Irish estate agents are the best around, according to a new survey from Jones Lang La Salle.
The survey established Ireland as the best of 97 countries when it comes to estate agency services and quality of pre-sale information.
The top-seed placing was awarded to Ireland in the "transaction process" category of the bi-annual Jones Lang Lasalle Global Real Estate Transparency Composite Index just published.
This category deals primarily with the quality of pre-sale information available to investors from estate agents and other sources, and the overall standard of revelation regarding properties.
It is one of five categories in which world property markets are judged for transparency.
For overall transparency Ireland's property market fared 15th, gaining slightly on its points from the previous survey conducted in 2010 in which we also ranked 15th.