Property sales in Donegal have fallen by up to 100 this year, according to a new analysis of the Property Price Register.
568 homes were sold in Donegal in the first six months of 2017, which is a 14.5% decrease on 664 sold this time last year.
Residential sales in Donegal reached a total of €67,785,830 in the first six months of 2017, down 7.4% from €73,213,397 in 2016.
These figures have emerged from a new study based on an analysis of the Property Price Register by property website MyHome.ie.
MyHome.ie found that there were 23,148 homes sold nationwide in the first half of 2017. A total of €5.8 billion was spent, up 15% on the €5.1 billion in the first half of 2016.
Donegal and Clare were the only counties where residential property prices did not increase. The amount spent on homes in Donegal fell by 7%.
Sales figures rose in 20 counties and fell in six, but the amount spent in each county was up in all with the exception of Donegal and Clare.
Sales in Dublin rose by 11% to 7,455 in the surveyed time span. Over €3billion of the national spend was in the capital.
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