One-fifth of property sales went to 'cuckoo funds'

One-fifth of all property sales in the first quarter of 2019 were to large international investors and real estate investment trusts.

Thu, 06 Jun, 2019 - 16:36

Kevin O’Neill

One-fifth of all property sales in the first quarter of 2019 were to large international investors and real estate investment trusts.

A new report from the Banking and Payments Federation Ireland (BPFI) shows the extent to which investors are impacting on the private housing market in Ireland.

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