House prices in Louth rise again with Dundalk median reaching €340,000
Louth median house price reaches €375,000 amid mixed trends
The median house price for houses sold with the Dundalk Eircode A91 in March 2026 was €340,000, up €5000 from February 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 €375,000, up €5000 from February.
Of the 67 houses sold in Dundalk in March, 28 were to first time buyer owner-occupiers; 34 to former owner-occupiers and 5 were to non occupiers.
Thirty-one of these houses were new builds while thirty-six were new homes.
The median price of the new houses sold was €395,000 (down €7,500 on February) and the median price of existing houses sold in March was €305,000 (down €5000 on February).
In Drogheda, the median price of residential properties sold in A92 in March 2026, was €387,475, an increase of €2745 on February.
Of the 82 houses sold in Drogheda in March, 39 were to first time buyer owner-occupiers; 39 to former owner-occupiers and 4 were to non occupiers.
Thirty of the houses sold were new houses and the other 52 were existing.
The median price for the new houses sold was €406,347 (up €6,347 from February) while for existing houses it was €331,000 (down €12,000 from February).
Commenting on the release, Samantha Walsh, Statistician in the Prices Division, said:
“Residential property prices rose by 6.5% in the 12 months to March 2026, down from the 6.7% in the year to February 2026. In Dublin, residential property prices saw an increase of “5.7%, while residential property prices outside Dublin were 7.2% higher in March 2026 when compared with March 2025.
“The annual increase in residential property prices nationally of 6.5% for March 2026 represents the lowest annual increase since the 6.2% recorded in February 2024.
“In the 12 months to March 2026, house prices in Dublin rose by 5.1% while apartment prices increased by 7.8%. The highest house price growth in Dublin was in Dublin City at 6.0% while Fingal saw a rise of 3.4%.
“Outside of Dublin, house prices were up by 6.8% and apartment prices rose by 12.0%. The region outside of Dublin that saw the largest growth in house prices was the Midlands (Laois, Longford, Offaly, and Westmeath) at 13.4%, while at the other end of the scale, the South-West (Cork and Kerry) saw a rise of 3.6%.
“Households paid a median or mid-point price of €390,461 for a residential property in the 12 months to March 2026. The highest median price paid for a dwelling was €685,000 in Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown, while the lowest was €200,000 in both Donegal and Longford.
“The most expensive Eircode area over the 12 months to March 2026 was A94 (Blackrock, Dublin) with a median price of €845,000, while F45 (Castlerea, Roscommon) had the least expensive median price of €150,500.”