Proof that houses are taking bit longer to shift these days arrived on Round the Block's desk this week in the form of a brochure for a rather bijoux Dublin 4 property. The house's back garden was covered in snow. Meanwhile, estate agents are usually fairly handy with a calculator but despite all those ads featuring Paul McGrath and that cute boy from Westlife the Euro seems to have some of them flummuxed. One brochure for a suburban semi suggested a guide of £395,000 which according to the agent translated to 495,198. It should be 501,550 - a bit over the psychological half million pound threshold. Probably a coincidence. Euro shoppers, however, take note.