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Fri 05 May 2007A dream holiday home or a nightmare investment?Thorough research could mean the difference between owning a glorious villa or a vacant, money-sucking foreign property, writes Laura SlatteryA meltdown in the share price of Spanish property stocks was enough to spark a few hot flushes last week as it began to sink in that overseas housing markets might not be as kind to investors as the Irish market has been.