Priced out
So who’s buying them? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ A couple would need to earn an annual income of at least €97,500 – on top of a hefty 10% deposit and other costs – to buy even the cheapest […]
We have written here here before about the increasing encroachment of overseas vulture and cuckoo funds into the Irish property sector. Government schemes such as the Immigrant Investment Programme, allow wealthy Chinese nationals who are being advised by Irish companies such as Bartra, to basically buy all the rights that go with being granted a […]
One of the questions arising from our look at the role of cuckoo funds in the Irish property market is whether it is possible for states to curb their power and influence. Are there any countries which have been able to prevent international funds gaining a major foothold within their domestic housing market and pricing […]