Residential property prices increased by 2.6% nationally in the year to January, according to the latest figures from the Central Statistics Office.
This compares to an increase of 2.2% in the year to December and an increase of 1% in the twelve months to January 2020.
In Dublin, residential property prices saw an increase of 1.1% in the year to January, while property prices outside Dublin were 4.0% higher.
In Dublin, house prices increased by 0.6% and apartment prices increased by 3.0%. The highest house price growth in Dublin was in South Dublin at 2.8%, while Dublin City and Fingal saw a decline of 0.1%.
Outside Dublin, house prices were up by 3.8% and apartment prices up by 7.5%. The region outside of Dublin that saw the largest rise in house prices was the West at 5.5% - at the other end of the scale, the Mid-West saw a 0.3% rise.
Overall, the national index is 15.7% lower than its highest level in 2007. Dublin residential property prices are 21.3% lower than their February 2007 peak, while residential property prices in the Rest of Ireland are 17.8% lower than their May 2007 peak.
Property prices nationally have increased by 88.0% from their trough in early 2013. Dublin residential property prices have risen 94.8% from their February 2012 low, whilst residential property prices in the Rest of Ireland are 89.3% higher than at the trough, which was in May 2013.
