Bricks and mortar or stocks and shares?
We Irish love investing in property, but history shows that the stock market provides significantly greater dividends, writes David Quinn
Estate agents and the media are heralding the strong recovery of Ireland’s investment property market once again, with rents and yields back to pre-crash levels. And massive demand for housing and office space will continue to drive returns, particularly on the east coast and in major urban centres.
We Irish love our bricks and mortar, although the small private property investor is now less significant in the market than the private-rental-sector investment funds, ...
