House prices in Louth hit €330K
The median price of new houses sold in Dundalk was €372,500
The median house price for houses sold with the Dundalk Eircode A91 in February 2025 was €329,999, according to figures released by the CSO (Central Statistics Office) in their Residential Property Price Index report.
The county wide median house price for Louth now stands at €330,000.
Of the 46 houses sold in Dundalk in February, 21 were to first time buyer owner-occupiers; 21 to former owner-occupiers and 4 were to non occupiers.
Twenty-eight of these houses were existing builds while eighteen were new homes.
The median price of the new houses sold was €372,500 and the median price of existing houses sold in February was €274,000.
In Drogheda, the median price of residential properties sold in A92: Drogheda in February 2025, was €357,000.
Of the 91 houses sold in Drogheda in February, 42 were to first time buyer owner-occupiers; 42 to former owner-occupiers and 7 were to non occupiers.
Thirty-one of the houses sold were new houses and sixty were existing. The median price for the new houses sold was €374,999 while for existing houses it was €381,500.
Commenting on the national numbers, Niall Corkery, Statistician in the Prices Division of the CSO, said: “Residential property prices rose by 8.0% in the 12 months to February 2025, down from 8.2% in the year to January 2025. In Dublin, residential property prices saw an increase of 7.1%, while property prices outside Dublin were 8.7% higher in February 2025 when compared with a year earlier.
“In the 12 months to February 2025, house prices in Dublin rose by 7.7% while apartment prices increased by 5.3%. The highest house price growth in Dublin was in Fingal at 9.0% while both Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown and South Dublin saw a rise of 7.2%.
“Outside Dublin, house prices were up by 9.0% and apartment prices rose by 4.9%. The region outside of Dublin that saw the largest growth in house prices was the Border (Cavan, Donegal, Leitrim, Monaghan, and Sligo) at 13.4%, while at the other end of the scale, the Mid-East (Kildare, Louth, Meath, and Wicklow) saw a 5.8% rise.
“Households paid a median or mid-point price of €360,000 for a residential property in the 12 months to February 2025. The highest median price paid for a dwelling was €670,000 in Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown, while the lowest was €185,000 in Leitrim.
“The most expensive Eircode area over the 12 months to February 2025 was A94 'Blackrock' with a median price of €747,750, while F45 'Castlerea' had the least expensive price of €148,000.”