Home-price growth slowed to 5.6% in June
The annual rate of growth in residential-property prices slowed for the fourth month in a row in June, according to the latest official figures.
The Central Statistics Office (CSO) said that prices across the country rose by 5.6% in the year to June, compared with a revised 6.1% rate in May.
The rate of growth was the weakest since January 2024.
Outside Dublin, the annual rate of growth slowed from May’s 7% to 6.4%, while price growth in the capital eased from 5% in May to 4.6% in June.
The CSO figures show that the median price of a home bought during the year to June was €396,000.
Border region tops list
In Dublin, house prices rose by 3.9% over the year, while apartments saw a 7% increase. The highest house-price growth in Dublin was in Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown at 4.8%.
Outside Dublin, house prices were up by 6% and apartment prices rose by 10.2% over the year.
The region outside of Dublin that saw the largest growth in house prices was the border (Cavan, Donegal, Leitrim, Monaghan, and Sligo) at 10.5%.
More new homes bought
There were 4,058 home purchases filed with Revenue in June – up 0.7% compared with the same month last year.
The total value of these transactions was up 6.8% over the year to €1.82 billion.
Existing dwellings accounted for almost 2,973 (73.3%) of the purchases filed in June – a drop of 3.8% compared with June 2025. The balance of 1,085 were new dwellings, representing an annual increase of 15.8%.
CSO figures for the second quarter (Q2) of 2026 show that prices of new homes were 6% higher than in the same quarter of last year.
This compares with an increase of 6.4% in the year to the first quarter of 2026.
The growth rate for existing homes also slowed – from 7% in the first quarter to 5.9% in Q2 of this year.