Surge in Clare land prices

Clare experienced the second highest rise in land prices across the country in 2012.

New figures from the Farmers Journal show the average cost of agricultural land in the county last year stood at 8, 660 euro an acre- representing a 33 percent hike on 2011.

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Over 2000 acres of land were were put up for sale here in 2012 – that’s up from just over 1800 acres on the previous twelve months.

The statistics also show that 62 acres of good quality grazing land in Kilkee sold at auction for 370 thousand euro- that just over 6 thousand an acre.