Mixed results but steady growth, says SF barometer

Counties Waterford and Tipperary had Munster’ s strongest recoveries in house sales by volume in 2013, according to the Sherry FitzGerald price barometer.

Sales jumped 17% in ‘13 to 681 in Waterford, and by 10% to 663 in Tipperary, while counties Clare and Limerick saw just a 2% movement in sales to 580, and 837 respectively. Cork city and county saw sales rise by 5% to 2861, and Kerry had a 6% increase, to 790 sales, according to Sherry FitzGerald’s economist Marian Finnegan.

Subject to minor changes in figures when full end-year tallies are registered, it looks like 27,000 house sales took place in 2013, of which 89% were of second hand stock, and just 11% new homes.