The average price paid for agricultural land in Antrim last year stood at £13,951/ac. The figure represents a drop of 2.4%, or £349/ac, when compared to 2023 levels.

Antrim has moved down a spot in the NI county rankings to sit in fourth place. It ranks ninth across the island of Ireland, which is the same position as the year previous.

Our records show that 2,871ac of land were publicly advertised for sale in Antrim last year. This is just 99ac less than in 2023. The area for sale in the county has been relatively steady in recent years and usually falls between 2,500ac and 3,000ac.

As a proportion of Antrim’s total area, the acreage put on the market during 2024 equates to 0.68% of its overall arable and grassland area. There were 84 parcels of land on the market in the Saffron County during 2024. This makes the average lot 34ac in size. By comparision, in 2023, there were 90 lots which averaged 29ac.

Our records indicate that 31% of properties for sale in the county last year either had a dwelling house or a building site, with 69% of lots deemed non-residential.

Our survey found that 5% of sales in Antrim were agreed at prices below £10,000/ac and the biggest number of transactions (47%) fell within the £10,001 to £15,000/ac bracket. We found 10% of sales passed over the £20,000/ac mark and 38% made between £15,001 and £20,000/ac.

The top price recorded in our survey was £21,000/ac for over 60ac of bare land in the south of the county. Another block of land in the same area made just over £20,500/ac. The lowest price recorded in our survey was £7,500/ac for a small parcel of heavy land in west Antrim.

Vital statistics

Average*: £13,951/ac (€16,479/ac)

Price range*: £7,500/ac to £21,000/ac

Total area offered: 2,871ac

Number of farms offered: 84

Average size: 34ac

Biggest farm offered: 141ac

*Number of transactions: 21