Diarmaid Condon’s blog – for independent commentary and analysis on what is happening in the overseas property industry.
Prime property remains very important to the world’s wealthiest people with the demand for luxury homes in cities like London and New York recovering strength last year despite the global recession, according to the Wealth Report by Knight Frank and Citi Private Bank.
Bulgaria Property Action Group is to hold a seminar on reclaiming deposits from property investments in Bulgaria in Dublin on May 28th and possibly May 29th.
Ryanair is to cut its operations at its Spanish base in Alicante by up to 80 per cent from October in response to increased charges at the airport. This includes cuts to services from Cork, Derry and Dublin.
Ciaran Maguire claims that the pending case being taken by clients of CMG through Dublin based Solicitor Anthony Joyce has been settled. I haven’t fully confirmed this to be the case yet but there appears to be some element of truth in it.
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”.
A group of clients of MRI Overseas Property, owned by Dubliner Darragh MacAnthony, staged a protest march in London on January 4th. The protesters handed in a petition against MRI and its lawyers, Carter Ruck, at No. 10 Downing Street.
Just what it says – Evasive solicitor Michael Lynn’s Story – In His Own Words. Where it all went right, then where it all went wrong and what he’s doing now.
Michael Lynn says he will come back to Ireland and give the Gardaí information on the bankers from whom he received his fraudulent loans in return for lenient treatment.
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?
I’ve had so many emails from confused individuals, based on the news articles posted at the end of last week, particularly from clients of Simple Overseas Properties, that I said I’d better add a bit of clarity to this situation.
