The median price of a home in Ireland has grown by almost €30,000 in the year to January 2026.
That’s according to the latest Residential Property Price Index from the Central Statistics Office (CSO), which shows that prices rose 7.0% in the year to January 2026, compared to growth of 6.9% in the year to December 2025.
The latest report found that the median price of a home here at the end of January now stands at €389,986 – up from €359,999 12 months earlier.
While the pace of price increases was up slightly across the country in January, in Dublin residential property prices saw an increase of 6.1%, while residential property prices outside Dublin were 7.7% higher when compared with a year earlier.
In the 12 months to January 2026, house prices in Dublin rose by 5.6% while apartment prices increased by 7.8%. The highest house price growth in Dublin was in Dublin City at 8.0% while Fingal saw a rise of 3.8%.
Outside of Dublin, house prices were up by 7.3% and apartment prices rose by 12.3%. The region outside of Dublin that saw the largest growth in house prices was the Midlands (Laois, Longford, Offaly, and Westmeath) at 15.9%, while at the other end of the scale, the Mid-West (Clare, Limerick, and Tipperary) saw a rise of 5.6%.
Households paid a median or mid-point price of €389,986 for a residential property in the 12 months to January 2026. The highest median price paid for a dwelling was €680,000 in Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown, while the lowest was €195,000 in Donegal.
The most expensive Eircode area over the 12 months to January 2026 was A94 (Blackrock, Dublin) with a median price of €840,000, while F45 (Castlerea, Roscommon) had the least expensive price of €153,000.
In January 2026, 3,781 dwelling purchases by households at market prices were filed with the Revenue Commissioners, a decrease of 0.5% when compared with the 3,801 purchases in January 2025. The total value of transactions filed in January 2026 was €1.66 billion. This was made up of 2,686 existing dwellings with a value of €1.14 billion, and 1,095 new dwellings with a value of €516.9 million.
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