House prices rising at slowest rate since January 2024 – CSO
By Cate McCurry, Press Association
Irish home prices are rising at their slowest rate since January 2024, the Central Statistics Office (CSO) has said.
Residential property prices rose by 5.6 per cent in June compared with the same month last year, down from the 6.1 per cent recorded in the year to May 2026.
The annual increase in residential property prices nationally of 5.6 per cent for June 2026 represents the lowest annual rise since January 2024, when the annual increase was 5.4 per cent.
The CSO figures shows that property prices in Dublin rose by 4.6 per cent and prices outside Dublin were up by 6.4 per cent compared with June 2025.
The median price of a dwelling purchased in the 12 months to June was €396,000.
The highest median price for a property was €682,334 in Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown, while the lowest median price was €198,000 in Longford.
In June 2026, 4,058 dwelling purchases by households were filed with the Revenue Commissioners at a total value of €1.82 billion.
These purchases were made up of 2,973 existing dwellings and 1,085 new dwellings.
Revenue data shows there were 1,705 first-time buyer purchases filed in June 2026.
Outside of Dublin, house prices were up by 6 per cent and apartment prices rose by 10.2 per cent.
The region outside of Dublin that saw the largest growth in house prices were border counties including Cavan, Donegal, Leitrim, Monaghan, and Sligo at 10.5 per cent while Cork and Kerry saw a rise of 3.7 per cent.
In the year to June, the Eircode area with the highest median price for household dwelling purchases was Blackrock in south Dublin, with a median price of €851,750.
The five most expensive Eircode areas by median price were in Dublin.
The second most expensive Eircode area was Ballyboughal outside Dublin, which had a median price of €836,500, and the third most expensive Eircode area was Dublin 6, which had a median price of €765,000.
The Eircode area with the lowest median price within Dublin was D17, which had a median price of €337,000.
Outside of Dublin, the most expensive Eircode area was Greystones, Co Wicklow, with a median price of €580,000 while the second most expensive Eircode area was Bray, which had a median price of €560,000.
The least expensive Eircode area was Castlerea in Co Roscommon, with a median price of €157,000.
The second least expensive Eircode area was Clones in Monaghan, with a median price of €176,000, and the third least expensive Eircode area was Lifford in Co Donegal, with a median price of €177,500.
