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CSO: House Prices Up 3.7% In The Year to March.

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Average price in Kildare is now €325,000.

House prices rose by 3.7 per cent in the year up to March, according to latest CSO figures.

The average price in Kildare is now €325,000



The Blackrock Eircode in Dublin has the highest median house price in the country at €615.000, compared to the lowest in Clones in County Monaghan, at just over €80,000


The study also found prices are nearly 90 per cent higher nationally than at their lowest point in 2013.

Head of Mortgages at Finance One, Cian Carolan, says the issues within the housing market will have major ramifications for young people:

Both house and rent prices have gone up nationally, according to two separate reports released today.

The CSO Property price index saw a 3.7 percent rise in houses and apartments, with a 2 percent increase in rent nationally.

Andrew Lowth reports:

 

 

 

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