The average price paid for land in Armagh increased by £2,659/ac or 13% last year to reach £22,833/ac.

It follows on from a 15% jump the year previous when the average price in the county passed the £20,000/ac mark for the first time.

The latest figures mean Armagh remains the most expensive county in NI to buy land and now ranks in first place across the island of Ireland, ahead of Dublin in second position.

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The supply of land publicly advertised for sale within the Orchard County reduced by 15% last year, with 1,285ac put on the market.

When taken as a proportion of its overall grassland and arable area, the figure equates to only 0.57% of the agricultural area in Armagh.

However, local auctioneers indicate that private sales make up a significant proportion of transactions in certain parts of Armagh, with agents still able to secure strong prices from buyers through private negotiations.

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Of the land that was publicly offered up in the county during 2025, there were 57 separate parcels. This makes the average lot size 23ac, which is similar to the 2024 average lot size of 21ac.

Our records show that exactly a quarter of agricultural properties on the market in Armagh last year either had a dwelling house or planning permission for a building site.

The top price recorded in our survey was £32,500/ac for a 15ac block of top-quality farmland in the middle of the county. The lowest price recorded in our Armagh survey was just shy of £13,000/ac for a 10ac parcel in south Armagh.

We found that more than three quarters of sales in Armagh were over £20,000/ac and nearly a fifth fell within the £15,000-£20,000/ac bracket.

Just 5% of transactions made between £10,001-15,000/ac and there were no sales under £10,000/ac in our survey.