Average Home in Kildare Now Priced at €330,000: 14% Below Celtic Tiger Peak

Tuesday, 2 January 2024 14:40

By Martin Osborne

In Kildare, prices in the final three months of 2023 were 1% higher than a year previously.

The growth of asking prices for homes slowed last year.

Latest figures from Daft.ie shows prices nationally rose by 3.4 per cent in 2023, with the average asking price now just over 320-thousand euro.

It found asking prices in Dublin went up by an average of 2 per cent, while Offaly and Wicklow were the only counties that recorded price drops last year.

In Kildare, prices in the final three months of 2023 were 1% higher than a year previously, compared to a rise of 6% seen a year ago, according to the latest report.

The average price of a home in Kildare for the final quarter of 2023 was €330,000, 14% below its Celtic Tiger peak.

Sligo and Donegal saw the highest increases of 10.9 and 11.4 per cent.

Author of the report, Ronan Lyons, explains what factors house hunters should consider before buying:

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