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Great interest was in evidence last Friday when John Quinn & Co auctioned No 74 Dun Na Mara Drive, Renmore. The property, known as Camelot, had attracted enormous interest prior to the auction with interested parties inspecting the property as late as two hours before the auction began.

Colleran auctioneers maintained its 100 per cent success rate last week with its final auction of the year. Don Colleran has been reporting for some months now that property prices within the city centre were on the rise, in some cases by as much as 20 per cent. Housing stock within the city centre has now reached alarmingly low levels both for those looking for investment and for family homes. Buyers are now reporting great difficulty and frustration in finding suitable properties.

The success of the Midlands Think Tank, which was the brainchild of, and driven by, the directors and staff of Midas Technologies, shows us what can be achieved, and the opportunities that lie ahead, for the small business sector, that is according to local TD, Willie Penrose.

Martin Gohery has reported 100 per cent success in the sale of various properties that went under the hammer last Friday, November 8. Up for sale were four lots from the estate of the late Joseph O’Dea, a long time resident in The Weir in Kilcolgan, Co Galway.

The Connacht Property Auction will take place on November 14 in the Clayton Hotel, Galway, offering a large variety of properties all across Connacht. There will be a selection of properties offered from around the province including newly completed apartments in Knock starting at €19,000, a fine detached residence in Tuam with starting bids at €85,000, and a six bed dormer in Athenry with starting bids at a very realistic €149,000.

With an asking price of €85,000, it would be almost impossible to buy a site and build a house for anywhere near this kind of money.”

Further evidence that property prices in Galway have turned the corner was highlighted at auction last week when Don Colleran sold a house at Carraig Bán on the Coolough Road for €85,000 over the guide price.

The veranda lounge at the Radisson Blu hotel was a hive of activity last Friday as local property expert DNG Maxwell Heaslip & Leonard held its September auctions on a beautiful sunny afternoon. The new venue for the city based auctioneer’s auctions appeared to appeal to the 100-plus crowd assembled, with six of the seven lots brought to the auction floor selling that afternoon.

The Minister for Small Business, John Perry has launched a one-stop-shop event for existing and potential entrepreneurs called ‘Taking Care of Business’. This free event will take place on Tuesday October 22 in the Printworks Conference Centre in Dublin Castle.

A number of records were broken at Colleran auctioneers’ auction last week when all properties sold well in excess of their guide, with one buyer travelling more than 16,000km to secure the house of his dreams.