Average House Prices In County Kildare In 2022 Were 15% Below Celtic Tiger Levels

Wednesday, 4 January 2023 10:12

By Caoimhe Harney

According to Daft.ie, the increase in availability on the market has been greatest in Leinster (up 51%)

The average asking price for a house in Kildare was €325,287 in 2022, 15% below its Celtic Tiger peak.

In Kildare, prices in the final three months of 2022 were 6% higher than a year previously, compared to a rise of 11% seen a year ago.

Daft.ie asking prices in Leinster;

Nationally, housing prices rose by 6.1% during 2022, according to the latest Daft.ie Sales Report released today by Ireland’s largest property website, daft.ie.

The average listed price nationwide in the final quarter of 2022 was €309,941, down 0.4% on the average for the third quarter of the year and 16% below the Celtic Tiger peak.

The 6.1% increase in 2022 compares with increases of 8.1% in 2021 and 7.7% in 2020 and a fall of 1.2% in 2019.

Compared to a year previously, prices in Dublin in the final quarter of 2022 were 5% higher, similar to the increase seen in Galway city (5.4%).

The increase in the last 12 months was larger in Galway city (8%) and Waterford city (6.4%), while prices in Cork city were 3.3% higher than a year ago. Outside the cities, prices rose by 7.1% on average – with similar increases seen in Leinster, Munster and Connacht-Ulster.

The number of homes available to buy on December 1st stood at just over 15,200, up 33% on the same date last year but still significantly below the 2019 average of 24,200. The increase in availability on the market has been greatest in Leinster (up 51%) and smallest in Munster (up 19%).