The most expensive home sale on the register so far this year is a house on Coliemore Road in Dalkey, recorded at €14,956,300 in June, new figures have revealed.
A typical second-hand home in Dublin cost two and a half times as much as one in Donegal or Longford.
Housing assistance experts at Felons site analysed the Residential Property Price Register, which records every home bought in Ireland. Their analysis covers 27,775 sales of second-hand homes at full market price between 1 January and 11 September, 2026, and the typical price across the country was €360,000.
The Dalkey price is more than €4 million above any single home the register lists for the whole of 2025.
The next two on this year’s list, on Raglan Road and Ailesbury Road in Dublin 4, were recorded at €10.4 million and €10 million.
Ten counties with the lowest typical price for a second-hand home in 2026 so far
l Donegal, €195,000
l Longford, €195,000
l Leitrim, €220,000
l Roscommon, €220,000
l Monaghan, €225,000
l Mayo, €226,500
l Cavan, €245,000
l Sligo, €245,000
l Tipperary, €250,000
l Waterford, €266,000
Donegal and Longford share the lowest typical price, and Leitrim and Roscommon are level on €220,000, as are Cavan and Sligo on €245,000. At the other end, Dublin had the highest typical price at €490,000, followed by Wicklow at €465,000.
The typical price has risen fastest in some of the cheaper counties.
Comparing January to July with the same months of 2025, it rose by 18 per cent in Leitrim, the biggest rise of any county, and by 16 per cent in Roscommon, against 3 per cent in Dublin.
Across the country, the typical price in those months was €356,000, up from €337,500 a year earlier. Limerick was the only county where it fell.
The figures come from the Residential Property Price Register, published by the Property Services Regulatory Authority, which lists the date, address and price of every home bought in Ireland as declared to Revenue for stamp duty.
The analysis uses the register as updated on 16 September 2026 and covers second-hand homes sold at full market price. New homes are left out because their prices are normally recorded without VAT, as are sales the register marks as not at full market price.
Sales appear on the register once they are filed, so the most recent months are still filling up and the totals will rise. For that reason, the comparison with 2025 uses January to July.
Ten most expensive homes on the register for 2026 so far
1.Coliemore Road in Dalkey, Co Dublin, €14,956,300 in June
2.Raglan Road in Ballsbridge, Dublin 4, €10,400,000 in April
3.Ailesbury Road, Dublin 4, €10,000,000 in March
4.Argyle Road in Donnybrook, Dublin 4, €7,250,000 in June
5.Clyde Road in Ballsbridge, Dublin 4, €7,000,000 in January
6.Temple Road in Dartry, Dublin 6, €6,000,000 in March
7.Windsor Terrace in Malahide, Co Dublin, €5,800,000 in March
8.Ailesbury Road, Dublin 4, €5,750,000 in March
9.Rathbeale Hall in Swords, Co Dublin, €5,599,600 in March
10.Ardbraccan House near Navan, Co Meath, €5,200,000 in April
Nine of the ten are in Co Dublin, and five are in Dublin 4, including two on Ailesbury Road. The only one outside the county is Ardbraccan House, near Navan in Co Meath.
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When it comes to buying a second-hand home, prices in Donegal remain low compared to other counties.