Latest report reveals eye watering prices Louth homes now command

The average listed price for a semi-detached four bed house in Louth rose to a staggering €624K last year, with the typical price per square metre of a three-bedroom semi-detached house in the final quarter of 2025 rising to €3,219 in the county, according to the latest sales report from property website, Daft.ie, with 

Figures from Daft.ie's latest report, Irish House Price Report Q4 2025, show that across almost all types of homes, prices in Louth rose significantly, with just detached two-bed houses seeing a yearly fall. The average listed prices for different size homes in Louth and the year on year change is as follows:

• Semi-detached three bed - €471K - up 6.5%
• Semi-detached four bed - €624K - up 7.1%
• Detached two-bed - €342K - down 19.8%
• Detached three-bed - €502K - up 9.1%
• Detached four-bed - €731K - up 10.5%
• Detached five-bed - €926K - up 14.9%
• Terraced two-bed - €384K - up 4.6%
• Terraced three-bed - €439K - up 2.6%
• Terraced four-bed - €724K - up 16.6%
• Apartment one-bed - €317K - up 16%
• Apartment two-bed - €391K - up 14.5%
• Apartment three-bed - €455K - up 11.4%

Nationally, according to the Daft.ie report, in the final quarter (Q4) of 2025, the average price nationwide for a three bedroom semi-detached home was €423,000, or €3,795 per square metre.  List prices rose by an average of 5.5% during 2025, slightly below the increase seen in 2024 (6.8%) and slightly above 2022 (4.7%) and 2023 (4.8%).

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According Ronan Lyons, Professor in Economics at Trinity College Dublin & author of the report, "despite the modest decline in the speed of increases, the market remains very tight. As our market heat measure shows, the gap between the initial list price and the ultimate transaction price is close to a record high, at over 6%".

He continues: "The volume of second-hand homes put up for sale over the course of the year was just over 53,000 – this down compared to peak in early 2023 of 63,000, before the interest rate shock kicked in. And it’s also down about 10% compared to the precovid level.

"A fall-off in supply of about 10% is one thing. But trends in availability on the market – which reflects both supply and demand – are worse. There were only 11,500 second-hand homes available to buy on December 1. While that’s up 7% year-on-year, it is less than half the pre-covid average of over 26,000. And Dublin partially offsets this, as its supply picture is rosier than elsewhere."