PEOPLE slept in cars overnight as first-time buyers with young families competed to buy one of 27 properties at the weekend - with all properties selling out within an hour. PEOPLE slept in cars overnight as first-time buyers with young families competed to buy one of 27 properties at the weekend - with all properties selling out within an hour. 'Like the Hunger Games' - dozens of people sleep overnight in cars in attempt to buy houses in CorkBuyers queued in their cars overnight on Friday in a bid to secure properties at the new Heathfield estate in Ballincollig, just outside Cork city. “We don’t have may first-time buyer houses in Cork city, or close to city, so I think this was really driven by demand. “Ballincollig is a growing town, we’re near Cork city and there’s good schools and amenities and great city access.

Source: Irish Independent April 15, 2019 13:41 UTC