Carlow house prices increase since 2022

According to the Daft.ie House Price Report Q1 2023, Carlow property prices in the first three months of 2023 were 6% higher than a year previously, compared to a rise of 12% seen a year ago. The average price of a home is now €252,000, 16% below its Celtic Tiger peak.

Nationally, Housing prices fell by 0.3% in the first three months of 2023, the first time in a decade that there was a first-quarter fall in listed prices. The average listed price nationwide in the first quarter of 2023 was €308,497, 2.7% above the same period in 2022 and 17% below the Celtic Tiger peak. 

The number of homes available to buy on March 1 stood at just 13,000, up 30% on the same date last year but still significantly below the 2019 average of 24,200. In all parts of the country, the rate at which availability has increased has slowed in recent months.