03/09/2026
Could a better BER make your home worth more? 🏠
Research into almost 50,000 Irish home sales found that every step up the BER scale was associated with an average 2.7% increase in sale price.
For a €400,000 home, that’s more than €10,800.
The increase was even higher for rural homes, at almost 5% per BER step.
The research also found that, for a typical retrofit, the increase in property value generally exceeded the cost of the work, before factoring in potential energy savings.
Read the full article on RTÉ , link in the comments. 👇