Louth median house price was €345k in May

The median house price for houses sold with the Dundalk Eircode A91 in May 2025 was €330,000, 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 €345,000.

Of the 42 houses sold in Dundalk in May, 10 were to first time buyer owner-occupiers; 21 to former owner-occupiers and 11 were to non occupiers.

Thirty-one  of these houses were existing builds while eleven were new homes. 

The median price of the new houses sold was €375,000 and the median price of existing houses sold in May was €265,000.

In Drogheda, the median price of residential properties sold in A92: Drogheda in May 2025, was €365,000.

Of the 98 houses sold in Drogheda in May, 48 were to first time buyer owner-occupiers; 47 to former owner-occupiers and 3 were to non occupiers.

Forty-eight of the houses sold were new houses and fifty were existing. The median price for the new houses sold was €410,000 while for existing houses it was €308,500.

Commenting on the national figures, Niall Corkery, Statistician in the Prices Division, said: “Residential property prices rose by 7.9% in the 12 months to May 2025, up from 7.6% in the year to April 2025. In Dublin, residential property prices saw an increase of 6.9%, while property prices outside Dublin were 8.7% higher in May 2025 when compared with a year earlier.

“In the 12 months to May 2025, house prices in Dublin rose by 6.8% while apartment prices increased by 7.2%. The highest house price growth in Dublin was in Fingal at 9.3% while Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown saw a rise of 5.1%.

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“Outside Dublin, house prices were up by 8.9% and apartment prices rose by 6.7%. The region outside of Dublin that saw the largest growth in house prices was the Border (Cavan, Donegal, Leitrim, Monaghan, and Sligo) at 11.1%, while at the other end of the scale, the South-East (Carlow, Kilkenny, Waterford, and Wexford) saw a 7.7% rise.

“Households paid a median or mid-point price of €370,000 for a residential property in the 12 months to May 2025. The highest median price paid for a dwelling was €670,000 in Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown, while the lowest was €186,000 in Leitrim.

“The most expensive Eircode area over the 12 months to May 2025 was A94 (Blackrock, Dublin) with a median price of €770,000, while F45 (Castlerea, Roscommon) had the least expensive price of €150,000.”