Ireland’s investment property market finished the year strongly with about €840m of deals in the closing months of the year.
This was partly due to a strong fourth quarter performance by the private residential rental sector (PRS) – so called Cuckoo funds – now the second biggest sector of the market.
Consequently the total amount of property changing hands for the whole of 2020 exceeded €2.6bn.
While this is down on recent years it is better than expected considering the uncertainty and disruption caused by the Covid-19 pandemic that meant many international investors were unable to inspect opportunities due to travel restrictions.