Donegal House Price Survey March 2025

The price of the average second-hand three-bed semi in County Donegal has risen by 5.6% to €190,000 in the last three months, according to the latest Real Estate Alliance survey.

Prices have increased by 17% since last March, and homes are selling in an average of four weeks, the Q1 REA Average House Price Index shows.

“Market supply is still an issue in the county, with demand currently strong,” said Paul McElhinney of REA McElhinney, Milford.

“We are seeing a limited amount of new builds in the county, however those new builds are BER A-rated and so their asking prices are significantly higher than existing stock.”

Average Bundoran prices rose by 2.6pc this quarter to an average of €200,000, an annual increase of 11%, while prices in Milford rose 9.1pc to an average of €180,000 – a rise of 24% in a year.

“We are seeing that the Northern market is driving prices, alongside the local investor market,” said Roger McCarrick of REA McCarrick and Sons.

The survey shows that across the county, 27pc of purchasers were first-time buyers, while a total of 15pc of sales in the county this quarter were attributed to landlords leaving the market.

Additionally, agents across the county reported that the BER ratings of properties saw A-rated properties command 30pc price increases in comparison to comparable C-rated properties.

The REA Average House Price Index concentrates on the sale price of Ireland's typical stock home, the three-bed semi, giving an accurate picture of the second-hand property market in towns and cities countrywide.

The actual selling price of a three-bed, semi-detached house across the country rose by 2.5pc in the past three months to €338,847, and 10pc overall annually.

Three-bed semis in Dublin’s suburbs are reaching sale agreed in days as a wave of mortgage approved buyers turn their focus from apartments to family homes, the survey has found.

Actual selling prices in Dublin city rose by 3pc in the last three months, and the average three-bed semi in the capital is now selling at €558,250 – a rise of almost €50,000 in the past year.

Prices in the major cities outside the capital rose by an average of 3pc to €355,250 in the last three months – an annual rate of increase of 8pc.

Homes in the country’s large towns continue to show the biggest annual growth nationwide, 2.9pc this quarter and 13pc on last March to an average of €256,576.

The absence of new home building, and historically low supply has seen three bed semi-detached homes in parts of Donegal, Kerry, Mayo, Offaly and Roscommon increase by over 23pc in the past year.

Homes in commuter counties rose by 1.9pc over the past three months to an average of €350,278, an annual rise of 9pc.