Residential property prices in Ireland grew at their slowest rate in more than two years in the 12 months to March.
That’s according to the latest figures from the Central Statistics Office (CSO), which found that property prices rose by 6.5% in the year to March 2026.
This represents a slowdown from growth of 6.7% in the year to February.
In Dublin, residential property prices saw an increase of 5.7%, while residential property prices outside Dublin were 7.2% higher in March 2026 when compared with March 2025. The annual increase in residential property prices nationally of 6.5% for March 2026 represents the lowest annual increase since the 6.2% recorded just over two years ago in February 2024.
In the 12 months to March 2026, house prices in Dublin rose by 5.1% while apartment prices increased by 7.8%. The highest house price growth in Dublin was in Dublin City at 6.0% while Fingal saw a rise of 3.4%.
Outside of Dublin, house prices were up by 6.8% and apartment prices rose by 12.0%. The region outside of Dublin that saw the largest growth in house prices was the Midlands (Laois, Longford, Offaly, and Westmeath) at 13.4%, while at the other end of the scale, the South-West (Cork and Kerry) saw a rise of 3.6%.
Households paid a median or mid-point price of €390,461 for a residential property in the 12 months to March 2026. The highest median price paid for a dwelling was €685,000 in Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown, while the lowest was €200,000 in both Donegal and Longford.
The most expensive Eircode area over the 12 months to March 2026 was A94 (Blackrock, Dublin) with a median price of €845,000, while F45 (Castlerea, Roscommon) had the least expensive median price of €150,500.
In March 2026, 4,123 dwelling purchases by households at market prices were filed with the Revenue Commissioners, an increase of 14.0% when compared with the 3,617 purchases in March 2025.
The total value of transactions filed in March 2026 was €1.80 billion. This was made up of 3,131 existing dwellings with a value of €1.32 billion, and 992 new dwellings with a value of €477.1 million.
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