Photo: Clint Mann · CC BY-SA 2.0A market of new homes: 37% of Macroom’s sales, at a median €345,000
The median home in Macroom sells for €312,000. That is the middle of 359 market sales on the Property Price Register from 2023 to 2025. The typical home sells for 2.2 times as much as in 2015. Rent, income and the Cost of living Grade are on Macroom’s cost of living page.
63% of the homes sold in Macroom were second-hand
359 market sales in three years: 132 new homes and 227 second-hand. At the median a new home sold for 28% more.
median sale · 132 sold in 3 years
- 2025 median
- €365K 46 sold
- the typical Irish town
- €419K
median sale · 227 sold in 3 years
- 2025 median
- €290K 58 sold
- 2022 to 2025
- +37%
- the typical Irish town
- €326K
median sale · 359 sold in 3 years
- Middle half
- €243K–€359K
- Last 12 months
- €356K 110 sold
- the typical Irish town
- €350K
37% 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 Macroom’s homes sold for between €243K and €359K
One sale in ten was under €152K and one in ten over €410K. 25% sold for under €250K and 2% for €500K or more.
The median, €312,000, sits in the €300–400K band
359 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 2.2 times as much as in 2015, in step with the typical Irish town
From €167,500 in 2010 to €334,900 in 2025, each the median of that year’s market sales.
More homes sell than in most years
104 homes sold in 2025. The busiest year was 2024, with 132, and the quietest 2011, with 33.
Macroom costs less than the typical Irish town
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 | €168K | €152K | €188K | €335K |
| Typical Irish town | €220K | €170K | €261K | €388K |
| Second-hand homes | €160K | €150K | €180K | €290K |
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.
37% of the homes sold in Macroom in three years were new
132 new homes and 227 second-hand ones sold from 2023 to 2025, by the register’s own split.
44% of the homes sold in 2025 were new
Calendar years with 10 or more sales. The share peaked at 36% in 2024.
A new home sold for a median €345,000
against €270,000 for a home sold on, 28% 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: 132 new and 227 second-hand market sales. New homes are filed without VAT; we add back 13.5%.
Gurteenroe is Macroom’s busiest street or estate, with 92 sales in three years
15 streets and estates had 5 or more sales from 2023 to 2025, 3 of them ten or more.
| # | Street or estate | Sales | Median | Homes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gurteenroe | 92 | €345,000 | Mostly new |
| 2 | Meadowlands | 37 | €318,000 | Mostly new |
| 3 | Rás An Mhuilinn | 13 | €365,000 | Mostly new |
| 4 | Ballymakeera | 9 | €242,500 | Mixed |
| 5 | Oakwood | 8 | €250,000 | Second-hand |
| 6 | The Glenties | 8 | €269,000 | Second-hand |
| 7 | Codrum | 7 | €220,000 | Second-hand |
| 8 | Kilnamartyra | 7 | €200,000 | Second-hand |
| 9 | The Hermitage | 7 | €360,000 | Second-hand |
| 10 | Lios Na Fea | 6 | €258,500 | Second-hand |
| 11 | Masseytown | 6 | €261,300 | Second-hand |
| 12 | Millstreet Road | 6 | €385,500 | Mixed |
| 13 | Kilnagurteen | 5 | €325,000 | Second-hand |
| 14 | Ros Alainn | 5 | €360,000 | Mostly new |
| 15 | Sleaveen East | 5 | €200,000 | Second-hand |
Millstreet Road: €385,500
Sleaveen East: €200,000
At the median, the dearest costs 1.9 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.
Macroom is the 40th most expensive of 67 towns in County Cork
Macroom 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: Millstreet.
The towns around Macroom: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Macroom | €312K | 359 | +121% | |
| Millstreet | €230K | 65 | – | 18 |
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 Macroom
What is the average house price in Macroom?
The median home in Macroom sold for €312,000 from 2023 to 2025, across 359 market sales on the Property Price Register (€355,500 in the last 12 months).
Are house prices going up in Macroom?
The median sale was €320,000 in 2024 and €334,900 in 2025: it went up 5%.
How many homes sell in Macroom each year?
104 sales in Macroom were filed on the Property Price Register in 2025, against an average of 94 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 Macroom?
New homes sold for a median €345,000 over three years, against €270,000 for homes sold on. New builds were 37% of sales.
Is Macroom expensive for County Cork?
Macroom is the 33rd 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).