Who wants to be a millionaire?

NOT all houses at the upper end of the market found new owners during 2002, with market sentiment behind vendor’s expectations.

The once-magical 1 million price barrier was lowered by the advent of the new currency, which also provided price transparency with some of our European neighbours, for comparative purposes.

But just at it might have got easier for houses to clear the one million hurdle, a lot of Ireland's new-found millionaires found their stock market wealth had taken a bath and the barrier proved elusive for many hopeful vendors.