Agent: Grace Real Estate Alliance
Number of properties on the books: 80
People are looking for: detached four-bedroom family houses for €280,000 to €300,000
Fastest sale: owner in the office putting their house on the market when buyer came in. House viewed and sale agreed within two hours
Most expensive property: large five-bedroom country house on an acre in Mullinahone, a village four or five miles from Callan. Quoting €550,000
Cheapest property: €120,000 for a three-bed mid-terrace house on Edmund Rice Park.
What won't shift? New two-bed bungalow bought by an investor to sell on. Others did the same, so several "for sale" signboards. In village outside town. Asking €150,000
Average monthly rent for a three-bed property: €675
Daytime Callan: John Locke's GAA club; golf club; fishing; soccer; handball; birthplace of Edmund Ignatius Rice; Augustinian Abbey and St Mary's Church; arts centre opening soon; drama group; musical society. Charter House or Mellow's Café for lunch
After dark: about a dozen pubs in Callan. Eat out at Crystal's or the Charter House
Issues: parking and jobs
in conversation with Kate McMorrow
