Dublin Home Prices Continue to Rise in Early 2019

According to the latest House Price Report by Daft.ie, Ireland housing prices nationally rose by 2.9% during the first three months of 2019. The national average price in the first quarter of the year was €261,000, up 5.9% on the figure for the same period last year, an increase of €15,000 on average. It is the 22nd consecutive quarter that the national average price was higher than a year ago. In Dublin, prices in the first three months of 2019 were 4% higher than a year previously, compared to a rise of 8% seen a year ago. The average house price is now €383,000, 74% above its lowest point. In Dublin, prices reached their lowest point in the second quarter of 2012 and have risen by an average of 74% - or €163,000 - since that time. In four Dublin postal districts, prices have doubled in that time.