Non-household home purchases value over €5 billion, figures show

Non-household entities purchased 12,857 dwellings with a value of €5.1 billion in 2025, according to figures released by the Central Statistics Office (CSO).

Non-household entities are organisations that purchase or sell residential properties; these can include charitable organisations, state institutions or private companies.

Combining the sectors of Public Administration/Education/Human Health & Social Work, the CSO found that they purchased 6,865 residential dwellings with a value of €2.6 billion.

In the construction sector sold 16,322 residential dwellings in with a value of €7.2 billion, the CSO say that this was more than any other NACE sector.

When it came to where the companies were based, Irish-registered companies and institutions accounted for 97.3% of the €5.1 billion spent on residential dwelling purchases in 2025.

When it came to the type of dwellings purchased, 59.5% were new dwellings, 6,070 were houses, and the remaining 6,787 were apartments.

Samantha Walsh, Statistician in the Prices Division of the CSO, said: “Today’s release provides a breakdown of non-household transactions in volume and value terms by NACE sector dwelling status, territory of the participating organisations, and dwelling type. It also contains a breakdown of transactions between and within the household and non-household residential property sectors.

“In 2025, non-household entities purchased 12,857 dwellings at market prices, an increase of 1.3% on the 12,696 purchases made by this group in 2024. The total value of the purchases by non-household entities in 2025 was €5.1 billion, a rise of 1.8% on the 2024 value of €5.0 billion.

Irish registered companies and institutions accounted for €5.0 billion (97.3%) of the €5.1 billion spent on purchases of residential dwellings by non-household entities in 2025. The remaining €136.3 million were purchases of residential property made by non-household entities with a registered address outside Ireland.

Non-household entities belonging to the combined NACE sectors of Public Administration/Education/Human Health & Social Work purchased residential dwellings with a total value of €2.6 billion in 2025, which was more than was purchased by any other NACE sector. The Construction sector was the second largest buyer, with a total value of dwelling purchases of €949.0 million. More details on what these NACE sectors include can be found in the section entitled Non-Household NACE Breakdown.

“Of the 12,857 purchases of residential dwellings by non-households in 2025, 6,070 were purchases of houses, of which 2,984 (49.2%) were new houses. The remaining house purchases were of existing houses, of which there were 3,086 (50.8%) in 2025. Of the 6,787 apartments purchased by non-households in 2025, 4,672 (68.8%) were purchases of new apartments. The remaining apartment purchases were of existing apartments, of which there were 2,115 (31.2%) in 2025.

“In 2025, non-household entities sold 23,874 dwellings at market prices, an increase of 14.6% on the 20,841 sales made by them in 2024. The total value of the sales by non-household entities in 2025 was €10.3 billion, up 14.3% on the 2024 value of €9.0 billion.

“Non-household entities in the Construction sector sold 16,322 residential properties with a total value of €7.2 billion in 2025, up 19.6% on the total value of sales made by this sector in 2024. Non-household entities in the Construction sector accounted for 68.4% of the total volume of sales by non-households in 2025.

“Of the 23,874 sales by non-households in 2025, 19,256 (80.7%) were sales of new dwellings. The remaining 4,618 (19.3%) sales were of existing dwellings. When looking at the breakdown of sales by dwelling type, there were 8,009 (33.5%) sales of apartments and 15,865 (66.5%) sales of houses.

“In 2025, there was a net monetary flow of €5.2 billion to the non-household sector from the household sector. Similarly, there was a net flow (in volume terms) of 11,017 residential properties to the household sector. This indicates that the value and volume of sales by the non-household sector to the household sector were greater than the value and volume of purchases by non-households from households.”