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Out of Touch

Investing in off-plan property in distant and/or risky destinations simply doesn’t appeal to Irish investors these days so it is odd that our national newspapers continue to foist such articles on an uninterested audience.

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A Place in the Rain

If you want to visit an overseas property exhibition these days, it’s a bit like getting work in Ireland, you have leave the country. So I made my way to the ‘A Place in the Sun’ exhibition at the NEC in Birmingham at the weekend.

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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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Have We Seen the End of the Blue Chip Tenant?

The recent instability in the worldwide economy has brought an interesting concept to the fore. Have we seen the end of the Blue Chip tenant as it was previously known? The reason for asking this question is fairly obvious. Investors with lucrative long term contracts, including upward only rent reviews, over long periods are considerably less comfortable than they were just a year ago. Many of the ‘Blue Chip tenants that are still in existence have had their reputations, and their stock values, totally ravaged.

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