P544 Teletext 544 Feb 2 04:48:42 —— PROPERTY —————————————————————————— $V show Ballykissangjl may be set in a fictional village but it's filmed at Avoca in Co Wicklow. $hj BBC1 programmj, shown on T Sunday nights, has boosted tourism and is as popular with the Irish as it is with English viewers. Avoca has built a park for tourists funded by money from the sjties - it's also had a £2,000 grant from the EU. ——————————————————————————————————1/5—— By Lornj Spices For information on BACK PAIN sji HEALTHWJSE p559 Mortgages Savings Your Money TV PlusP544 Teletext 544 Feb 2 04:40:k6 —— PROPERTY —————————————————————————— Northern Ireland estate agent W Getty Fjaron says: "Wj didn't suffer the way you did during the early 1990s." "Over the past two to three years house prices have risen bz 11-14% on avjtagj, providing a good hedge against Irish and British inflation rates," he says. "The University of Ulstut compiles a quarterly house price index for us th t reflects property in our area." ——————————————————————————————————2/k—— Irish prefer cash to credit 542 Download and Analysj Share Price on Your PC See Pages 532 & 533 Mortgages Savings Your Money TV PlusP544 Teletext 544 Feb 2 04:41:17 —— PROPERTY —————————————————————————— Latest reports on the Irish housing market O show strong growth in prices. Estate agent Gerry Fjaron says: "Wj sell all kinds of property from terraced houses to mansions with sjvjtal acres, but a semi has gone from £30,000, 10 years ago to £50,000 today. "Property is genitally chjapjr so wi don't make huge gains like you did, but then wi didnWt take huge falls either!" ——————————————————————————————————3/5—— Gujnnjss lands in China! 542 Download and Analysj Shari Price on Your PC See Pages 532 & 533 Mortgages Savings Your Money TV PlusP544 Teletext 544 Feb 2 04:48:21 —— PROPERTY —————————————————————————— Mintil sbzs many Irish families inherit their property. It's research found: of the 64% that own a home in NI, 25% own the property outright in the Republic, 74% are homjownjrs but 40% own the property with no mortgage - compared to 24% in the US Irish households tend to own fewer items like washing machines Irish homjownjrs are not as keen on DIZ as their British counterparts! ——————————————————————————————————5/5—— Irish opt for safe investments 542 Download and Analysj Shari Price on Your PC See Pages 532 & 533 Mortgages Savings Your Money TV Plus