Louth house prices continue to rise with median now €350,000

The median house price for houses sold with the Dundalk Eircode A91 in September 2025 was €330,000, according to figures released by the CSO (Central Statistics Office) in their Residential Property Price Index report. The figure is unchanged from the previous month. 

The county wide median house price for Louth now stands at €350,000, an increase of €5000 on the previous month.

Of the 63 houses sold in Dundalk in September, 17 were to first time buyer owner-occupiers; 38 to former owner-occupiers and 8 were to non occupiers.

Forty-eight of these houses were existing builds while fifteen were new homes.

The median price of the new houses sold was €380,000 and the median price of existing houses sold in September was €311,750.

In Drogheda, the median price of residential properties sold in A92: Drogheda in September 2025, was €375,000.

Of the 164 houses sold in Drogheda in September, 82 were to first time buyer owner-occupiers; 70 to former owner-occupiers and 12 were to non occupiers.

Seventy-two of the houses sold were new houses and the other ninety-two were existing. The median price for the new houses sold was €400,000 while for existing houses it was €344,000.

Commenting on the release, Niall Corkery, Statistician in the Prices Division, said: “Residential property prices rose by 7.6% in the 12 months to September 2025, up from the 7.5% in the year to August 2025. In Dublin, residential property prices saw an increase of 5.3%, while residential property prices outside Dublin were 9.4% higher in September 2025 when compared with a year earlier.

"In the 12 months to September 2025, house prices in Dublin rose by 5.2% while apartment prices increased by 5.9%. The highest house price growth in Dublin was in Dublin City at 6.1% while Fingal saw a rise of 4.0%.

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"Outside of Dublin, house prices were up by 9.4% and apartment prices rose by 10.0%. The region outside of Dublin that saw the largest growth in house prices was the Midlands (Laois, Longford, Offaly, and Westmeath) at 13.3%, while at the other end of the scale, the Border (Cavan, Donegal, Leitrim, Monaghan, and Sligo) saw a rise of 5.8%.

"Households paid a median or mid-point price of €380,000 for a residential property in the 12 months to September 2025. The highest median price paid for a dwelling was €675,000 in Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown, while the lowest was €190,000 in Donegal.

"The most expensive Eircode area over the 12 months to September 2025 was A94 (Blackrock, Dublin) with a median price of €808,000, while F45 (Castlerea, Roscommon) had the least expensive price of €148,000."