Photo: Seighean · Public domainA market of new homes: 72% of Rathcormac’s sales, at a median €375,000
Homes in Rathcormac sell for a median €365,000. That is the middle of 199 market sales on the Property Price Register from 2023 to 2025. The typical home sells for 2.8 times as much as in 2015. Rent, income and the Cost of living Grade are on Rathcormac’s cost of living page.
72% of the homes sold in Rathcormac were new
199 market sales in three years: 143 new homes and 56 second-hand. At the median a new home sold for 54% more.
median sale · 143 sold in 3 years
- 2025 median
- €420K 44 sold
- the typical Irish town
- €419K
median sale · 56 sold in 3 years
- the typical Irish town
- €326K
median sale · 199 sold in 3 years
- Middle half
- €321K–€398K
- Last 12 months
- €425K 56 sold
- the typical Irish town
- €350K
72% 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 Rathcormac’s homes sold for between €321K and €398K
One sale in ten was under €225K and one in ten over €440K. 15% sold for under €250K and 1% for €500K or more.
The median, €365,000, sits in the €300–400K band
199 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 2.8 times as much as in 2015, a faster rise than the typical Irish town’s
From €128,500 in 2015 to €365,000 in 2025, each the median of that year’s market sales.
More homes sell than in most years
65 homes sold in 2025. The busiest year was 2023, with 69, and the quietest 2010, with 6.
Rathcormac 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.
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.
72% of the homes sold in Rathcormac in three years were new
143 new homes and 56 second-hand ones sold from 2023 to 2025, by the register’s own split.
68% of the homes sold in 2025 were new
Calendar years with 10 or more sales. The share peaked at 75% in 2024.
A new home sold for a median €375,000
against €243,200 for a home sold on, 54% 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: 143 new and 56 second-hand market sales. New homes are filed without VAT; we add back 13.5%.
Lios An Ri is Rathcormac’s busiest street or estate, with 69 sales in three years
8 streets and estates had 5 or more sales from 2023 to 2025, 5 of them ten or more.
| # | Street or estate | Sales | Median | Homes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lios An Ri | 69 | €385,000 | Mostly new |
| 2 | Lisnagar Gardens | 34 | €368,200 | Mostly new |
| 3 | Lisnagar | 21 | €375,000 | Mostly new |
| 4 | Lios Na Ri | 14 | €349,100 | Mostly new |
| 5 | Shanowen | 13 | €300,000 | Mixed |
| 6 | Riversdale | 7 | €255,000 | Second-hand |
| 7 | Pairc An Oir | 6 | €268,000 | Second-hand |
| 8 | Pairc Na Greine | 5 | €228,000 | Second-hand |
Streets and estates with 5 or more market sales from 2023 to 2025, named as the register’s addresses name them; medians only.
Rathcormac is the 28th most expensive of 67 towns in County Cork
Rathcormac 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: Fermoy, Watergrasshill and Kilworth.
The towns around Rathcormac: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rathcormac | €365K | 199 | +184% | |
| Fermoy | €294K | 320 | +221% | 6.9 |
| Watergrasshill | €340K | 57 | – | 8.5 |
| Kilworth | €295K | 69 | – | 11.5 |
| Riverstown | €383K | 6 | – | 17.4 |
| Carrigtwohill | €340K | 241 | +100% | 18.2 |
| Glanmire | €395K | 489 | +76% | 18.6 |
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 Rathcormac
What is the average house price in Rathcormac?
The median home in Rathcormac sold for €365,000 from 2023 to 2025, across 199 market sales on the Property Price Register (€425,000 in the last 12 months).
Are house prices going up in Rathcormac?
The median sale was €368,200 in 2024 and €365,000 in 2025: it held flat.
How many homes sell in Rathcormac each year?
65 sales in Rathcormac were filed on the Property Price Register in 2025, against an average of 40 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 Rathcormac?
New homes sold for a median €375,000 over three years, against €243,200 for homes sold on. New builds were 72% of sales.
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).