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Past price cycles in Laois

Sale prices have fallen by 3% or more 5 times since 2010. The deepest began in Q2 2010.

Deepest fall
−53.2%
Recovery from the low
87 months

Prices in Laois and in Ireland, indexed

Average sale prices, both set to 100 in Q1 2010.

  • Laois
  • 100 = Q1 2010
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PeriodLaois
Q2 2026185.1
Q1 2026191.1
Q4 2025180.1
Q3 2025170.3
Q2 2025150.3
Q1 2025160.6
Q4 2024155.1
Q3 2024144.8
Q2 2024142.5
Q1 2024140.5
Q4 2023151.3
Q3 2023141.1
Q2 2023133.3
Q1 2023133.2
Q4 2022127.3
Q3 2022130.6
Q2 2022119.7
Q1 2022120.5
Q4 2021120.0
Q3 2021114.3
Q2 2021106.3
Q1 2021115.7
Q4 2020109.0
Q3 2020102.5
Q2 202094.9
Q1 202093.9
Q4 2019102.9
Q3 201995.4
Q2 201995.7
Q1 201994.8
Q4 201889.7
Q3 201893.4
Q2 201894.5
Q1 201886.7
Q4 201788.0
Q3 201785.2
Q2 201785.0
Q1 201779.0
Q4 201677.5
Q3 201670.4
Q2 201674.0
Q1 201668.5
Q4 201571.8
Q3 201574.9
Q2 201566.1
Q1 201563.3
Q4 201459.3
Q3 201459.5
Q2 201453.9
Q1 201455.6
Q4 201355.1
Q3 201349.5
Q2 201362.3
Q1 201361.1
Q4 201255.4
Q3 201256.3
Q2 201260.2
Q1 201260.1
Q4 201168.2
Q3 201172.3
Q2 201183.2
Q1 201178.3
Q4 201084.6
Q3 201093.6
Q2 2010105.8
Q1 2010100.0

Every fall of 3% or more

From the peak to the lowest month after it, and how long prices took to get back.

PeakLowFallMonths fallingMonths to recover
Q2 2010Q3 2013−53.2%3987
Q1 2021Q2 2021−8.1%36
Q4 2023Q1 2024−7.1%39
Q1 2025Q2 2025−6.4%33
Q1 2026Q2 2026−3.1%3Not yet

Ireland against the EU since 2015

Eurostat's house price index for all dwellings, 2015 = 100. National figures, comparable across member states.

  • Ireland
  • EU
  • 2015 = 100
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PeriodIrelandEU
Q2 2026205.9168.6
Q1 2026204.9166.5
Q4 2025203.2164.6
Q3 2025199.4163.5
Q2 2025194.3161.0
Q1 2025191.8158.5
Q4 2024190.0156.2
Q3 2024185.5155.1
Q2 2024180.3152.7
Q1 2024177.7149.8
Q4 2023173.7148.9
Q3 2023168.8149.1
Q2 2023166.3148.2
Q1 2023167.2147.6
Q4 2022168.4148.7
Q3 2022166.5150.9
Q2 2022161.9149.6
Q1 2022159.1146.2
Q4 2021155.1143.2
Q3 2021148.8140.2
Q2 2021141.7136.0
Q1 2021138.3132.1
Q4 2020136.3129.8
Q3 2020134.6128.1
Q2 2020134.2126.3
Q1 2020134.3124.4
Q4 2019135.3122.7
Q3 2019135.6121.5
Q2 2019133.7119.8
Q1 2019133.0117.6
Q4 2018134.2116.8
Q3 2018133.3115.9
Q2 2018130.4114.2
Q1 2018127.3112.3
Q4 2017125.2111.2
Q3 2017122.2110.4
Q2 2017115.9108.8
Q1 2017113.4106.9
Q4 2016112.1106.1
Q3 2016109.3105.4
Q2 2016104.8103.8
Q1 2016103.7102.0
Q4 2015103.3101.1
Q3 2015101.7100.8
Q2 201598.699.8
Q1 201596.498.3

The CSO's residential property price index goes back to 2005 for Ireland and Dublin, and to 2010 for the other regions and Dublin's four councils, where it covers houses only; it is adjusted for the mix of homes bought. Other councils use the average price of homes bought, by quarter since 2010, which is not. A fall counts once prices drop 3% below a peak, and ends when they are back at it.

Other reports for Laois

At the average sale price, a home costs €352,391. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is €1,415 a month. Ireland sets no cap on the payment; the Central Bank limits most mortgages to four times gross income for first-time buyers and 3.5 times for others.

Payment, two incomes
16%
Payment, one income
33%

Renting the average home costs less each month than owning it. Owning counts interest, running costs and the return the deposit could earn, at the average sale price; rent is the average rent of the tenancies registered with the RTB in the year. Repaying the loan is saving, so it is left out.

Rent per month
€1,235
Owning per month
€1,355

52.7% more homes were granted planning permission in the last 12 months than in an average year of the past decade.

Permitted, 12 months
1,032
Per 1,000 residents
11.2

8.0% of the 34,443 homes counted in the 2022 census were unoccupied: vacant, or holiday homes.

Empty, 2022 census
8.0%
Empty homes
2,772