In October 2017, a Taiwanese businessman struck an unusual deal to buy three luxury homes in development at Templeogue, Dublin for €2.47 million. What marked the deal out as different was that De Xian Wang paid half of the money upfront to builders Victoria Homes in order to cover the costs of their construction. Wang runs a software business and at the time was looking to relocate to Ireland under the Immigrant Investor Programme (IIP), a golden visa scheme that grants residence to high-net-worth non-European nationals in exchange for a €1 million-plus approved investment or charitable donation. He currently lives…

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