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House prices are increasing nationally but continue to fall in Mayo, according to a new report.

Three seperate surveys published this week have shown the property market in Galway has performed strongly so far this year with asking prices rising and the time to taken to sell a property reducing.

The number of home building projects started in Mayo in the first four months of 2014 has increased by a huge 206 per cent on figures from the same period in 2013.

Galway retailers remain upbeat about the future of retail in Ireland, however the overwhelming majority say the Government at local and national level is not doing enough to support the retail economy.

There were two major housing price reports released this week by online property agents, with the release of the www.myhome.ie property price study for sales and the www.daft.ie rental report.

Crime in the city last year was down 10 per cent with a total of 6,707 incidents detected, according to the latest Garda Report presented to members of the Galway City Joint Policing Committee.

Asking prices for four-bed semi-detached houses in Mayo have shown tentative signs of growth in the third quarter of 2013, with the latest survey from property website MyHome.ie showing that prices for this house type rose by 0.4 per cent to €140,000 in the quarter.

Asking prices for houses in Mayo have continued to fall in the second quarter of the year, with the latest survey from property website MyHome.ie showing that the median asking price of a three-bed semi fell another 4.2 per cent to €125,000. This means that the price of a three-bed semi in Mayo has fallen more than 43 per cent from the peak in 2006.

The average asking price of property in Ireland fell by over three per cent in the third quarter of 2012, down 14 per cent from the same period last year, according to the latest Daft.ie House Price Report.

With the first round of CAO points for courses being offered this week, the next test for first-time college goers, and those returning for the next academic year, will be finding adequate accommodation at reasonable prices, as rents near to third level institutions in Galway city have experienced an increase, according to the latest report from property website Daft.ie.