Property prices in Kildare rose by €20,000 last year

PROPERTY prices in Kildare have increased by €20,000 over the past year, according to the latest MyHome property price report for the last quarter of 2025. The report shows the average asking price for a home in Kildare now stands at €330,000, with prices remaining flat over the final quarter of the year.

Housing supply in the county remains constrained, with 540 properties listed for sale in Kildare at the end of Q4, representing an 8% decline over the quarter. The average time it now takes for a property to go ‘sale agreed’ after being listed is just over three months.

Asking prices for a three-bedroom semi-detached house in the county rose by €15,000 over the last year to €315,000. This means prices remained unchanged over the quarter.

Meanwhile, the price of a four-bedroom semi-detached home increased by €25,050 over the year to €395,000, also unchanged over the quarter.

A similar survey by Real Estate Alliance found that the average second-hand three-bed semi in Kildare rose to €458,750 in 2025, up 10.2% from €416,250 at the end of 2024.

Prices increased across the county this year, with the average price in Maynooth up 7.9% to €480,000, average Celbridge prices up 9.1% to €480,000, Naas prices up 11.8% to €475,000, and prices in Newbridge up 12.7% to €400,000.

The survey shows that across the county this quarter, 50% of purchasers were first-time buyers, while a total of 5% of sales in the county were attributed to landlords leaving the market. The recent rise in landlords exiting the housing market is set to sharply increase in the first months of 2026, according to estate agents.

Additionally, estate agents across the county reported that the BER ratings of properties saw A-rated properties command 20% price increases in comparison to comparable C-rated properties.

The impending nationwide rent pressure zone at the end of February has seen a 38% annual increase in landlord sales in many areas now included in the legislation.

The actual selling price of a three-bed, semi-detached house across the country rose by 1.6% in the past three months to €359,417. This represents an 8.7% overall rise annually, a gradual slowing from the 10.3% increase registered six months ago.

Actual selling prices in Dublin city rose by 1.5% in the last three months, with the average three-bed semi in the capital’s postcode areas now selling at €586,000, an 8.1% annual rise.

Selling prices in Ireland’s major cities outside Dublin rose by 1.3% to an average of €373,750 – a 7.4% annual increase.

Homes in the country’s large towns showed the biggest increases nationwide, 1.75% this quarter and 9.9% on last December to an average of €275,611 – with homes taking one week longer to reach sale agreed, at five weeks.

Prices in commuter counties rose by 1.6% to €373,513, and while supply continues to cause issues, there is an anticipation of further landlord sales across the area this year.

According to the MyHome Property report, supply continues to fall well short of the 50,000 to 60,000 homes needed annually to meet demand. At the end of Q4, there were just 12,200 MyHome listings nationwide, keeping competition strong for buyers in counties such as Kildare.