Starter homes: Glasheen, Cork City €207,000

Size: Sq m 111 (1,200 sq ft)

A FEW years ago, this house at 16 Glendale Road in Cork City’s Glasheen would have been snapped up by investors, and that breed is only slowly making a return to the market after a significant absence.

It means that private buyers today will get more of a look in in its possible purchase, but the word in the marketplace is that some are venturing back, lured by low purchase prices with a rise in values now becoming evident in micro-markets. And, rents are holding up, or going up: the latest Daft quarterly reports showed a 3% rise in residential rents in Cork, with rents averaging €830 per month across all house types.