Swift interest shown for 4-bed home

This Carrigaline house in south Cork is selling itself, hears Tommy Barker

ESTATE agents with decent houses to sell in Cork are reporting a good surge of early 2012 property viewings. And with more banks now eventually lending and stressing they are open to new mortgages, they expect the level of interest being shown to be translated into extra completed sales by late summer/autumn. At the risk of overstating the anticipated increased activity, some are saying that there won’t be enough new supply of attractive trading up houses to meet the need being shown.

The selling agent of 5 Ferndale, on the Cork side of Carrigaline in south Cork, has a prime example of a good mover: Dan Howard of Dooley & Howard auctioneers reports 20 viewings in the first ten days that this immaculate, McInerney-built four-bed semi-d has been on the market, many being first-time buyers who have been busy saving for the past three or four years.