House prices in Kildare jumped by 8% in 12 months to August - CSO

House prices in Kildare, Louth, Meath and Wicklow - known as the Mid East region- experienced the the lowest growth at 8% in 12 months to August, according to the Central Statistics Office (CSO).

Nationally, residential property prices have risen by 10.1% in the same period.

Prices are now 13.4% above the peak they reached in April 2007 before the market crashed during the financial crisis.

In Dublin, residential property prices saw an increase of 10.8%, while property prices outside Dublin were 9.6% higher in August 2024 when compared with a year earlier. 

Outside of Dublin, the border region of Cavan, Donegal, Leitrim, Monaghan and Sligo saw the biggest increase in prices at 15%.

Today's CSO figures show that last month the median price for a home nationally was €345,000.

The highest prices were in Dun Laoghaire Rathdown in Dublin where prices were €635,000, while they were €175,000 in Longford.

RTE.ie reports that CSO expert Niall Corkery said that residential property prices rose by 10.1% in the 12 months to August 2024, up from 9.6% in the year to July 2024.

"In Dublin, residential property prices saw an increase of 10.8%, while property prices outside Dublin were 9.6% higher in August 2024 when compared with a year earlier," he stated.

Outside Dublin house prices were up by 9.5% and apartment prices increased by 10.1%.