More construction is needed if the cost of housing is to improve. That's the key message from the latest report from Daft.ie which shows house prices nationally are up almost 6 percent on this time last year.
House prices are up again - by almost 6%, but inflation has started to ease, as housing supplies stabilise.
In Wicklow, the average price of a four-bedroom detached house in the third quarter of 2025 was €728,000, up 9.7% on a year ago.
The median price of a newly built home in the year to June was €435,000, up almost 9% on the previous year less than in Wicklow which stood at €475,000.
Transactions in Co. Wicklow rose annually by €4,491 as measured per square metre for a three-bedroom semi-detached as of the third quarter ending August.
The latest report from DAFT.ie shows house prices rose by an average of 0.8 percent in the third quarter and almost 6 percent year-on-year.
Prices are now 39% above their pre-covid levels and 10% below their Celtic Tiger peak.
On September 1st, there were a total of 11,925 second-hand homes for sale nationwide, up marginally (1%) on the same date a year previously.
Nonetheless, availability is less than half (down 52%) compared to the 2015-2019 average.
The number of second-hand homes listed in the 12 months to August was just under 52,000, up 1% year-on-year but still about 25% below the 2015-2019 average.
Sales prices in Leinster (outside Dublin) were 1.6% higher in the third quarter than three months earlier – and 7.2% higher than a year ago.
The average price of a three-bed semi-detached property in Q3 was €361,499.
Prices in the province are now 45% above their pre-covid levels and 8% below their Celtic Tiger peak.
On September 1st, there were a total of 2,825 second-hand homes for sale in Leinster, down 5% on the same date a year previously.
Availability is now less than half the 2015-2019 average, when there were typically close to 6,000 homes for sale at any one time.
The total number of second-hand homes put up for sale in Leinster in the year to August was roughly 13,400, down 3% year-on-year and 12% below the 2015-2019 average.
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