Couldn't disagree with you more Riviera.
IMHO the future is very bleak. I would advise my family / friends against investing in overseas property for the next 3 – 5 years. [/quot
There are dozens are markets to make money in around the world in property, the problem is that novice investors on the back of a gold rush in ireland went out and gave money to hack agents and hack developers, and neither one nor the other new anything about the business really. Peripheral hear-say is about the expertise of half these agents - thus the reason thousands are going out of business in spain and elsewhere and only the strong and knowledgble are surviving (Riviera - profits have fell theres no doubt about that).
Smart investors will make money, the buy based on facts and not to be sold based on opinion
Im thinking it was a particular agent that put the pressure on, and while Im actually happy he did and a load of bad press doesnt come out (as it hurts my own interests), at the same time I dont like this company at all and its a great shame that hacks like him can determine what the media will say.