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Residential Property Price Index April 2020

This release was compiled during the COVID-19 pandemic. For further information see Information Note on implications of COVID - 19 on the Residential Property Price Index - April 2020

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Residential property prices rise by 0.5% in the year to April

Table 1.1: Residential Property Price Index
MonthPrice Index (2015=100)Monthly % change Annual % change
February 2020134.2-0.11.0
March 2020134.30.00.9
April 2020133.9-0.20.5
The latest two month's RPPI results are provisional and subject to revision.
MonthNationalDublinRest of Ireland
Jan-10113.296.1135.3
Feb-10111.493.9133.7
Mar-1011091.8132.9
Apr-10109.491.6131.8
May-10107.590.7128.8
Jun-10106.389.5127.8
Jul-10105.288.8126.2
Aug-10104.989.3125
Sep-10103.689.1122.4
Oct-10101.987.7120.2
Nov-1099.885.9117.7
Dec-1098.384.4116.3
Jan-1197.583.5115.5
Feb-1195.681.8113.4
Mar-1193.379.5110.9
Apr-119278.9108.9
May-1190.477.6106.9
Jun-1189.176.5105.3
Jul-1187.275.4102.5
Aug-118573.999.4
Sep-1183.271.897.8
Oct-1181.770.496.3
Nov-1180.368.995.1
Dec-1179.167.693.9
Jan-1277.866.492.5
Feb-127664.690.8
Mar-1276.465.191.1
Apr-1275.264.888.7
May-127564.888.1
Jun-1274.865.187.3
Jul-1275.666.587.4
Aug-1275.767.486.6
Sep-1276.368.187
Oct-1276.668.886.8
Nov-1276.369.285.6
Dec-1276.67085.3
Jan-1375.269.482.9
Feb-1374.468.282.5
Mar-1373.467.880.7
Apr-1373.768.680.5
May-1373.769.179.8
Jun-1375.671.680.9
Jul-1377.474.281.6
Aug-1378.57681.8
Sep-1379.777.482.9
Oct-1380.277.983.4
Nov-1380.678.883
Dec-1381.579.884
Jan-1481.680.183.7
Feb-148280.584
Mar-1482.581.883.6
Apr-1484.384.284.6
May-1486.587.286
Jun-148990.887
Jul-1491.794.588.5
Aug-1493.696.690
Sep-1495.69991.5
Oct-1496.699.593.1
Nov-1496.999.394.2
Dec-1496.297.994.3
Jan-1596.598.394.6
Feb-1596.297.994.5
Mar-1596.597.895.2
Apr-1597.397.996.7
May-1598.498.598.4
Jun-1510099.9100.1
Jul-15100.8100.4101.2
Aug-15102101.4102.6
Sep-15102.4101.4103.4
Oct-15103.5102.6104.5
Nov-15103.2102.2104.3
Dec-15103101.6104.4
Jan-16104103.1104.9
Feb-16103.4102.3104.4
Mar-16103.7102.6104.8
Apr-16104.3103.2105.5
May-16104.5102.9106.2
Jun-16105.6103.1108.2
Jul-16107.9104.4111.5
Aug-16109.4106112.9
Sep-16110.7107.6113.9
Oct-16111.2107.9114.7
Nov-16112.7109.1116.4
Dec-16112.2108.4116.2
Jan-17113109117.1
Feb-17113.3109.3117.5
Mar-17113.8110117.7
Apr-17114.2109.2119.5
May-17115.9112120
June-17117.5114.1120.9
July-17120.4116.7124.3
Aug-17122.2118.4126.2
Sept-17123.9119.7128.1
Oct-17124.3120.3128.4
Nov-17125.3120.6130.1
Dec-17125.9121.1130.8
Jan-18126.5121.8131.3
Feb-18127.4122.9132
Mar-18128.2122.8133.8
Apr-18129.5123.3136
May-18130.3124.2136.7
June-18131.6124.4139.3
July-18132.4125.3140
Aug-18133.1126.3140.4
Sep-18134.4127.3141.9
Oct-18134.7127.7142.1
Nov-18134.2126.8142.1
Dec-18133.8125.8142.4
Jan-19133.1125.1141.6
Feb-19132.9124.7141.6
Mar-19133123.9142.9
Apr-19133.3123.9143.4
May-19133.6124.2143.9
June-19134.2124.5144.8
July-19135.3125.3146.2
Aug-19135.7125.8146.5
Sep-19135.9125.9146.7
Oct-19136125.9147
Nov-19135.7125.6146.8
Dec-19134.2123.6145.9
Jan-20134.4124.5145.3
Feb-20134.2124.6144.8
Mar-20134.3124.7144.7
Apr-20133.9123.9145

Residential property prices increased by 0.5% nationally in the year to April. This compares with an increase of 0.9% in the year to March and an increase of 2.9% in the twelve months to April 2019.

In Dublin, residential property prices decreased by 0.1% in the year to April - house prices increased by 0.2% and apartments increased by 0.9%. The highest house price growth in Dublin was in Fingal at 2.7%, while Dublin City and Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown both saw a decline of 1.8%.

Residential property prices in Ireland excluding Dublin were 1.1% higher in the year to April, with house prices up by 1.4% and apartments down by 0.8%. The region outside of Dublin that saw the largest rise in house prices was the West at 5.8% - at the other end of the scale, the South-East saw a 2.3% decline.

Overall Decline

Overall, the national index is 18.1% lower than its highest level in 2007. Dublin residential property prices are 22.6% lower than their February 2007 peak, while residential property prices in the Rest of Ireland are 21.1% lower than their May 2007 peak.

Recovery

Property prices nationally have increased by 82.6% from their trough in early 2013. Dublin residential property prices have risen 91.7% from their February 2012 low, whilst residential property prices in the Rest of Ireland are 81.6% higher than at the trough, which was in May 2013.

Price Indexannual percentage change
National - all residential properties0.5
National - houses0.8
National - apartments1
Dublin - all residential properties-0.1
Dublin - houses0.2
Dublin - apartments0.9
Dublin City - houses-1.8
Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown - houses-1.8
Fingal - houses2.7
South Dublin - houses-0.7
National excluding Dublin - all residential properties1.1
National excluding Dublin - houses1.4
National excluding Dublin - apartments-0.8
Border - houses4.4
Midland - houses-0.4
West - houses5.8
Mid-East - houses0.9
Mid-West - houses1.8
South-East - houses-2.3
South-West - houses2.5
Residential Property Price Index Breakdown (Base 2015=100)

Note

Because the RPPI is based on Revenue stamp duty returns, which have a 44 day submission deadline, only a fraction of the two most recent months' residential property transactions are available for index compilation the following month. This means that the RPPI for the latest two months is provisional and subject to revision. See Background Notes.

For further Information see tables on StatBank

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