RANELAGH €700,000: DOWNSIZERS AND couples with no kids will like 14 Annesley Park, a villa-style Victorian just minutes from chichi Dunville Avenue in the heart of redbrick Ranelagh.

Thousands are fleeing the recession in Ireland to make a life in Canada. But how easy is it to set up house there?

It pays to pry before you buy, says  ISABEL MORTON 

JUST WHEN we thought property was becoming more affordable, it turns out the cost of rebuilding a home has increased by 1.5 per cent. Expect knock-on implications for all homeowners – household insurance is calculated on the basis of home rebuild costs.

Douglas Newman Good is seeking €79,000 for this two-bedroom, end-of-terrace house at 35 Casement Green, Finglas, Dublin.  EMMA CULLINAN finds properties at a similar price in France, Turkey, Italy and Spain.

Arnotts’ Warehouse sale returns this weekend. The event has evolved into a two-day sale and runs from 11am to 3pm on Saturday and Sunday at the store’s warehouse at Unit K, Furry Park Industrial Estate, Santry, Dublin 9. There are discounts of up to 70% off furniture, bedding, sofas, dining sets, Italian chairs, kitchenware, linen and many one-off pieces. Anyone in the market for a new bed should check out their range.

Weston Aerodrome was greatly improved during the boom years

Like property, Irish art prices have fallen sharply. Is now a good time to buy, asks  MICHAEL PARSONS 

If you missed World Naked Gardening Day, don’t worry – you may have saved yourself a world of itchy skin conditions, writes  FIONNUALA FALLON 

The legacy of the boom and the subsequent property collapse have come home to roost in 2012. This is the year the Nama deferred payment scheme was launched, a ghost estate was sold at a distressed property auction, and the country’s most expensive property failed to sell despite a 74 per cent price drop. Here are 10 properties that sum up where we are now, writes  EDEL MORGAN