The typical home in Ireland now sells for €394,000. That figure comes from the 58,268 sales recorded on the Property Price Register in the 12 months to August 2026. Prices are up 52% in five years, and have more than doubled since the market bottomed out at €148,000 in 2013.

But what a home costs depends heavily on where you look. Our interactive tracker shows the typical sale price in every county, how quickly prices are rising, how many years of local earnings it takes to buy, and how many new homes are being built. Choose your county, compare it with Ireland or anywhere else, or tap any house on the street.

How to use the tracker

Choose a county from the County menu and what to compare it with from Compare with, then select Compare. You can also tap any house in The street to open that county straight away.

• The drawing at the top shows your county’s house next to the comparison, each wall scaled to the typical sale price.
• The floor plan sets out eight key figures, each with how the county ranks.
• Built up over time shows prices every year since 2010, for all homes, new homes or second-hand homes.
• Storeys of pay draws affordability as a tower, one floor for every year of median earnings needed to buy.
• Schedule of counties ranks all 26 counties. Select any heading to sort the table.

What the data shows

Dublin is the most expensive county, Longford the least. A typical home in Dublin sold for €500,000 in the past 12 months, followed by Wicklow (€475,000) and Kildare (€450,000). At the other end, typical prices were €195,500 in Longford, €205,000 in Donegal and €220,000 in Leitrim.

The fastest price growth is in the northwest. Over five years, typical prices rose 97% in Sligo, 94% in Leitrim and 88% in Roscommon, as buyers looked beyond the east coast. Growth was slowest in the most expensive counties: 28% in Wicklow, 32% in Dublin and 37% in Kildare.

Homes have become harder to afford. In 2024, a typical home in Ireland cost 9.2 years of median earnings, up from 6.5 years in 2011. The gap is widest in Wicklow (11.5 years) and Dublin (11.1 years). Leitrim remains the most affordable county, at 4.9 years.

In four counties, a couple on median pay falls short. Two people each on their county’s median earnings, borrowing the maximum Central Bank lending rules allow, could reach the typical 2024 sale price in 22 of 26 counties. The exceptions are Dublin, Wicklow, Kildare and Meath, the commuter belt where demand is highest.

New-build homes cost more. Across Ireland, the typical new home sold for €450,000 in the past 12 months, against €357,000 for a second-hand home. New homes made up about a quarter of all sales.

Building is concentrated around Dublin. Around 36,200 new homes were completed in 2025. Dublin alone accounted for 13,681, mostly apartments. Relative to population, Louth built the most, at 11 new homes per 1,000 people. Longford built the fewest, at 2.1 per 1,000.

Use the tracker above to see how your own county measures up.

About the data

Sale prices come from the Residential Property Price Register, published by the Property Services Regulatory Authority. It records every residential sale in Ireland since 2010. Our figures are medians, meaning half of homes sold for more and half for less, which avoids distortion from a handful of very expensive sales. Sales not at full market price are excluded. VAT at 13.5% is added to new homes listed without it, so new and second-hand prices can be compared fairly. Recent months may be incomplete, because sales take time to appear on the register.

Earnings are the CSO’s median weekly earnings by county of residence, with 2024 the latest year available. New homes are the CSO’s new dwelling completions by local authority. Population figures are from Census 2022.

Frequently asked questions

What is the average house price in Ireland?
The typical (median) home sold for €394,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, based on the Property Price Register.

Which county has the most expensive homes?
Dublin, where the typical home sold for €500,000, followed by Wicklow and Kildare.

Which county has the cheapest homes?
Longford, with a typical sale price of €195,500, followed by Donegal and Leitrim.

How many years of pay does it take to buy a home in Ireland?
In 2024, a typical home cost 9.2 years of median earnings nationally, up from 6.5 years in 2011.

How is “what a couple could buy” worked out?
It assumes two people each earning their county’s median wage, borrowing four times their combined income with a 10% deposit. Those are the Central Bank’s limits for first-time buyers. It’s an estimate, not financial advice.

How many new homes were built in Ireland in 2025?
Around 36,200 new homes were completed, according to the CSO’s figures by local authority.