The price of the average three-bed semi in County Cork is expected to rise by 3% in the next 12 months, according to a survey by Real Estate Alliance.
Prices in the county increased by €1,000 between September and December, a rise of 0.6%, the Q4 REA Average House Price Index shows.
Three-bed semi-detached homes in the county now cost an average of €179,750, up 2.1% on the December 2019 average of €176,000.
Demand remains strong and houses were selling in eight weeks at the end of 2020, one week quicker than in September.
The REA Average House Price Survey concentrates on the actual sale price of Ireland's typical stock home, the three-bed semi, giving an up-to-date picture of the second-hand property market in towns and cities countrywide.
The price of a three-bed semi-detached house in Bantry rose steadily throughout 2020, from an average of €198,000 in December 2019 to €202,000 by Q4 2020, a 2% increase and time to sell dropped from 11 weeks in September to nine weeks by the end of the year.
“Overall demand continues to be relatively strong with a mixture of both mortgage approved and cash purchasers, but lack of stock coming to the market remains an issue,” said Michael O’Donoghue of REA O’Donoghue and Clarke, Bantry.
“In our opinion, the market at this point is quite stable with steady demand overall for various property types throughout the city and county.”
The price of a three-bed semi-detached house in Charleville rose steadily throughout 2020, from an average of €154,000 in December 2019 to €157,500 by Q4 2020, a 2.3% increase and time to sell dropped from eight weeks in September to seven weeks by the end of the year.
“There is a severe shortage of stock locally, with transaction levels very low for Q4,” said Sarah O’Keeffe of REA O’Keeffe, Charleville.
The price of the average three-bed semi in Cork city is expected to rise by 5% over the next 12 months.
Prices increased by €5,000 between September and December to €325,000, a rise of 1.6.
Nationally, average house prices rose by almost 1.5% over the past three months in a market fuelled by a combination of record mortgage approvals and an unprecedented lack of supply, the Q4 REA Average House Price Index found.
The price of a three-bedroomed semi-detached house across the country rose by more than €3,000 over the past three months to €239,194 – an annual increase of 1.9%.
The biggest rises in Q4 came in Ireland’s secondary cities and the commuter counties – both of whom had experienced the least movement in prices over the preceding 18 months.
The price of a three-bedroomed semi-detached house in Dublin City rose by 0.6% to €431,833 during the past three months, an annual increase of 1.41%.
Cork, Limerick, Galway and Waterford cities shared a combined increase of 2.4% in the past 12 weeks with prices rising by €6,000 to an average of €262,500.
Commuter counties are now feeling the benefit of the migration towards space and home working potential, with three bed semis rising 2.2% by almost €6,000 on the Q3 figure to an average of €253,111.
Reflecting the flight to rural locations, prices in the rest of the country’s towns rose by 1.2% in 12 weeks to €165,397.
