Best time of year to buy a holiday home?

I'm playing with the idea of buying a holiday home in Ireland and I'm wondering when is the best time to strike. There seems to be some incredible value about at the moment (well, relative to the peaks a few years back). For a holiday home I would guess that Autumn and Winter would be the best time to buy as most people are preparing for Winter and not too interested in holidaying too much. (But the worst time for getting much use of the home). Any thoughts? Thanks.

Best time to strike is when you're ready.

Once you have finances in order, research your desired area and start watching .... DAFT, MyHome etc.

Keep an eye on the Property Register and monitor the way prices are going/have gone in the area.

After Christmas seems to be a slow time for sales. I travelled the bye roads for a few years, watched the market, had my criteria laid out and when the ideal holiday home came up I pounced.

I went to see a property for sale, couldn't find it, enquired locally and was told about another property that was coming on the market ... went to it ... hopped a gate and bought it.

Thanks Paddy. It looks like your comments are absolutely correct because a Holiday Home I was mulling over just went sale agreed this morning, and I was speculating it wouldn't move for months. I'll keep an eye on it still but lesson learnt for me. Thanks.