Property

Revealed: The counties where most €1 million rural homes were sold in 2023

Savills Ireland said that despite economic shifts and a record 2022, the market remained resilient in 2023

Sprayfield, Sandycove, Kinsale, sold for €4.7m in 2023. Picture: Savills Ireland

Sales of prime country homes outside major urban areas fell slightly in 2023, down from just below €200 million in the market’s strongest ever year in 2022.

An analysis of property price register data by Savills Ireland, the real estate agent, indicated that prime country home transactions – sales greater than €1 million and located outside Dublin, the major regional cities, and north Wicklow – totalled €190.6 million last year, down from €198 million the ...