Price of four-bed home in Laois soars by almost €30,000 in past year

Laois experienced the sharpest increase in property prices in the past year of all the counties in Leinster.

Property prices in the county have risen by €20,000 in the last 12 months, according to the latest MyHome Property Price Report.

The median asking price for a property in Laois now stands at €235,000, an increase of 9%. This is drastically higher than the annual asking price inflation of 4.7% nationally. 

The report for the first quarter of 2026, published in association with Bank of Ireland, shows that asking prices for a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Laois rose by €10,000 in the past year to €225,000. This means that prices rose by €5,000 over the quarter.

Meanwhile, the asking price for a four-bedroom semi-detached house in Laois rose by €29,500 in the last year to €279,000. This price rose by €2,000 over the first three months of the year.

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The report also shows that there was an increase in the number of houses for sale in Laois at the start of the year with 123 properties up for sale. This was an increase of 9% over the quarter.

The average time for a property to go sale agreed in the county after being placed up for sale now stands at just over three months.

The author of the report, Conall MacCoille, Chief Economist at Bank of Ireland, said that competition among buyers across the country remains "intense" as the median transaction price is still 7% over the original asking price and the national median property takes just one month to go sale agreed. 

Looking ahead to the future, he said: "A notable feature of the Irish housing market in 2026 will be elevated numbers of small landlords in the private rented sector leaving that market and selling their properties – the catalyst being new stricter regulations and the introduction of six-year minimum tenancies.

"Residential Tenancies Board (RTB) data show there were 10,612 notices-of-termination received in H2 2025, up almost 40% on the year before. These home sales may add significantly to market liquidity in 2026. However, overall transaction levels could be further depressed by another contraction in the number of owner-occupiers moving homes."

He added: "We are also mindful the recent surge in Brent oil above $100 per barrel will feed through into build cost inflation – potentially adding another headwind to the construction sector."