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Highest house-price growth in Dublin’s Fingal

The national Residential Property Price Index (RPPI) indicates that prices in Dublin are rising by 8.3% and prices outside Dublin are up by 9.0%, CSO data shows.

In December 2024, 5,177 dwelling purchases by households at market prices were filed with the Revenue Commissioners – up 2.3% when compared with the 5,063 purchases in December 2023.

Statistician Niall Corkery said property prices rose by 8.7% in the 12 months to December 2024, down from 9.6% in the year to November 2024.

House prices in Dublin rose by 8.7% while apartment prices increased by 6.9%.

The highest house-price growth in Dublin was in Fingal at 10%, while South Dublin saw a rise of 6.9%.

Outside Dublin, house prices were up by 9.3% and apartment prices rose by 5.8%.

The region outside of Dublin that saw the largest growth in house prices was Cavan, Donegal, Leitrim, Monaghan, and Sligo, at 14.2%, while at the other end of the scale, the mid-east (Kildare, Louth, Meath, and Wicklow) saw a 5.9% rise.

Median price

Households paid a median or mid-point price of €355,000 for a residential property in the 12 months to December 2024, compared with €259,000 in 2019, and €155,000 in 2013.

The lowest median price paid for a dwelling was €182,250 in Longford, while the highest was €660,000 in Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown.

A table of median prices by Eircode area is available from the CSO.

In 2024, a total of 48,775 dwelling purchases by households at market prices were filed with Revenue. This represents a 2.9% decrease compared with 50,234 purchases in 2023.

The annual national index for 2024 reached a value of 183.4, which is 12.7% higher than it was for 2007 when it reached a peak of 162.7, the CSO said.