Home-price growth eased in February – CSO
The annual rate of growth in residential-property prices eased in February, according to the latest official figures.
The Central Statistics Office (CSO) said that prices across the country rose by 6.8% in the year to February, compared with a revised 7.1% rate in January.
The smaller increase was mainly due to prices in Dublin, where the annual rate of growth slowed from January’s 6% to 5.6%, having accelerated in the previous two months.
Price increases outside Dublin eased from 8% in January to 7.8%.
The CSO figures show that the median price of a home bought during the year to February was €390,000.
Dublin City leads growth
In Dublin, house prices rose by 5% over the year, while apartments saw a 7.5% increase. Dublin City had the strongest growth in house prices at 6.8%.
Outside Dublin, house prices were up by 7.4% and apartment prices rose by 13.2% over the year.
The region outside of Dublin that saw the largest growth in house prices was the midlands (Laois, Longford, Offaly, and Westmeath) at 15.3%.
There were 3,370 home purchases filed with Revenue in February – up 3.9% compared with the same month last year.
Existing dwellings accounted for almost 76% of the purchases filed in February – an increase of 3.3% compared with February 2025. The balance of 812 were new dwellings, which was an annual jump of 35.3%.