Residential property prices increased by 7.5% in the year to March, according to the latest figures from the Central Statistics Office (CSO).
While house prices continue to increase, there was a further softening in the latest figures – down from the 8% rise recorded in February and from 10.1% last August.
In Dublin, residential property prices saw an increase of 6%, while property prices outside Dublin were 8.7% higher in March 2025 when compared with a year earlier.
In the 12 months to March 2025, house prices in Dublin rose by 5.9% while apartment prices increased by 6.2%. The highest house price growth in Dublin was in Fingal at 7.8% while South Dublin saw a rise of 4.7%.
Outside Dublin, house prices were up by 9.1% and apartment prices rose by 4.3%. The region outside of Dublin that saw the largest growth in house prices was the Border (Cavan, Donegal, Leitrim, Monaghan, and Sligo) at 12.8%, while at the other end of the scale, the Mid-East (Kildare, Louth, Meath, and Wicklow) saw a 6.7% rise.
Households paid a median or mid-point price of €362,500 for a residential property in the 12 months to March 2025. The highest median price paid for a dwelling was €665,000 in Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown, while the lowest was €180,000 in Leitrim.
The most expensive Eircode area over the 12 months to March 2025 was A94 (Blackrock, Dublin) with a median price of €750,000, while F45 (Castlerea, Roscommon) had the least expensive price of €150,000.
In March 2025, 3,617 dwelling purchases by households at market prices were filed with the Revenue Commissioners, an increase of 9.1% when compared with the 3,314 purchases in March 2024. The total value of transactions filed in March 2025 was €1.5 billion. This was made up of 2,866 existing dwellings with a value of €1.2 billion, and 751 new dwellings with a value of €360.6 million.
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