Diarmaid Condon is Ireland's foremost Independent Overseas Property Consultant and Journalist. He has been in the industry since 1995 and, in that time, has been a strong advocate for improved legal protection in the sector.
Apart-hotels are experiencing renewed interest in the past few years as hotel operators explore new routes to circumvent the capital intensive nature of owning their own property portfolios.
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.
Investing in the commercial sector is an unrealisable aim for most small scale investors as it is extremely expensive if worth buying. Could investment in a syndicate be worthy of consideration?
The government’s proposals to load a new property tax on Irish citizens is an extremely shortsighted, knee-jerk reaction to the holes in the public coffers. In fact, you could call it pure stupidity.
A legal advisor with law firm Elborne Mitchell has come out with a strongly worded statement to protect those considering investment in French Leaseback property.