House prices in Kildare swell to an average of €241K as property market inflation continues

The average price of a house in Kildare rose by 11% in the last year once again, mirroring the continued growth of the market in counties across the country.

In a report constructed by Daft.ie property expert Ronan Lyons, it shows a strengthening of house price inflation across the country. The year-on-year change in the average list price nationally was 9.4% in the first quarter of 2017, the highest it has been since the second quarter of 2015.

The average price of a house in Kildare three months ago was just under €230,000, but that has since shot up to a little under €240,987 over the course of just three months. The average price of a house in south Dublin is by far the highest in the country, with properties usually setting people back around €548,008.

Galway City and Cork City are other expensive areas to buy properties, while Wicklow remains the second most expensive county in the country to buy a home in, with the average asking price for a property in the Garden County coming in at €295,245.

The cheapest county to buy a house in is Longford, with the average asking price in the midlands county coming in at €116,843, while Leitrim is the second lowest at €121,093.

Every county in Leinster apart from Wicklow seen a rise of more than 10% in the price of homes in the past year, the highest of which was in Westmeath where there was a 14.9% increase.