CSO figures reveal the median price for a house in Louth in the last year

Households in Louth paid a median price of €265,000 for a dwelling on the residential property market in the 12 months to August 2023 according to the latest figures released by the Central Statistics Office (CSO) earlier this week. 

Meanwhile, buyers in Dundalk within the A91 postcode can be expected to pay a median price of 250, 000 for a property.

Nationally, in the 12 months to August 2023, house prices in Dublin fell by 2.3% while apartment prices were down by 0.2%. The highest house price growth in Dublin was in Fingal at 0.2%, while Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown saw a decline of 3.9%.

Outside Dublin, house prices were up by 3.1% and apartment prices grew by 1.8%. The region outside of Dublin that saw the largest rise in house prices was the South-West (Cork, Kerry) at 4.4%, while at the other end of the scale, the Midlands region (Laois, Longford, Offaly, Westmeath) and the West region (Galway, Mayo, Roscommon) both saw a 2.1% rise.  

In August 2023, 4,640 dwelling purchases by households at market prices were filed with the Revenue Commissioners, an increase of 8.0% compared with the 4,295 purchases in August 2022.

Households paid a median or mid-point price of €320,000 for a residential property in the 12 months to August 2023. The lowest median price paid for a dwelling was €159,750 in Longford, while the highest was €634,919 in Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown.

The most expensive Eircode area over the 12 months to August 2023 was A94 'Blackrock' with a median price of €735,000, while F45 'Castlerea' had the least expensive price of €135,000.