First-time buys £120,000+ - £150,000+

Swords £130,000+

20 Forest Avenue

This semi-detached bungalow has three bedrooms, a lounge with a cast-iron fireplace, kitchen with a blue Bangor slate floor and a bathroom with ceramic floor tiles. The upstairs bedroom has mahogany balustrades, built-in wardrobes and Velux windows. There is off-street parking and gardens at front and back.

Agent: Flynn & Associates

Dublin 22 £120,000+

6 Westbourne Park

A modern end-of-terrace three-bedroom townhouse near the New Nangor road in Clondalkin has a lounge opening through an archway into a sun lounge with wall-to-wall windows and patio doors to the garden. The L-shaped kitchen/diningroom has a tiled floor. There are fitted wardrobes in two of the three bedrooms.

Agent: Gunne Residential

Dublin 8 £130,000+

26 Devoy Road

A three-bed former Corporation house on the Grand Canal, right across from Drimnagh, could appeal to someone looking for a home near the city centre. Accommodation includes a lounge, kitchen/diningroom, a shower room on the ground floor and upstairs, three bedrooms. There is a garden at the back.

Agent: Berkeley & Associates

Dublin 3 £150,000+

28 Malahide Road

Interest could be strong in this period home, near Fairview Park and Clontarf DART station. It needs refurbishment and modernisation, but original features have been retained. The 1,183 sq ft house has a livingroom, kitchen/breakfastroom, bathroom and one bedroom at garden level, and two bedrooms at hall floor level.

Agent: Gunne Residential