Average Naas house price hits €282,000

A typical house in Naas is currently selling for about €270,000, according to independent statistics.

A total of 115 residential properties were sold in the Naas area between January and June — excluding outlying areas such as Sallins, Kilteel and Eadestown.

These sales generated a cumulative €30.51m.

During the same period in 2015 there were 102 sales and the total value of property sold amounted to €26.4M.

Although the average cost of a house in Naas is currently €282,680, the median figure — which represents a more accurate estimate of a middle of the range house — is €270,000. The average figure a year ago was €258,000 while the median figure at that time was €244,800.

It means that house/apartment prices have increased by about 10% in a year.

Among the cheaper properties sold during that period was an apartment at Church Court, Craddockstown Road for €123,000 less than four months ago.

A house at Esmondale went for €170,000 while one in St Corban's Place was sold for €171,000.

Elsewhere the Property Price Register shows that a house at New Caragh Court fetched €260,000 as did one in Aylmer Park. A house at Sundays Well reached €276,500 while one in Lakelands went under the hammer for €1,000 more.

At the upper end of the market a house in Johnstown at St John's Park reached €650,000 and another at Leinster Mills went for €525,000 and another at Killashee View sold for €482,000. Two houses at Landen Park in Oldtown Demesne went for €324,300.

An apartment at Devoy Quarter sold for €222,000.