On location with an agent in Salthill

Agent: Sherry FitzGerald Kavanagh

Agent: Sherry FitzGerald Kavanagh

Number of properties on the books: 55

People looking for: semis in mature estates, like Devon Park or Glenard, or apartments overlooking the sea

Fastest sale: Seacroft - small development of 20 apartments overlooking Galway Bay, 14 sold before the official launch, the rest within days

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Most expensive property: 26 Dr Mannix Road. Five-bed semi with large side garden on mature avenue, quoting €620,000

Cheapest property: €420,000 for 2 Rian Oisín, three-bedroom townhouse in private development

What won't shift? Nothing just now, though apartments without car-parking tend to stick

Average rent for a two-bedroom property: €1,000

Daytime Salthill: power-walking on the prom (kicking the end wall is said to prolong life); fishing; wind-surfing; swimming in the sea, Blackrock Baths and Leisureland; Galway Golf Club; GAA at Pearse Stadium; Threadneedle Tennis Club; aquarium; fitness centre at the Ardilaun Hotel; air show in July

After dark: eat-out at Schooners, the Galleon and Da Roberta; quiet pint at Lonergans and Killoran's; music at The Warwick and The Jameson Hotel. Dancing at the Warwick

Issues: scarcity of bungalows and townhouses for trading down

in conversation with Kate McMorrow