Property focus: Nenagh auctioneers run off their feet 

After the first lockdown people rang auctioneers saying they wanted a house and a garden and sometimes didn't care how much it cost

Riverston House, Nenagh, built in 1775

SINCE the release of pent-up property demand after the last lockdown, auctioneers in Nenagh have been run off their feet dealing with a surge in demand for viewings and overseeing bidding wars involving multiple, very determined would-be homeowners.

As is happening elsewhere around the country, supply shortages are pushing prices up and all three auctioneers the Irish Examiner spoke to say that properties are selling within a few weeks for higher prices than would have been imagined before Covid.