By Peter Hobbs The strong momentum over recent quarters suggests that 2014 will be another stellar year for real estate, the fifth consecutive year of above- average performance since the financial crisis. Although there tends to be a delay before most national markets report their year-end performance, the early results from the U.K., the U.S. and, particularly, Ireland confirm continued strong performance. The results for Ireland, at 40 percent for the year as a whole, are staggering, and represent the best-ever annual performance since the series began 30 years ago. Despite this strong performance, concerns are increasingly being raised over…