Homes worth €4.2bn sold to investors and public bodies last year

A total of 12,201 homes were sold to non-households last year,

Homes worth €4.2bn were sold to investors and public bodies last year, with €300m worth sold to companies and organisations outside of Ireland.

The Central Statistics Office said that over 6,400 new homes built in Ireland last year were sold to "non-household entities", which includes a range of organisations such as local authorities and investment funds.