Auctioneer Patricia Stokes outlines why it's never too late to downsize 

Patricia Stokes, whose auctioneering business is based at 1, Horgan's Quay, Cork.

You are never too old to consider change.

As another year in the Cork residential property market comes to a close, I am always mindful that when we sell a house for a vendor there is a purchaser on the other side who has just bought their new home and all the excitement that brings given it is probably the largest investment they will ever make. In view of the lack of product available this year again not everyone has obtained the goal of their new home as currently we are not building enough homes to meet the pent-up demand.