Kildare house prices expected to rise 5% in 2025

The price of the average second-hand three-bed semi in Co Kildare is predicted to increase by 5% in 2025, according to a national survey by Real Estate Alliance.

Three-bed semi-detached homes in the county now cost an average of €416,250, up 12% on the December 2023 average of €371,250, the Q4 REA Average House Price Index shows.

Maynooth prices rose 11.3% in 2024 to €445,000, while prices in Celbridge rose by 12.8% to €440,000. Prices in Naas rose by 13.3% in this period to €425,000, and in Newbridge, prices rose by 10.9% to €355,000.

“Lack of supply continues to be an issue, with shorter selling times on all existing stock, however conveyancing delays are causing frustrations on sale closings,” said Brian Farrell of REA Brophy Farrell.

“We are expecting to see modest price increases in 2025.”

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.

House prices in western counties increased at twice the rate of the east coast last year as buyers battle over the lowest supply on record, the survey found.

The absence of new home building, and historically low supply has seen three bed semi-detached homes in counties Clare, Donegal, Galway, Limerick, Mayo, Roscommon and Sligo increase by over €10,000 in the past 12 weeks – with an average annual rise of 16%.

This is twice the rate of increase in commuter counties, which rose by 7.5% over 2024.

The actual selling price of a three-bed, semi-detached house across the country rose by 2.1% in the past three months to €330,602, and 9% overall annually.

REA agents nationwide are predicting a 6% rise in house prices in 2025.

Actual selling prices in Dublin city rose by 1.8% in the last three months, and the average three-bed semi in the capital is now selling at €542,000.

Prices in the major cities outside the capital rose by an average of 2% to €348,000 in the last three months – an annual rate of increase of 7.7%, with agents predicting a further 9% rise in 2025.

Homes in the country’s large towns continue to show the biggest growth nationwide, up 11.5% on last September and 2.6% this quarter to an average of €249,448.

Homes in commuter counties rose by 2% over the past three months to an average of €343,778, an annual rise of 7.5%.