LAST UPDATE | 14 Apr 2022

HOUSE PRICES HAVE risen by 15.3% in the 12 months up to February 2022, according to new figures from the Central Statistics Office (CSO).

The highest price increases were outside Dublin, with house prices increasing by 16.8% while house prices rose by 13.5% in Dublin.

There were also increases in apartment prices, with Dublin apartments increasing by 12.8% while apartments outside the capital increased by 17.8%.

The median price of a house that was bought in the 12 months up to February was €282,000, which has risen from €280,000 in January.

The highest median price for a house in the 12 months up to February was €600,000 in Dun-Laoghaire Rathdown, while the lowest median price was €132,750 in Longford.

According to the CSO, there were 3,584 homes purchased at market prices and filed with Revenue in February, an 11.8% increase compared to February 2021.

A majority of these purchases were existing dwellings at 3,036 (84.7%), with just 548 (15.3%) new houses/apartments being purchased in February 2022.

Sinn Féin’s Housing Spokesperson Eoin Ó Broin says that due to increasing unaffordability and the pressure that the growing number of Ukrainian refugees entering Ireland, the Government needs to revise both social and affordable housing targets.

“In light of a shrinking rental sector and a rising housing need, including the housing needs of Ukrainian refugees, the government must now accept that its housing plan has been overtaken by ever growing housing need,” said Ó Broin.

“Government must revise upwards its social and affordable housing targets. It also needs to adjust its delivery mechanisms, including a review of the public spending code and the tendering and procurement process for public housing.”

He called for “more modern” methods of building to be adopted, saying that it would make building quicker, cheaper and better for the environment.