Tales from the sales line

Life in the selling game is tough, and the daily grind of doing deals is ever more difficult, says the fictitious FR Loran of Loran Properties

WHAT a week. Just as I thought things were turning around (as in digital signal on the telly while being made to watch Mamma Mia with the Other Half, plus reports of a 1% improvement in property prices, though turns out it was a blip) I got a few blinding darts of reality.

Turns out Pierce Brosnan still can’t sing in Mamma Mia, even in digital. And, far more depressingly, when the average price you’re achieving for property is €15,000, a 1% jump isn’t a whole pile; it’s about the average cost of a team entering the local GAA golf classic.