As a former auctioneer who still has a keen interest in all things property, CONOR POWER takes a look at the types of buyers that have graced the West Cork property market over the years.
WHEN I first started selling houses in West Cork back in 1996, it was at a point when those of the post-war wave of foreign buyers (from the 1960s and 1970s) were selling their homes; mainly because they were getting old and wanted to return home to be closer to grandchildren and children while they still could.
The nationalities of overseas buyers then were predominantly German, British and Dutch, with a smattering of others, such as American, French and Belgian.
