Property Focus: Urban renewal lures buyers back to Cork city

Number of owner-occupiers in city centre continues to rise

Urban renewal and regeneration have seen lot of change in Cork city.

Cork doesn’t have the same tradition of city centre living as many of its European peers, but urban renewal and regeneration are bringing change.

Over the last 10 years, Jim Coughlan of James G Coughlan auctioneers has seen a gradual increase in the number of owner-occupiers purchasing property in the city centre, a trend he believes has now accelerated.