Equity investors may lose appetite

Private equity investors are likely to lose interest in the Irish property market as its recovery continues to gather pace, according to leading commercial property consultants, CBRE.

However, in its latest Irish market research report, the company said that this trend shouldn’t dent investor confidence or demand.

“While many private equity investors are likely to become less focused on the Irish market as the cyclical recovery gathers pace, we continue to see new entrants emerging and, encouragingly, much of the new wave of appetite is emanating from more longer-term institutional investors, with lower return expectations,” it said.