Multiple ‘homes’, dwelling & hyper-mobility & emergent transnational second home ownership

Starting from current concerns in Ireland, this paper develops a perspective on the changing nature of second home ownership. The growth of housing wealth and extended spatial mobility in rich EU countries, as in other wealthy regions, has spawned explosive growth in the ownership of ‘second’ and more ‘homes’ across the EU and beyond. This paper explores aspects of the growth of transnational multiple home ownership by developing a discussion of issues and tensions relating to second homes: 1. conceptual and definitional issues regarding second homes; 2. diverse conflicts between ‘locals’ and second home owners; 3. the emergence of complex volatile transnational second home housing markets; and, 4. consideration of how greater mobility & consumption capacities are changing old debates about second homes.