Photo: dan kearney · CC BY-SA 3.0Homes in Buncrana sell for a median €156,000, 55% below the typical Irish town
Homes in Buncrana sell for a median €156,000. That is the middle of 142 market sales on the Property Price Register from 2023 to 2025. The typical home sells for twice as much as in 2015. Rent, income and the Cost of living Grade are on Buncrana’s cost of living page.
96% of the homes sold in Buncrana were second-hand
142 market sales in three years: 6 new homes and 136 second-hand.
median sale · 136 sold in 3 years
- 2025 median
- €195K 48 sold
- 2022 to 2025
- +39%
- the typical Irish town
- €326K
New homes: 6 sold
Fewer than 30 sales: too few for a median.
median sale · 142 sold in 3 years
- Middle half
- €106K–€224K
- Last 12 months
- €220K 61 sold
- the typical Irish town
- €350K
4% 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 Buncrana’s homes sold for between €106K and €224K
One sale in ten was under €60K and one in ten over €325K. 80% sold for under €250K and 3% for €500K or more.
The median, €156,000, sits in the €150–200K band
142 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 twice as much as in 2015, a slower rise than the typical Irish town’s
From €111,200 in 2013 to €200,000 in 2025, each the median of that year’s market sales.
About as many homes sell as usual
52 homes sold in 2025. The busiest year was 2015, with 77, and the quietest 2011, with 21.
Buncrana costs less than the typical Irish town
Each year’s median sale: the town, the middle of County Donegal’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 | — | €100K | €155K | €200K |
| Typical Irish town | €220K | €170K | €261K | €388K |
| Second-hand homes | — | €100K | €155K | €195K |
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.
4% of the homes sold in Buncrana in three years were new
6 new homes and 136 second-hand ones sold from 2023 to 2025, by the register’s own split.
8% of the homes sold in 2025 were new
Calendar years with 10 or more sales. The share peaked at 44% in 2010.
Only 6 new homes sold in three years
Against 136 second-hand: too few new sales for a median of their own in Buncrana.
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: 6 new and 136 second-hand market sales. New homes are filed without VAT; we add back 13.5%.
Ludden is Buncrana’s busiest street or estate, with 13 sales in three years
8 streets and estates had 5 or more sales from 2023 to 2025, 1 of them ten or more.
| # | Street or estate | Sales | Median | Homes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ludden | 13 | €150,000 | Second-hand |
| 2 | Slavery | 7 | €110,000 | Second-hand |
| 3 | Maginn Avenue | 6 | €102,500 | Second-hand |
| 4 | Ballymagan | 5 | €215,000 | Second-hand |
| 5 | Cockhill Road | 5 | €132,000 | Second-hand |
| 6 | Linsfort | 5 | €216,000 | Second-hand |
| 7 | Marian Park | 5 | €185,000 | Second-hand |
| 8 | St Marys Road | 5 | €30,000 | 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.
Buncrana is the 13th most expensive of 18 towns in County Donegal
Buncrana is in the middle of County Donegal’s towns to buy in; the typical Irish town’s median is €350,000.
Towns of 1,000 or more in County Donegal, 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: Milford and Carndonagh.
The towns around Buncrana: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buncrana | €156K | 142 | +100% | |
| Muff | €200K | 47 | – | 13.5 |
| Newtowncunningham | €160K | 31 | – | 16.3 |
| Milford | €118K | 42 | – | 16.5 |
| Carndonagh | €140K | 74 | +146% | 16.6 |
| Ramelton | €260K | 49 | – | 17.1 |
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 Buncrana
What is the average house price in Buncrana?
The median home in Buncrana sold for €156,000 from 2023 to 2025, across 142 market sales on the Property Price Register (€219,500 in the last 12 months).
Are house prices going up in Buncrana?
The median sale was €142,000 in 2024 and €200,000 in 2025: it went up 41%.
How many homes sell in Buncrana each year?
52 sales in Buncrana were filed on the Property Price Register in 2025, against an average of 51 a year over the last ten. Sales whose address names no town aren’t counted, so the true figure is somewhat higher.
Is Buncrana expensive for County Donegal?
Buncrana is the 5th most expensive of 6 towns of 2,500 or more in County Donegal 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).