House prices in Ireland increased by 6.2% in the year to April, according to the latest national Residential Property Price Index from the Central Statistics Office (CSO).
This was down 0.5% from the previous month and means that house price inflation is now at is lowest in more than two years since also standing at 6.2% in February 2024.
In Dublin, residential property prices rose by 5.4%, while residential property prices outside Dublin were 6.9% higher in April of this year compared to the same time last year.
In the 12 months to April 2026, house prices in Dublin rose by 4.8% while apartment prices increased by 7.3%. The highest house price growth in Dublin was in Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown at 5.9% while Fingal saw a rise of 3.6%.
Outside of Dublin, house prices were up by 6.6% and apartment prices rose by 9.7%. The region outside of Dublin that saw the largest growth in house prices was the Midlands (Laois, Longford, Offaly, and Westmeath) at 12.5%, while at the other end of the scale, the South-West (Cork and Kerry) saw a rise of 4.1%.
Households paid a median or mid-point price of €394,980 for a residential property in the 12 months to April 2026. The highest median price paid for a dwelling was €685,750 in Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown, while the lowest was €197,000 in Longford.
The most expensive Eircode area over the 12 months to April 2026 was A94 (Blackrock, Dublin) with a median price of €845,000, while F45 (Castlerea, Roscommon) had the least expensive median price of €155,000.
In April 2026, 3,741 dwelling purchases by households at market prices were filed with the Revenue Commissioners, a decrease of 0.2% when compared with the 3,748 purchases in April 2025. The total value of transactions filed in April 2026 was €1.63 billion. This was made up of 2,763 existing dwellings with a value of €1.14 billion and 978 new dwellings with a value of €487.2 million.
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