Local authority · data to June 2026
House prices in Louth
Homes in Louth sold for an average €376,649 in the quarter to June 2026, up 8.6% on a year before. That is higher than in 67% of councils.
- Average sale price
- €376,649
- Change in a year
- +8.6%
Louth: +77.2% in 16 years
Average price of homes bought by households, by quarter
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| Quarter | Louth |
|---|---|
| Q2 2026 | €376,649 |
| Q1 2026 | €363,108 |
| Q4 2025 | €364,246 |
| Q3 2025 | €345,111 |
| Q2 2025 | €346,832 |
| Q1 2025 | €328,000 |
| Q4 2024 | €331,918 |
| Q3 2024 | €320,397 |
| Q2 2024 | €307,622 |
| Q1 2024 | €299,949 |
| Q4 2023 | €313,506 |
| Q3 2023 | €291,617 |
| Q2 2023 | €279,666 |
| Q1 2023 | €286,888 |
| Q4 2022 | €277,856 |
| Q3 2022 | €283,748 |
| Q2 2022 | €263,758 |
| Q1 2022 | €254,615 |
| Q4 2021 | €266,237 |
| Q3 2021 | €255,366 |
| Q2 2021 | €245,162 |
| Q1 2021 | €229,389 |
| Q4 2020 | €237,956 |
| Q3 2020 | €234,780 |
| Q2 2020 | €217,885 |
| Q1 2020 | €219,871 |
| Q4 2019 | €224,984 |
| Q3 2019 | €215,894 |
| Q2 2019 | €230,867 |
| Q1 2019 | €200,869 |
| Q4 2018 | €221,892 |
| Q3 2018 | €215,702 |
| Q2 2018 | €214,064 |
| Q1 2018 | €214,743 |
| Q4 2017 | €201,998 |
| Q3 2017 | €200,170 |
| Q2 2017 | €192,990 |
| Q1 2017 | €171,160 |
| Q4 2016 | €183,359 |
| Q3 2016 | €171,999 |
| Q2 2016 | €164,502 |
| Q1 2016 | €154,132 |
| Q4 2015 | €155,159 |
| Q3 2015 | €155,525 |
| Q2 2015 | €138,850 |
| Q1 2015 | €146,895 |
| Q4 2014 | €144,821 |
| Q3 2014 | €152,229 |
| Q2 2014 | €134,883 |
| Q1 2014 | €120,707 |
| Q4 2013 | €137,674 |
| Q3 2013 | €118,537 |
| Q2 2013 | €131,918 |
| Q1 2013 | €130,257 |
| Q4 2012 | €144,964 |
| Q3 2012 | €151,020 |
| Q2 2012 | €134,200 |
| Q1 2012 | €151,499 |
| Q4 2011 | €149,317 |
| Q3 2011 | €157,808 |
| Q2 2011 | €167,939 |
| Q1 2011 | €180,486 |
| Q4 2010 | €187,237 |
| Q3 2010 | €193,354 |
| Q2 2010 | €213,999 |
| Q1 2010 | €212,523 |
Reports for Louth
Each report opens the full series and the assumptions behind these figures.
At the average sale price, a home costs €376,649. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is €1,513 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
- 19%
- Payment, one income
- 38%
Owning and renting the average home cost about the same each month. 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
- €1,433
- Owning per month
- €1,449
19.1% fewer homes were granted planning permission in the last 12 months than in an average year of the past decade.
- Permitted, 12 months
- 1,006
- Per 1,000 residents
- 7.2
Sale prices have fallen by 3% or more 6 times since 2010. The deepest began in Q2 2010.
- Deepest fall
- −44.6%
- Recovery from the low
- 54 months
8.0% of the 54,842 homes counted in the 2022 census were unoccupied: vacant, or holiday homes.
- Empty, 2022 census
- 8.0%
- Empty homes
- 4,363
Other councils in Mid-East
Average price
- €550,000 and over
- €450,000 to €550,000
- €350,000 to €450,000
- €300,000 to €350,000
- €250,000 to €300,000
- Under €250,000
- No published price