Median house price in Dundalk stands at €285,000

The median house price for houses sold with the Dundalk Eircode A91 in August 2024 was €285,000, according to figures released by the CSO (Central Statistics Office).

The county wide median house price for Louth now stands at €310,000.

Of the 69 houses sold in Dundalk in August, 24 were to first time buyer owner-occupiers; 39 to former owner-occupiers and 6 were to non occupiers.

Forty-five of these houses were existing builds while twenty-four were new homes. 

The median price of the new houses sold was €385,000 and the median price of existing houses sold in August was €240,000.

In Drogheda, the median price of residential properties sold in A92: Drogheda in August 2024, was €339,999.

Forty-three  of the houses sold were new houses and fifty-eight were existing. The median price for the new houses sold was €385,000 while for existing houses it was €319,000.

Nationally, the national Residential Property Price Index (RPPI) increased by 10.1% in the 12 months to August 2024, with prices in Dublin rising by 10.8% and prices outside Dublin up by 9.6%.

In August 2024, 3,990 dwelling purchases by households at market prices were filed with the Revenue Commissioners, down by 14.0% when compared with the 4,640 purchases in August 2023.

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The median price of a dwelling purchased in the 12 months to August 2024 was €345,000.

The lowest median price for a dwelling in the 12 months to August 2024 was €175,000 in Longford, while the highest median price was €635,000 in Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown.

In the 12 months to August 2024, house prices in Dublin rose by 11.6% while apartment prices increased by 7.9%. The highest house price growth in Dublin was in Fingal at 12.4% while Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown saw a rise of 10.3%.

Outside Dublin, house prices were up by 9.5% and apartment prices increased by 10.1%. The region outside of Dublin that saw the largest rise in house prices was the Border (Cavan, Donegal, Leitrim, Monaghan, and Sligo) at 15.1%, while at the other end of the scale, the Mid-East (Kildare, Louth, Meath, and Wicklow) saw an 8.0% rise.