Note - Data released under the Residential Property Price Index series should be quoted as the official source of high level volume and median price transaction statistics.
- There were 50,030 residential properties sold in Ireland in 2022. This increased to 50,230 in 2023 but fell to 48,780 in 2024.
- The area with the most residential property transactions was Dublin City, which had 5,450 transactions in 2024.
- In contrast, Monaghan was the county with the lowest number of dwelling transactions with 320.
- The largest rise in volume of sales between 2023 and 2024 in percentage terms occurred in Wicklow, where sales rose by 19%, from 1,950 to 2,320.
- In contrast, the largest percentage fall in the volume of sales between 2023 and 2024 was in Kildare, where sales declined from 3,480 to 2,750, a decrease of 21%
- Howth-Malahide, in Fingal, was the LEA with the largest number of transactions in 2024, with 920.
- The LEA with the lowest number of transactions in 2024 was Granard, in Longford, at 70.
- Among LEA’s, the largest percentage growth in sales was recorded in Blanchardstown-Mulhuddart, with the number of properties sold rising from 300 to 620, a 107% increase.
The proportion of properties purchased jointly fell from 62% (31,280) in 2023 to 61% (29,910) in 2024.
The majority of purchasers did not have children in 2024.
- 35% were a sole purchaser without child/children.
- 31% were joint purchasers without child/children.
- 30% were joint purchasers with child/children.
- 4% were a sole purchaser with child/children.
- Meath had the largest share of joint transactions in 2024, with 71% (1,590) of homes purchased in the county bought by joint purchasers.
- In contrast, the lowest share of homes bought by joint purchasers in 2024 was in Leitrim at 49%, (180 transactions).
- Nationally, the average median purchase price increased from €327,000 in 2023 to €355,000 in 2024.
- Across all transaction types in 2024, the local authority of Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown had the highest median home purchase price with a value of €660,000.
- Longford was the county with the lowest median price, at €182,200.
- The county that had the biggest percentage increase in median price of residential properties sold between 2023 and 2024 was Sligo, up 26% from €190,000 to €239,000.
- There were no decreases in median price at county level between 2023 and 2024.
- The LEA with the highest median price in 2024 was Pembroke, Dublin City, with a value of €820,000.
- Pembroke also recorded the highest median price for joint transactions with a value of €940,000. The highest median price for sole transactions was found in Stillorgan, Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown, at €687,500.
- The lowest median price among LEAs was in Donegal, where the median price in Carndonagh stood at €147,500.
- Ballybay-Clones, in Monaghan had the lowest median price for a sole transaction at €110,000,
- Lifford-Stranorlar, in Donegal had the lowest median joint transaction price in 2024 at €164,000.
- Between 2023 and 2024, Strandhill, in Sligo had the largest percentage increase in median price among LEAs of 40%, from €192,500 to €270,000.
- In this same year, median prices in Roscrea-Templemore, in Tipperary, and Maynooth, in Kildare, fell by 9% and 8% respectively.
In 2024, the median price of a residential dwelling was €345,000, with a large variation by type of purchaser.
The median prices in 2024 were:
- €395,000 - joint purchasers with child/children
- €385,000 - joint purchasers without child/children
- €300,000 - sole purchaser with children
- €295,000 - sole purchaser without child/children
