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In Kilkenny, house prices in the final three months of 2024 were 9% higher than a year previously, compared to a rise of 2% seen during 2023.
The average price of a home is now €306,000, 42% above the level seen at the start of the Covid-19 pandemic.
Housing prices nationally rose by an average of 9% during 2024, according to the latest Daft.ie House Price Report released today by Ireland’s largest property website, Daft.ie.
The typical listed price nationwide in the final quarter of 2024 was €332,109, 1.4% higher than in the third quarter of the year and 30% higher than at the onset of the pandemic.
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Prices rose for the fourth consecutive quarter in Dublin, where the increase of 9% during 2024 matched the national average and marked the highest rate of inflation seen in the city since late 2017. Galway city saw a similar increase during the year, while in Limerick city, prices rose by 8.2%.
In Cork and Waterford cities, average prices rose by 6.3% during 2024. Outside the five main cities, inflation ranged from 11.1% in Leinster to 5.3% in Connacht-Ulster.The number of second-hand homes available to buy nationwide on December 1st stood at less than 10,500, down 15% year-on-year and the lowest total ever recorded in a series extending back to January 2007.
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