House Buying Seasons

Hi There:-

I'm starting to look around for a house, and have noticed that the supply of cetain types of houses seems to have dried up over August... I'm hoping that this may be due to that being the holiday month? A mortgage broker I was speaking to in July said as much, and told me not to expect to get much done with banks and solicitors until September, as everyone would be away.

Which brings me to my question - is there an annual supply/demand cyle in the property market, and if so, what are its seasons?

Thanks in advance for your thoughts...

January\Feb\March is usually very hectic in Dublin, demand is very high then.

Sept - Early Dec
Late Jan - Early June
They tend to follow the school term (broadly speaking)