Average three bed semi in Kildare costs nearly €464,000
The average price in both Celbridge and Maynooth is currently €485,000, Naas is €480,000 and Newbridge is €405,000.
The price of the average second-hand three-bed semi in County Kildare rose by 4.3% to €463,750 in the last twelve months, according to a national survey by Real Estate Alliance, a network of estate agents.
Prices remained unchanged this quarter across the county, while the average time taken to reach sale agreed was four weeks, the Q2 REA average price index shows.
The average price in both Celbridge and Maynooth is currently €485,000, Naas prices currently stand at €480,000, and prices in Newbridge are €405,000.
“The residential second-hand market is very much dominated by a lack of supply, and increasing building costs are also a factor for both vendors and purchasers,” said Brian Farrell of REA Brophy Farrell, Newbridge and Naas.
“There’s been a slight increase in people looking to downsize seeking town centre properties and bungalows.
“Prices are more or less stable in relation to previous quarters.”
Some 45% of buyers in Kildare were first-time buyers, while a total of 43% of sales in the county this quarter were by landlords leaving the market.
Meanwhile BER ratings saw A-rated properties command 15% price increases in comparison to comparable C-rated properties.
The index concentrates on the actual 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.
In what is becoming the great house condition divide, homes that require upgrade works are sitting on the market while bidders concentrate on ready-to-enter properties, according to REA agents.
The actual selling price of a three-bed, semi-detached house across the country rose by 0.9% in the past three months to €367,988 – the first time the quarterly rate of increase has been under 1pc in over two years.
This represents a 5.8% annual rise – slowing gradually from the 8.7% increase registered at the end of 2025.
The Q2 Index shows that while the rate of increase in sales prices has halved in the capital over the past three months, from 1.6% to 0.8%, average Dublin house prices have broken the €600,000 barrier for the first time.
The average cost of a three-bed semi in Dublin is now €600,120, representing an increase of almost €150,000 on the June 2021 average price of €456,667 – a 31% rise in just five years. Selling prices in Ireland’s major cities outside Dublin rose by the same percentage as the capital, 0.8%, to an average of €381,250 – also a 5.7% annual increase, with homes selling in four weeks on average. Average Galway city house prices reached €400,000 for the first time, after an increase of 0.5% over the past three months.
Homes in large towns rose by 1.1% this quarter – down from 2% in the first three months of the year, and 7.3% annually to an average of €281,287. The biggest quarterly rise was in the cheapest county, Donegal, where prices rose by 3.5% to €222,500 on average. This figure is a 12.7% increase on the June 2025 value of €197,500.
The rate of price increases in Ireland’s commuter towns halved in Q2 to 0.5pc with the average three-bed selling for €379,219.