Retail and office leads the way

Big-ticket items and resales help boost recovering investment market

Retail and office space are where the money is. Pic iStock

This has proven to be the third consecutive year of above trend investment activity in the Irish property market. A total of €2.2 billion was invested in market in the first nine months of 2015 compared to €2.9 billion in the same period in 2014.

While this indicates a moderate slowdown in pace of investment activity, investment turnover for the year to date is still ahead of the long-run average. Current deal flow ...