Louth sees modest January house price rises amid national 7% growth

The median house price for houses sold with the Dundalk Eircode A91 in January 2026 was €333,000, up €1000 from December 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 €370,000, up €5,000 on the previous month and €15,000 on November.

Of the 57 houses sold in Dundalk in January, 24 were to first time buyer owner-occupiers; 28 to former owner-occupiers and 5 were to non occupiers.

Thirty-nine of these houses were existing builds while eighteen were new homes.

The median price of the new houses sold was €392,500 (down €2500 on December) and the median price of existing houses sold in January was €250,000 (down €30,000 on December).

In Drogheda, the median price of residential properties sold in A92 in January 2026, was €383,000, an increase of €3000 on December and €8000 on November.

Of the 111 houses sold in Drogheda in January, 62 were to first time buyer owner-occupiers; 42 to former owner-occupiers and 7 were to non occupiers.

54 of the houses sold were new houses and the other 57 were existing. The median price for the new houses sold was €399, 250 (up from €392,500 in December) while for existing houses it was €341,000 (up from €322,000 in December.)

The national Residential Property Price Index (RPPI) increased by 7.0% in the 12 months to January 2026, up from the 6.9% recorded in the year to December 2025. Property prices in Dublin rose by 6.1% and prices outside Dublin were up by 7.7% compared with January 2025. The median price of a dwelling purchased in the 12 months to January 2026 was €389,986.

The highest median price for a dwelling in the 12 months to January 2026 was €680,000 in Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown, while the lowest median price was €195,000 in Donegal. In January 2026, 3,781 dwelling purchases by households were filed with the Revenue Commissioners at a total value of €1.66 billion. These purchases were made up of 2,686 existing dwellings and 1,095 new dwellings. Revenue data shows there were 1,566 first-time buyer purchases in January 2026.

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Commenting on the release, Edel Flannery, Senior Statistician in the Prices Division, said: “Residential property prices rose by 7.0% in the 12 months to January 2026, up from the 6.9% in the year to December 2025. In Dublin, residential property prices saw an increase of 6.1%, while residential property prices outside Dublin were 7.7% higher in January 2026 when compared with a year earlier.

“In the 12 months to January 2026, house prices in Dublin rose by 5.6% while apartment prices increased by 7.8%. The highest house price growth in Dublin was in Dublin City at 8.0% while Fingal saw a rise of 3.8%.

“Outside of Dublin, house prices were up by 7.3% and apartment prices rose by 12.3%. The region outside of Dublin that saw the largest growth in house prices was the Midlands (Laois, Longford, Offaly, and Westmeath) at 15.9%, while at the other end of the scale, the Mid-West (Clare, Limerick, and Tipperary) saw a rise of 5.6%.”