A detached house in Sandymount, Dublin 4, sold prior to auction this week for a figure close to £600,000. Aisincor, a spacious four-bedroom house at 15 Claremont Park, off Claremont Road, close to Sandymount village, was expected to make in excess of £500,000, according to selling agent Nigel Bennett of Bennetts.

However, two parties chased the property and a deal was negotiated ahead of the auction.

The sale is a sure indication that buyers are now prepared to pay the sort of prices associated with period redbricks for solid, post-war family homes in good locations. Claremont Park is considered one of the most desirable addresses in Sandymount, and Aisincor occupies a prime position, tucked away in a corner with a west-facing garden to the rear.

Elsewhere in Dublin 4, the top auction price in the last week was the £2.95 million achieved by Lisney for the former Japanese embassy residence at 22 Ailesbury Road. The Edwardian-style sixbedroom house, which stands on three quarters of an acre, needs considerable refurbishment.

Also in Dublin 4, 60 St Alban's Park, a three-bedroom semi-detached house with a garage, was withdrawn at £240,000 and is under negotiation through Gunne.

In Ballsbridge, a four-bedroom townhouse at 106 The Sweepstakes was withdrawn at £425,000 and sold later for over £450,000 through Sherry FitzGerald.

A two-bedroom mews at 93 Waterloo Lane, Ballsbridge, was sold at a Hamilton Osborne King auction for £275,000.

Elsewhere in Ballsbridge, 4 St Mary's Lane, a modern two-bedroom detached mews house, was withdrawn by Ganly Walters, which is quoting £330,000.

A mid-terraced three-bedroom period house at 14 Victoria Avenue, Donnybrook, was withdrawn by Sherry FitzGerald, which is quoting £295,000.

Dublin 6 and 8

In Ranelagh, 32 Beechwood Avenue, a five-bedroom terraced house, was withdrawn from auction by Lisney and sold for an undisclosed amount.

In Rathmines, 152 Leinster Road, a two-storey over basement three-bedroom period house, was sold at a Lisney auction yesterday for £317,000.

In Rathgar, a five-bedroom semi-detached house at 1 Vernon Grove, Rathgar, was withdrawn at £465,000 and sold later for a price in excess of £470,000 through Sherry FitzGerald.

In Terenure, 1 Lavarna Grove, a five-bedroom semi-detached house, was sold prior to auction for over £450,000 by Sherry FitzGerald. Extended and refurbished by its present owners, the house features a 110-ft-long rear garden with two patio areas.

Also in Terenure, 81 Parkmore Drive, a detached three-bedroom house, was sold at a Sherry FitzGerald auction for £246,000.

In Harold's Cross, 14 Parkview Avenue, a three-bedroom terraced house, was withdrawn by Sherry FitzGerald, which is quoting £245,000.

At 340 Harold's Cross Road, an end of terrace four-bedroom house, was withdrawn by Lisney, which is quoting £289,000.

On Clonskeagh Road, Kilmagar, a five-bedroom semidetached house, was withdrawn by Sherry FitzGerald, which is quoting £295,000.

In Dublin 8, 37 St Kevin's Parade, Portobello, a Victorian single-storey over garden level three-bedroom house, was sold at a Hamilton Osborne King auction for £226,000.

Off the South Circular Road, 26 St Alban's Road, a three-bedroom terraced house, was withdrawn by Lisney, which is quoting £207,000.

Dublin 14 and 16

A three-bedroom house in need of modernisation and standing on three acres on Whitechurch Road, Rathfarnham, Dublin 14, was sold at a Lisney auction for £420,000.

Elsewhere in Rathfarnham, 20 Rathfarnham Park, a four-bedroom semi-detached house, was sold at a Gunne auction for £330,000. The house has been owned by the same family since it was built in the 1930s and has kept many of its art-deco style features.

In Goatstown, Dublin 14, Coolbawn, a detached five-bedroom house at 71 Goatstown Road, was sold at a Sherry FitzGerald auction for £387,000.

Also in Goatstown, Sherry FitzGerald withdrew 66 St Aidan's Drive, a four-bedroom semidetached house with a garage.

South Dublin

In Blackrock, a semi-detached dormer-style house with a garage at 31 Ardagh Park was withdrawn at £255,000 by Gunne, which sold it later for a higher figure. There are three reception rooms, a kitchen/breakfastroom, four bedrooms and two bathrooms.

In Stillorgan, 29 Allen Park Road, a three-bedroom semi-detached house, was sold at a Sherry FitzGerald auction for £205,000.

In Foxrock, a detached four-bedroom house at 5 Brighton Avenue was withdrawn at £425,000 and sold later for about £440,000 through Ross McParland.

Elsewhere in south Dublin, a period terraced house at 13 Belgrave Square, Monkstown, was sold prior to auction for over the guide price of £550,000 by joint agents Turley & Associates and Lisney. The five-bedroom house has two interconnecting reception rooms - both with period fireplaces - and an oak-fitted kitchen/breakfastroom at hall level.

Also in Monkstown, 21 Windsor Park, a four-bedroom semi-detached house, was sold after auction for over £250,000 through Lisney.

A three-bedroom period house at 2 Seapoint Manor, Seapoint Avenue, was withdrawn by Lisney, which is quoting £285,000.

In Dun Laoghaire, McCabe Crisp & Partners secured £416,000 at auction for 2 Haddington Terrace, a 3,370 sq ft four-storey period house with mews potential.

At 6 Rosmeen Gardens, Dun Laoghaire, a five-bedroom semidetached house was withdrawn at £385,000 by Lisney. The agency is now seeking offers in the region of £495,000.

Elsewhere in Dun Laoghaire, Lisney is seeking £275,000 for 35 Clarinda Park West, a singlestorey terraced house, following its withdrawal from auction.

In Dalkey, Melrose, a four-bedroom detached bungalow at 22 Saval Park Gardens, was withdrawn by Gunne, which is seeking offers in the region of £295,000.

Also in Dalkey, The Cottage, a two-bedroom cottage on Ardbrugh Road, was withdrawn by Sherry FitzGerald, which is seeking £165,000.

North Dublin

In Clontarf, Seamount, a detached five-bedroom house at 2 Seafield Road West, was sold after auction for over £530,000 by Sherry FitzGerald.

Jackson Stops McCabe secured £302,000 at auction yesterday for 21 The Stiles Road, Clontarf, a four-bedroom detached house.

A mid-terraced three-bedroom house at 213 Clontarf Road, was sold prior to auction for over £300,000 by Hamilton Osborne King.

A three-bedroom semi-detached house at 33 Dollymount Park, Clontarf, Dublin 3, was withdrawn by GWD, which is quoting £185,000.

A four-bedroom semi-detached house at 311 Howth Road, Raheny, Dublin 5, was sold after auction for over £240,000 by Sherry FitzGerald.

Also in Raheny, 628 Howth Road, a distinctive three-bedroom house, was sold at auction for £190,000 by Sherry FitzGerald.

In Drumcondra, Dublin 9, 2 Ormond Road, a four-bedroom semi-detached house, was withdrawn at £245,000 and is under negotiation through Gunne.

Elsewhere in Drumcondra, 24 Wellpark Avenue, a three-bedroom mid-terraced house, was withdrawn and sold later for over £195,000 by Sherry FitzGerald.

In Castleknock, Dublin 15, a detached five-bedroom house, Carnaross, on College Road, was withdrawn at £455,000 and sold later for £460,000 by Sherry FitzGerald.

Also in Castleknock, Flynn & Associates fetched over the withdrawal figure of £375,000 after auction for 30 Hawthorn Lodge, a five-bedroom detached house.

In Skerries, Co Dublin, 69 Main Street, a one-bedroom terraced cottage, was sold at a Douglas Newman Good auction for £90,200.

Wicklow

Near Brittas Bay, Newton Park, a refurbished Georgian six-bedroom house on 110 acres was sold at auction for £1.21 million through Hamilton Osborne King. The property includes a refurbished and extended two-bedroom gate lodge.

In Greystones, a four-bedroom terraced house, Little Hampton, on Killincarrick Road, was withdrawn at £280,000 and sold later for a higher figure through Jackson-Stops McCabe.

Provincial

In Ballymore Eustace, Co Kildare, joint agents Hamilton Osborne King and Jordan Town and Country Estate Agents sold Wellfield, an 18th-century five-bedroom two-storey over basement house at auction for £940,000. Presented in good decorative order, the house stands on 17 acres of mature gardens and paddocks.

In Clane, Killybegs, a detached dormer-style bungalow on 0.9 acres, was sold at auction for £305,000 through Brady & Co.

The Paddocks, a four-bedroom house on 3.5 acres at Newtown, Celbridge, was sold prior to auction for over the guide price of £540,000 by Ganly Walters.

A four-bedroom detached house at 21 Stand House Road, Newbridge, was sold prior to auction by Columb Brazil.

Also in Newbridge, 6 McElwain Terrace, a four-bedroom house and townhouse site, was withdrawn at £150,000 and is under negotiation through Gunne.

A detached five-bedroom house at 23 Old Hill, Leixlip, was withdrawn by Sherry FitzGerald, which is quoting £410,000.

Elsewhere in Co Kildare, Honeynook, a four-bedroom detached house on 1.5 acres at Bishopscourt, Straffan, was withdrawn at £250,000 by Coonan.

In Co Meath, Knockmark House, a six-bedroom Victorian house on 21 acres, was withdrawn at £1.3 million and is under negotiation through Gunne. The property includes 12 loose boxes, a two-bedroom gate lodge and a two-bedroom guest cottage.

A three-bedroom cottage on one acre at Proudstown, Tara, was sold at auction for £115,000 through Smith Auctioneers.

A four-bedroom bungalow on one acre, Teach na Si, at Fairyhouse, Ratoath, was withdrawn by Toole McKay, which is seeking £220,000.

Elsewhere in Co Meath, Belmore, a six-bedroom Edwardian-style house on Dublin Road, Kells, was withdrawn by Gunne.

In Co Westmeath, Craddenstown Lodge, Raharney, a six-bedroom house on five acres, was sold at auction for £107,000 by T. E. Potterton.

In Co Tipperary, Birchgrove House, a period house in three apartments on 10 acres, was withdrawn by Ganly Walters, which is quoting £300,000.

In Co Limerick, a three-bedroom house, Beechlawn, on 3.5 acres at Ballingarry, was withdrawn at £92,500 by deCourcy Estates, which is quoting £150,000.

In Co Galway, a four-bedroom detached house at 5 Carraig Ard, Fort Lorenzo, Taylors Hill, was sold prior to auction for £190,000 by O'Donnellan & Joyce.

Commercial

In Dun Laoghaire, R.J.'s Bar (Cooneys), at 88 George's Street, was withdrawn at £1,150,000 by John Younge, which sold it later for a higher figure.

A pharmacy premises with overhead offices at 63 Lower Mounttown, Dun Laoghaire, Co Dublin, was withdrawn at £265,000 and sold later for a higher figure through Mannion Auctioneers.

A 13.1-acre site at Laurel Hill, Stocking Lane, Rathfarnham, Dublin 14, was withdrawn at £750,000 and sold later for a higher figure through Colliers Jackson-Stops.

A site at the rear of 32 Balbriggan Street, Skerries, with planning permission for a four-bedroom bungalow, was sold at a Gunne auction for £64,000.

In Co Meath, Caldwells newsagents at Cavan Street, Oldcastle, was sold at auction for £155,000 by joint agents Gerard Farrelly and James P. Gibney of Oldcastle.

A ground-floor newsagents, O'Toole's, at 53 Dominick Street, Galway, was withdrawn at £245,000 and sold later for a higher figure through Heaslips.

Also in Galway, a development site at 2/3 Sherwood Avenue, Taylors Hill, was sold at auction for £780,000 by O'Donnellan & Joyce.

Ballyvergal House, a guesthouse on 4.7 acres on Dublin Road, Carlow, was withdrawn at £260,000 and is under negotiation through joint agents Gunne and O'Farrell Auctioneers.

In Co Offaly, The Anglers Rest, a pub on four acres at Annagh, Birr, was withdrawn at £200,000 by P.J. Broderick.

In Waterford, The Bailey residential public house, Ballybricken, was withdrawn at £330,000 and is under negotiation through John Rohan auctioneers.

In Co Offaly, a retail premises with overhead offices at William Street, Tullamore, was sold at a Gunne auction for £370,000.

A three-storey commercial property at 45 Main Street, Longford, was sold at auction for £190,000 by Gunne.