The Irish housing market in Q2 2026
Prices kept climbing while transactions slowed: the median home sold for €393,000, up 6.2% year on year, across 13,026 sales. Every one of them monitored, geolocated and enriched by Geowox.
Resilient prices, declining transactions
The Irish property market remained resilient in Q2 2026, with home prices rising despite a decline in transactions. The median home price reached €393,000, up 6.2% year on year, while sales dropped 6.5% to 13,026 units.
County Dublin remains the most expensive region at €500,000, a 42.9% premium over the rest of the country. Within the capital, D06 leads with a median of €901,000 while D17 remains the most affordable postcode at €332,000.
Urban and rural prices continued to climb, rising 4.2% and 7.7% respectively. Driven by that stronger growth, rural homes now command a 12% premium over urban properties. Houses (€405,000, +6.6%) showed stronger momentum than apartments (€330,000, +3.1%). Energy-efficient homes (BER A-B) carry a 27.3% premium over less efficient stock, and at a median of €450,000, new homes are now 26.8% more expensive than existing properties.
National prices: Dublin plateaus, the rest catches up
County Dublin's median was almost flat year on year (+0.8%), while the rest of the country rose 7.7%, slightly narrowing a gap that still stands at 42.9%.
| Median price | Q2 2021 | Q2 2024 | Q2 2025 | Q2 2026 | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Co. Dublin | €383K | €460K | €496K | €500K | +0.8% |
| Rest of Ireland | €210K | €295K | €325K | €350K | +7.7% |
| Rep. of Ireland | €255K | €338K | €370K | €393K | +6.2% |
Dublin, Wicklow and Kildare stay on top
The highest median prices remain concentrated in Co. Dublin (€500K), Co. Wicklow (€460K) and Co. Kildare (€455K). Co. Longford is the most affordable at €193K. The sharpest annual growth came from Monaghan (+36.5%), Roscommon (+33.7%) and Laois (+26.8%).
| County | Median, Q2 2026 | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carlow | €291K | +16.4% | |
| Cavan | €243K | +1.3% | |
| Clare | €335K | +18.8% | |
| Cork | €390K | +8.9% | |
| Donegal | €200K | +11.7% | |
| Dublin | €500K | +0.8% | |
| Galway | €385K | +4.1% | |
| Kerry | €305K | +7.8% | |
| Kildare | €455K | +4.6% | |
| Kilkenny | €340K | +4.6% | |
| Laois | €345K | +26.8% | |
| Leitrim | €228K | +14.0% | |
| Limerick | €322K | -3.7% | |
| Longford | €193K | -1.6% | |
| Louth | €380K | +3.8% | |
| Mayo | €237K | +17.3% | |
| Meath | €425K | +6.5% | |
| Monaghan | €269K | +36.5% | |
| Offaly | €285K | +5.6% | |
| Roscommon | €250K | +33.7% | |
| Sligo | €260K | +4.0% | |
| Tipperary | €269K | +3.1% | |
| Waterford | €319K | +6.7% | |
| Westmeath | €310K | 0.0% | |
| Wexford | €310K | +6.5% | |
| Wicklow | €460K | +4.5% | |
| Rep. of Ireland | €393K | +6.2% |
Among the main towns (houses only), Dublin city and suburbs remain the most expensive market at €570K, followed by Naas at €490K; Lifford is the most affordable town at €119K.
D06 crosses the €900K mark
The capital's premium postcodes are led by D06 (€901K, +11.2%), D6W (€785K) and D14 (€720K). D17 remains Dublin's most affordable entry point at €332K. The largest annual declines came in D04 (-10.5%) and D18 (-6.9%).
| Eircode | Median, Q2 2026 | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D01 | €378K | +2.2% | |
| D02 | €498K | -4.6% | |
| D03 | €533K | -6.2% | |
| D04 | €656K | -10.5% | |
| D05 | €525K | +0.2% | |
| D06 | €901K | +11.2% | |
| D6W | €785K | +11.3% | |
| D07 | €484K | -1.9% | |
| D08 | €404K | +4.9% | |
| D09 | €500K | -1.8% | |
| D10 | €350K | +2.3% | |
| D11 | €349K | -4.6% | |
| D12 | €485K | +4.8% | |
| D13 | €550K | +4.6% | |
| D14 | €720K | +2.0% | |
| D15 | €420K | +1.0% | |
| D16 | €658K | +4.4% | |
| D17 | €332K | +1.5% | |
| D18 | €610K | -6.9% | |
| D20 | €460K | +5.7% | |
| D22 | €380K | -1.6% | |
| D24 | €430K | +15.6% | |
| Co. Dublin | €490K | +1.0% |
Median prices for houses only.
Where the premiums sit
Property type
Median price, Q2 2026
Urbanisation
Median price, Q2 2026
Transaction type
Median price, Q2 2026
Energy efficiency
Median price, Q2 2026 · existing homes only
Transactions slow to 13,026
Overall sales activity fell 6.5% year on year, pulled down by a 12% decline in rural sales. Co. Dublin (-9.2%) and Co. Galway (-10.9%) mirrored the national drop, while Co. Cork posted a slight uptick of 3%. The only growth came from energy-efficient homes (+2.7%) and new builds (+1.1%).
| Segment | Sales, Q2 2026 | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Property type | ||
| Houses | 10,763 | -7.5% |
| Apartments | 2,263 | -1.4% |
| Transaction type | ||
| Existing homes | 9,761 | -8.8% |
| New homes | 3,265 | +1.1% |
| Urbanisation | ||
| Urban | 8,474 | -3.2% |
| Rural | 4,552 | -12.0% |
| Energy efficiency | ||
| BER A-B | 1,818 | +2.7% |
| BER C-G | 5,852 | -5.6% |
| Rep. of Ireland | 13,026 | -6.5% |
The energy-efficiency split covers sales with a recorded BER rating, so those groups do not sum to the national total.
The market keeps shifting up the price ladder
Sales were heavily concentrated between €250K and €500K. Volumes above €500K held steady, while sales under €150K continued to decline, down from 2,802 in Q2 2021 to 915 this quarter.
| Price class | Sales, Q2 2026 | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|
| ≤ €150K | 915 | 7.0% | |
| €151-250K | 1,734 | 13.3% | |
| €251-375K | 3,369 | 25.9% | |
| €376-500K | 3,932 | 30.2% | |
| €501-675K | 1,740 | 13.4% | |
| €676-800K | 473 | 3.6% | |
| ≥ €801K | 863 | 6.6% |
Methodology
The Geowox Housing Market Report fills a data gap in Irish home sales: while good data exists for rental and sales listings, no detailed, reliable public data covers realised home sales in the Republic of Ireland. Geowox monitors, geolocates and enriches each home sale in the country to provide statistics on achieved prices and volumes by time of sale, geographic area and home type.
Prices are reported as medians rather than averages, because the median is less sensitive to outlier distortion. "Urban" means a town of at least 50 occupied dwellings, no more than 100 metres between neighbouring buildings, and evidence of an urban centre such as a shop or school; everything else is rural. Energy efficiency groups BER classes A-B (efficient) against C-G (inefficient), and the energy-efficiency price analysis excludes new homes to isolate the effect of the rating on existing stock.
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