Be brave when buying British

The British property market has grown 100 per cent since 1996, making it a good choice for Irish investors, writes Caroline Allen.

House prices in Br it a in have doubled every ten years for the past 50 years, offering canny investors a wealth of opportunities.

“Since 1984, house prices in Britain have increased by 329 per cent according to the Halifax Price Index, and this includes the market crash in the early 1990s,” said Catherine Monaghan of the Prestige Group. “In the six years prior to the crash, the market grew at an average ...