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Residential Property Price Index February 2023

The national Residential Property Price Index increased by 5% in the 12 months to February 2023

Online ISSN: 2009-5236
CSO statistical publication, , 11am

Key Findings

  • The national Residential Property Price Index (RPPI) increased by 5% in the 12 months to February 2023, with prices in Dublin rising by 3.2% and prices outside Dublin up by 6.4%.

  • In February 2023, 3,351 dwelling purchases by households at market prices were filed with the Revenue Commissioners, down by 6.5% compared with the 3,584 purchases in February 2022.

  • The median price of a dwelling purchased in the 12 months to February 2023 was €310,000.

  • The lowest median price for a house in the 12 months to February 2023 was €152,000 in Longford, while the highest median price was €630,000 in Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown.

Statistician's Comment

The Central Statistics Office (CSO) has today (14 April 2023) released Residential Property Price Index (RPPI) February 2023.

Commenting on the release, Viacheslav Voronovich, Statistician in the Prices Division, said: “Residential property prices rose by 5% in the 12 months to February 2023, down from 6.1% in the year to January 2023, and from the high values of 15.1% in the 12 months to February and March 2022.  In Dublin, residential property prices saw an increase of 3.2%, while property prices outside Dublin were 6.4% higher than a year earlier.

In Dublin, house prices increased by 3% and apartment prices were up by 4%. The highest house price growth in Dublin was in South Dublin at 9.3%, while Dublin City saw a decline of 0.5%.

Outside Dublin, house prices were up by 6.6% and apartment prices rose by 3.3%. The region outside of Dublin that saw the largest rise in house prices was the Border (Cavan, Donegal, Leitrim, Monaghan, Sligo) at 9%, while at the other end of the scale, the Mid-West (Clare, Limerick, Tipperary) saw an 4.9% rise.  

In February 2023, 3,351 dwelling purchases by households at market prices were filed with the Revenue Commissioners, a decrease of 6.5% compared with the 3,584 purchases in February 2022.

Households paid a median or mid-point price of €310,000 for a residential property in the 12 months to February 2023. The lowest median price paid for a dwelling was €152,000 in Longford, while the highest was €630,000 in Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown.

The most expensive Eircode area over the 12 months to February 2023 was A94 'Blackrock' with a median price of €755,000, while F35 'Ballyhaunis' and F45 ‘Castlerea’ shared the least expensive price of €130,000."

Table 1.1 Residential Property Price Index February 2023
Figure 1.1: Residential Property Price Index 12 month % change
Figure 1.2: National and Regional annual percentage changes

Historical Trends

The national index has now reached the value of 167.1, which is 2.1% above its highest level at the peak of the property boom in April 2007. Dublin residential property prices are 7.7% lower than their February 2007 peak, while residential property prices in the Rest of Ireland are 2.1% higher than their May 2007 peak.

Property prices nationally have increased by 127.7% from their trough in early 2013. Dublin residential property prices have risen by 128.7% from their February 2012 low, whilst residential property prices in the Rest of Ireland are 135% higher than at the trough, which was in May 2013. See Figure 1.3.

Figure 1.3 Residential Property Price Index
Note

RPPI is based on Revenue stamp duty returns, which have a 44 day submission deadline. To account for this fact and also for late filings, the RPPI for the latest three months is provisional and subject to revision. See Background Notes