More Choice For Wicklow Buyers While Asking Prices For 3-Bed Semis Holds Steady

Asking prices in Wicklow are up €20,000 in a year

Asking prices for property in Wicklow have risen by €20,000 in the past year, with the median now standing at €450,000.

That’s according to the latest MyHome Property Price Report for the third quarter of 2026.

It also marks a €5,000 rise on the previous three months.

Wicklow at a glance

• Median asking price: €450,000
• Change on last year: up €20,000
• Change on last quarter: up €5,000
• Homes for sale: 602
• Average time to sale agreed: just under three months

Three-beds steady, four-beds surging

The picture varies sharply by house type. The asking price for a three-bed semi-detached home has stayed flat over the year at €425,000, and it hasn’t moved over the quarter either.

Four-bed semis tell a different story.

They’re now listed at a median of €595,000, which is €45,000 higher than a year ago and €10,000 up on the last quarter.

More choice for buyers

There were 602 properties for sale in the county at the end of September, up 2% on the previous quarter.

Homes that do find a buyer are going sale agreed in just under three months.

“All of these factors point to positive news for homebuyers.” Conall MacCoille, Chief Economist, Bank of Ireland

Nationally, asking prices are rising by 3.9% a year.  The national median price is €412,000.

Mr MacCoille, said the trend favours buyers.  “The rate of asking price inflation continues to slow, the number of properties for sale on MyHome is rising, and homebuilding has picked up,” he said.

Affordability remains a major hurdle. The median price is now 7.7 times the average annual pay of €54,000.

By contrast, first-time buyers in 2025 had a typical joint income of €95,000 and bought a property worth €408,000.

Does a better BER mean a bigger price tag?

Recent research by MyHome and the SEAI shows prices rise with every step up the BER scale.

Moving from a C-rated home to an A-rated one was estimated to bring an uplift of 10-13%, even after accounting for house type and location.

The effect can be smaller in more expensive urban areas, with a 1.8% increase for each point on the BER scale in Dublin.

Mr MacCoille said buyers may now be more conscious of energy savings and of their exposure to volatile electricity and gas charges.

MyHome says it is almost exactly on track with its forecast that the CSO’s Residential Property Price Index will rise by 4% through 2026.

Its forecast for housing completions is unchanged at 39,600 this year and 42,000 next year, which Mr MacCoille said is a far better outlook than many commentators predicted 12 to 18 months ago.

Joanne Geary, Managing Director of MyHome, said the report was good news for buyers but highlighted a wide gap between first-time buyers and movers.

“First-time buyer transactions are up by 12% year-on-year while mover transactions have fallen by 1.2%,” she said.

The same split shows up in mortgage lending. First-time buyer lending rose 6.6% to 12,567 loans, while the mover market fell 4.1% to 3,785 loans.

“Remarkably, first-time buyers now account for three-in-four mortgages, which is a notable trend we will continue to monitor in the months ahead,” Ms Geary said.