The national average has risen almost 10% from the same period last year.
Dublin is no longer the nation's most expensive county to purchase a home in, following a study of Irish property prices for the second quarter of 2023.
The research, which was conducted by Geowox, found that
Wicklow is now the most expensive county in the country for house prices, with the median average equating to
€425,000.
Meanwhile
Dublin had just a slightly lower median average of
€424,000, with house prices nationally rising overall by
9.7% on the same period of last year, as the national median average hit
€316,000.
Kildare,
Meath and
Cork rounded off the list of Ireland's top five most expensive counties, with median property prices averaging at
€390,000,
€355,000 and
€306,000.
The most affordable median house prices were seen in
Cavan,
Sligo,
Leitrim, and
Donegal, with prices varying from
€151,000 to
€185,000.
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Tipperary saw the biggest jump in prices at a rate of 22%. (Credit: Getty Images)[/caption]
Surprising property prices across the country:
Laois,
Longford, and
Tipperary saw median house prices increase exponentially, at rates varying from
16.8% to
22%, seeing them endure the highest price hikes in the country.
Of all counties surveyed, only
Clare was found to have had
"stable" house prices between the second quarter of 2022 and of 2023.
The sharpest decline in median property prices across the entire country was Dublin's exclusive
D6 postcode, where prices fell by a staggering
28%.
Conversely, properties in
rural Ireland saw their prices rise by
16.7% year on year, in a welcome boost to rural homeowners.
€410,000 was the median price of a newly-built home nationally, whilst the average for an existing property was roughly
€290,000.
Overall, house sales across the state were down by
4.8%, with
13,378 homes, both new and existing, sold in the second quarter of 2023.
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