Annual house price growth eases to 6.2% in April – CSO

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New figures from the Central Statistics office show that annual residential property price inflation eased to 6.2% in April from 6.7% in March. This marked the lowest growth rate since February 2024, when the annual increase was also 6.2%, the CSO noted. In Dublin, residential property prices rose by 5.4%, while residential property prices outside Dublin were 6.9% higher in April of this year compared to the same time last year. Today's figures show that in the 12 months to April house prices in Dublin rose by 4.8% while apartment prices increased by 7.3%. The highest house price growth in Dublin was in Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown at 5.9% while Fingal saw a rise of 3.6%. Outside of Dublin, house prices were up by 6.6% and apartment prices rose by 9.7%. The region outside of Dublin that saw the largest growth in house prices was the Midlands (Laois, Longford, Offaly, and Westmeath) at 12.5%, while at the other end of the scale, the South-West (Cork and Kerry) saw a rise of 4.1%. Today's CSO figures show that the median price of a home purchased in the 12 months to April was €394,980. The highest median price for a home in April was €685,750 in Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown, while the lowest median price was €197,000 in Longford. Meanwhile, the most expensive Eircode area in April was A94 (Blackrock, Dublin) with a median price of €845,000, while F45 (Castlerea, Roscommon) had the cheapest median price of €155,000. The CSO said that a total of 3,741 home purchases were filed with the Revenue Commissioners in May, a decrease of 0.2% when compared with the 3,748 purchases in April. The total value of transactions filed in April 2026 was €1.63 billion. This was made up of 2,763 existing homes with a value of €1.14 billion, and 978 new dwellings with a value of €487.2m, it added. Today's figures show that property prices nationally have increased by 179.2% from their trough in early 2013. Dublin residential property prices have risen by 172.7% from their February 2012 low, while residential property prices in the Rest of Ireland are 194.4% higher than at their trough in May 2013.