavour of what could have been yours for a million and more.

Major city and county house sales, excluding the larger country homes with considerable land, include: