Articles

A selection of Diarmaid Condon’s highly regarded articles on the overseas property industry.

The Ryanair Problem

Airfares will rise as Ryanair continues to pull aircraft from Ireland. It will not continue to fly quarter full flights from Ireland to Godforsaken airports in the middle of nowhere.

Why so Tough on Leaseback?

French leaseback is, once again, being heavily promoted as an ‘investment product’, but in my opinion it does not, in fact, qualify for this classification.

Spain Highlights European Malaise

Spain is in economic trouble, no matter how the EU tries to disguise the fact, and it could lead to huge problems for the EU at large.

End of an Era

The Irish Examiner has decided that the world outside Munster no longer exists, or at least if it does, it won’t be publishing anything about it. As my editor there so eloquently put it “Sun Sets on Rest of World, Ireland now Isolated”.

The Benefit or Otherwise of Online Forums

Are online forums any good for sourcing information on overseas property and what, if any, store should be placed on the information found on them?

Basing your Purchase Decisions on Flight Availability - Part 2

thousands of Irish buyers have purchased property on the back of the availability of cheap flights to myriad destinations, most provided by Ryanair. They were the opportunistic investors and, as long as they were aware of the risks, the best of luck to them.

Golf Resorts on Lisbon's Silver Coast

Lying between the cities of Porto and the capital, Lisbon, you’ll find the Silver Coast which is rapidly evolving into the new Portuguese property hotspot. Although it doesn’t encounter the temperatures of the Algarve, it still enjoys an excellent climate and boasts proximity to the wonderfully historic and picturesque city of Lisbon. It also boasts a range of high quality golf courses and property.

Basing your Purchase Decisions on Flight Availability - Part 1

How do you get to your property if the flight route on which you were dependent is suddenly discontinued or the airline providing the flights goes to the wall.

Lisbon's Coastline Beckons Golfers

The Irish have had an ongoing love affair with Portugal’s southern coastline for many years but there are signs that the Lisbon coastline may now be claiming more than its fair share of holidaymakers and property buyers.

French Leaseback Troubles

French Leaseback property has been somewhat of a darling of the Irish overseas property investor for over half a decade now. There are signs, however, that it is a product in sever difficulty as a number of operators have either shut down or reduced rentals significantly.

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