Annual property price growth slowed to 6.8% nationally in February – the lowest rate in two years.
That’s according to the latest figures from the Central Statistics Office (CSO), which found that prices were down slightly from 7.1% in the year to January 2026.
In Dublin, residential property prices saw an increase of 5.6%, while residential property prices outside Dublin were 7.8% higher in February 2026 when compared with a year earlier.
The annual increase in residential property prices nationally of 6.8% for February 2026 was also observed in November 2025 and December 2025. These annual increases in residential property prices represent the lowest annual increases since the 6.2% recorded in February 2024.
In the 12 months to February 2026, house prices in Dublin rose by 5% while apartment prices increased by 7.5%. The highest house price growth in Dublin was in Dublin City at 6.8% while Fingal saw a rise of 2.7%.
Outside of Dublin, house prices were up by 7.4% and apartment prices rose by 13.2%. The region outside of Dublin that saw the largest growth in house prices was the Midlands (Laois, Longford, Offaly, and Westmeath) at 15.3%, while at the other end of the scale, the South-West (Cork and Kerry) saw a rise of 4.2%.
Households paid a median or mid-point price of €390,000 for a residential property in the 12 months to February 2026. The highest median price paid for a dwelling was €681,500 in Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown, while the lowest was €198,000 in Donegal.
The most expensive Eircode area over the 12 months to February 2026 was A94 (Blackrock, Dublin) with a median price of €841,250, while F45 (Castlerea, Roscommon) had the least expensive median price of €153,000.
In February 2026, 3,370 dwelling purchases by households at market prices were filed with the Revenue Commissioners, an increase of 3.9% when compared with the 3,245 purchases in February 2025.
The total value of transactions filed in February 2026 was €1.47 billion. This was made up of 2,558 existing dwellings with a value of €1.09 billion, and 812 new dwellings with a value of €380.8 million.
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