Photo: Seighean · Public domainSince 2015, Fermoy’s home prices have outrun the typical Irish town: up 221% against +129%
The median home in Fermoy sells for €293,800. That is the middle of 320 market sales on the Property Price Register from 2023 to 2025. The typical home sells for 3.2 times as much as in 2015. Rent, income and the Cost of living Grade are on Fermoy’s cost of living page.
75% of the homes sold in Fermoy were second-hand
320 market sales in three years: 81 new homes and 239 second-hand. At the median a new home sold for 62% more.
median sale · 81 sold in 3 years
- 2025 median
- €395K 65 sold
- the typical Irish town
- €419K
median sale · 239 sold in 3 years
- 2025 median
- €268K 79 sold
- 2022 to 2025
- +20%
- the typical Irish town
- €326K
median sale · 320 sold in 3 years
- Middle half
- €210K–€395K
- Last 12 months
- €385K 141 sold
- the typical Irish town
- €350K
25% of the sales were new homes
Market sales on the Property Price Register, 2023–25. The register says whether a home was new or second-hand, not its type or size. New homes are filed without VAT; we add back 13.5%. A median needs 30 sales.
Half of Fermoy’s homes sold for between €210K and €395K
One sale in ten was under €150K and one in ten over €476K. 39% sold for under €250K and 7% for €500K or more.
The median, €293,800, sits in the €250–300K band
320 market sales, 2023–25, VAT included. Each bar is the number sold in that price band; the darker bar holds the median.
The typical home costs 3.2 times as much as in 2015, a faster rise than the typical Irish town’s
From €158,000 in 2011 to €357,500 in 2025, each the median of that year’s market sales.
More homes sell than in most years
144 homes sold in 2025. The busiest year was 2025, with 144, and the quietest 2010, with 27.
Fermoy costs about what the typical Irish town does
Each year’s median sale: the town, the middle of County Cork’s towns of 2,500 or more, and the typical Irish town.
New homes and second-hand, year by year
| 2010 | 2015 | 2020 | 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| All homes | — | €111K | €178K | €358K |
| Typical Irish town | €220K | €170K | €261K | €388K |
| Second-hand homes | — | €113K | €179K | €268K |
Calendar years; a year’s median needs 30 sales of the kind, so a dash is a year with fewer.
Property Price Register: every market sale placed in the town since 2010, VAT included; a year’s median needs 30 sales. Sales whose address names no town aren’t counted.
25% of the homes sold in Fermoy in three years were new
81 new homes and 239 second-hand ones sold from 2023 to 2025, by the register’s own split.
45% of the homes sold in 2025 were new
Calendar years with 10 or more sales. The share peaked at 44% in 2010.
A new home sold for a median €388,400
against €240,000 for a home sold on, 62% more, over three years. New homes are often a different mix from the homes sold on, so part of the gap is size and type.
Filed without VAT
Most new homes are filed on the register without VAT. Every figure here adds back 13.5%, so new and second-hand compare like for like.
Property Price Register, 2023–25: 81 new and 239 second-hand market sales. New homes are filed without VAT; we add back 13.5%.
Strawhall is Fermoy’s busiest street or estate, with 56 sales in three years
12 streets and estates had 5 or more sales from 2023 to 2025, 4 of them ten or more.
| # | Street or estate | Sales | Median | Homes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Strawhall | 56 | €422,500 | Mostly new |
| 2 | Pike Road | 16 | €340,200 | Mostly new |
| 3 | Duntahane Road | 12 | €272,800 | Second-hand |
| 4 | Duntaheen Road | 10 | €287,500 | Second-hand |
| 5 | Dun Eala | 9 | €261,000 | Second-hand |
| 6 | Forest Glen | 8 | €295,000 | Second-hand |
| 7 | Rathealy Close | 8 | €339,500 | Mostly new |
| 8 | Glenwood | 7 | €325,000 | Mostly new |
| 9 | Ashe Quay | 6 | €177,500 | Second-hand |
| 10 | Connolly Street | 5 | €100,000 | Second-hand |
| 11 | Gurrane | 5 | €150,000 | Second-hand |
| 12 | Kilmagner | 5 | €180,000 | Second-hand |
Strawhall: €422,500
Connolly Street: €100,000
At the median, the dearest costs 4.2 times the cheapest.
Streets and estates with 5 or more market sales from 2023 to 2025, named as the register’s addresses name them; medians only.
Fermoy is the 51st most expensive of 67 towns in County Cork
Fermoy is in the middle of County Cork’s towns to buy in; the typical Irish town’s median is €350,000.
Towns of 1,000 or more in County Cork, by their median home of 2023–25; * marks a routing-key median (fewer than 30 sales in the town). Each links to its own Housing page.
Cheaper nearby: Mitchelstown.
The towns around Fermoy: their median home (2023–25), market sales on the Property Price Register in those three years, the change in ten years and the distance.
| Town | Median sale | Sales, 3 years | Since 2015 | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fermoy | €294K | 320 | +221% | |
| Kilworth | €295K | 69 | – | 5.1 |
| Rathcormac | €365K | 199 | +184% | 6.9 |
| Mitchelstown | €230K | 142 | – | 14.3 |
| Watergrasshill | €340K | 57 | – | 14.8 |
A routing-key price (fewer than 30 sales in the town) counts for its whole postal area. Rents are each town’s own RTB figure where published, else its district’s, city’s or county’s.
Questions about property prices in Fermoy
What is the average house price in Fermoy?
The median home in Fermoy sold for €293,800 from 2023 to 2025, across 320 market sales on the Property Price Register (€385,000 in the last 12 months).
Are house prices going up in Fermoy?
The median sale was €276,500 in 2024 and €357,500 in 2025: it went up 29%.
How many homes sell in Fermoy each year?
144 sales in Fermoy were filed on the Property Price Register in 2025, against an average of 95 a year over the last ten. Sales whose address names no town aren’t counted, so the true figure is somewhat higher.
How much does a new build cost in Fermoy?
New homes sold for a median €388,400 over three years, against €240,000 for homes sold on. New builds were 25% of sales.
Is Fermoy expensive for County Cork?
Fermoy is the 43rd most expensive of 54 towns of 2,500 or more in County Cork by median sale price.
Can I see individual sales or prices by street?
Yes: the Property Price Register publishes every residential sale with its address and price at propertypriceregister.ie. This page shows the town’s medians and counts.
Sales: Residential Property Price Register, Property Services Regulatory Authority. House prices by Eircode routing key, RTB rents and household incomes: CSO, CC BY 4.0. Routing-key areas: Autoaddress.
Sources: Property Price Register (PSRA), 2010–2026 · CSO HPA04 house prices by Eircode routing key, 2023–25. Under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0).
Contains Central Statistics Office (CSO) data, Census 2022, and Tailte Éireann boundaries (CSO Urban Areas, Small Areas, local electoral areas, constituencies), under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0).