House Prices Higher Than The Celtic Tiger

House Prices Higher Than The Celtic Tiger

House prices are higher now than during the peak of the Celtic Tiger boom.

The average price of a house in the last year was €327,000.

The CSO has released its latest Residential Property Price Index up to December 2023.

The price of a property over the last twelve months rose by 4.4%.

Outside Dublin the Midlands saw the biggest increase - this covers counties Laois, Longford, Offaly, and Westmeath.

There were a total of 50,234 properties bought across the country last year - with first time buyers accounting for over 34% of that.

The most expensive Eircode was Blackrock in Dublin, with Castlerea in Roscommon the cheapest.

Meanwhile the highest average price spent by buyer was also found in Dublin at €622,500 in Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown.