Home-price growth slows again – CSO
The annual rate of growth in residential-property prices slowed for the fourth month in a row in July, according to the latest official figures.
The Central Statistics Office (CSO) said that prices across the country rose by 5.5% in the year to July, compared with 5.6% in June.
The rate of growth was the weakest since January 2024.
The slower growth was mainly due to prices in Dublin, where the rate of growth slowed from June’s 4.6% to 4.4%.
Border tops growth table
Outside Dublin, the annual rate of growth was unchanged at 6.4%.
The CSO figures show that the median price of a home bought during the year to July was €399,999.
In the 12 months to July, house prices in Dublin rose by 3.7%, while apartment prices increased by 6.8%. The highest house-price growth in Dublin was in Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown at 6%.
Outside Dublin, house prices were up by 6.2%, and apartment prices rose by 9.2%. The region outside of Dublin that saw the largest growth in house prices was the border (Cavan, Donegal, Leitrim, Monaghan, and Sligo) at 11%.
More new homes bought
During July, households filed 4,769 home purchases with Revenue – up 1.2% compared with the same month last year.
Existing dwellings accounted for 3,418 (71.7%) of July’s purchases – a drop of 4.2% compared with July 2025. The balance of 1,351 (28.3%) were new dwellings, which represented an annual increase of 18%.
The total value of homes bought was €2.17 billion in July – a 5.3% increase on the same month last year.
First-time buyers who were owner-occupiers accounted for just over 40% of the 51,310 homes filed with Revenue in the year to July.