Laois house prices rise 10% in a year

House prices in Laois have risen by 10% in the last twelve months, according to the latest Residential Property Price report from the Central Statistics Office (CSO). The average cost of a home in Laois in June 2025 was €285,000, up from €260,000 during the same period last year. The CSO figures also show that the Portlaoise Eircode Area had an average house price of €276,500 in June up from €250,500 during the same month in 2024. 

Nationally residential property prices rose by 7.8% in the 12 months to June 2025. In Dublin, residential property prices saw an increase of 6.6%, while property prices outside Dublin were 8.8% higher in June 2025 when compared with a year earlier.

Commenting on the figures IPAV, the Institute of Professional Auctioneers & Valuers, said continuing house price increases of this magnitude are “unhealthy but understandable in the context of the paucity of supply.”

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Genevieve McGuirk, IPAV’s Chief Executive said, in today’s figures just 937 of the 4,029 homes bought were new builds.“That points to the size of the problem, leading many commentators to believe that the Government target of reaching 41,000 new homes this year will not be met,” she said.

And she said the “eagerly anticipated” new housing plan from Government, must deliver in a way that no previous initiative has.

“It must be comprehensive, and apart from the challenges that are already well documented, particularly around planning and infrastructure, it must recognise the needs of builders and developers, especially smaller builders for whom the cost of State finance has been prohibitive.”