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Thu 06 Jun 2009Sale and leasebacks: were they - are they - a good idea?
Some buyers got stung, some want to sell, and many are happy to hold onto their long-term investment. What's the future of sale and leaseback properties, asks FRANCES O'ROURKE?
FRENCH SALE and leaseback properties – where buyers sign a lease with a management company to completely rent and manage a property they have bought – once so popular with Irish investors, have become something of a bête noire.
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