Dundalk house prices fall by €40,000 as Louth median hits €380,000
CSO figures show Dundalk’s median house price dropped to €360,000 in August, while Drogheda prices edged up to €388,500
The median house price for houses sold with the Dundalk Eircode A91 in August 2026 was €360,000, a decrease of €40,000 on July according to figures released by the CSO (Central Statistics Office) in their Residential Property Price Index report.
The county wide median house price for Louth now stands at €380,000, an increase of €5000 on July.
Of the 37 houses sold in Dundalk in August, 17 were to first time buyer owner-occupiers; 17 to former owner-occupiers and 3 were to non occupiers.
Fifteen of these houses were new builds while twenty-two were existing homes.
The median price of the new houses sold was €415,000 and the median price of existing houses sold in August was €283,000.
In Drogheda, the median price of residential properties sold in A92 in August 2026, was €388,500, up €500 on July.
Of the 112 houses sold in Drogheda in August, 55 were to first time buyer owner-occupiers; 51 to former owner-occupiers and 6 were to non occupiers.
Seventy-eight of the houses sold were new houses and the other 61 were existing.
The median price for the new houses sold was €415,000 (the same as July) while for existing houses it was €335,000 (up €15,000 from July).
The national Residential Property Price Index (RPPI) increased by 5.1% in the 12 months to August 2026, down from the 5.4% recorded in the 12 months to July 2026. Property prices in Dublin rose by 3.9% and prices outside Dublin were up by 6.2% compared with August 2025.
As of August 2026, the Residential Property Price Index outside of Dublin is more than three times higher than in May 2013, when it hit its lowest point since the series began in 2005. The median price of a dwelling purchased in the 12 months to August 2026 was €400,000.
The highest median price for a dwelling in the 12 months to August 2026 was €685,000 in Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown, while the lowest median price was €199,000 in Longford. In August 2026, 4,279 dwelling purchases by households were filed with the Revenue Commissioners at a total value of €1.95 billion. These purchases were made up of 3,241 existing dwellings and 1,038 new dwellings. Revenue data shows there were 1,811 first-time buyer purchases filed in August 2026.