SOME 40% of houses sold in County Clare in 2019 went to single purchasers, rather than joint purchasers, according to research published this week by the Central Statistics Office. The median price paid for a property in the Kilrush electoral area was €138,800, in the Killaloe area it was €175,000, in the Ennistymon area it was €180,000. The highest prices were in the most urban parts of the county, with a median of €188,000 in the Shannon electoral area and €193,000 in the Ennis area. In the Ennistymon and Kilrush areas the median age of purchasers was 48 and 45 respectively. It was below 40 in the other three areas, at 39 in Killaloe and 38 in both the Shannon and Ennis electoral areas. For sole purchasers in the Ennistymon area the median income was €31,600, while in the Killaloe area it was €41,900. The equivalent figures for the Shannon, Ennis and Kilrush areas were €39,200, €36,600 and €30,900 respectively. …
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