Laois house prices reach staggering new high
New Central Statistics Office figures show an average property price of €350,000 in Laois
The average price of a house in Laois has risen by 18 per cent, to an average of €350,000, over the last twelve months, according to new figures from the Central Statistics Office (CSO).
The CSO’s Residential Property Price Index for July 2026 shows that house prices in the county have risen from an average of €295,000 in July 2025.
The report also gives an average price by Eircode area which shows that in July 2026 Portlaoise had an average house price of €353,439, up from €280,000 a year previous.
Nationally residential property prices rose by 5.5 per cent in the last twelve months to July.
The CSO said that households paid a median or mid-point price of €399,999 for a residential property in July. The highest median price paid for a home was €684,411 in Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown, while the lowest was €200,000 in Longford.
Outside of Dublin, the most expensive region over the last 12 months was Wicklow, with a median price of €475,000, followed by Kildare, which had a median price of €450,000.
Meanwhile, the most expensive Eircode area was A94 (Blackrock, Dublin) with a median price of €850,500, while F45 (Castlerea, Roscommon) had the cheapest median price of €158,500.