Dundalk house prices
Median sale price, year trend, rents, yields and recent sales for Dundalk, drawn from official property data.
In brief
The median sale price in Dundalk, Co. Louth over the last 12 months is €316,000, up 10.5% on the year before across 612 recorded sales. The median advertised rent is €1,427 a month. Gross rental yield works out at +5.4%. Figures are compiled from the Property Price Register, CSO RPPI and RTB, for the data month shown below.
House prices in Dundalk
| Median price (12 months) | €316,000 |
|---|---|
| Year on year | +10.5% |
| Sales recorded (12 months) | 612 |
| New-build median | €395,000 |
| Second-hand median | €264,000 |
Median of open-market sales each year (Property Price Register). Latest year is partial.
| Year | Median | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | €240,000 | 505 |
| 2024 | €270,000 | 570 |
| 2025 | €300,000 | 541 |
| 2026 | €335,000 | 337 |
For wider context, the CSO Residential Property Price Index puts the median for Louth at €380,000, up 6.4% year on year (May 2026). The CSO figure covers a wider area than the Dundalk sales above.
Rents in Dundalk
| Median rent (monthly) Q4 2025 | €1,427 |
|---|---|
| Rent, year on year | +10.1% |
| 1 bed | €1,093 |
| 2 bed | €1,272 |
| 3 bed | €1,503 |
| 4+ bed | €1,938 |
At these prices and rents, gross rental yield in Dundalk is +5.4%, or about +4.2% net of typical costs.
What sold in Dundalk
The latest of 612 sales recorded on the Property Price Register near Dundalk in the last 12 months, as recorded on the register. The register updates weekly, roughly two months ahead of the official averages, and this dataset refreshes weekly from it.
| Date | Address | Price |
|---|---|---|
| 6 Aug 2026 | Apartment 158 Cois Farraige, Blackrock, Dundalknew | €255,507 |
| 4 Aug 2026 | 56 Drayton, Dundalknew | €365,639 |
| 31 Jul 2026 | 26 Bridge Street, Dundalk, County Louth | €75,000 |
| 28 Jul 2026 | 60 Drayton, Raynoldstown Village, Dundalknew | €365,639 |
| 24 Jul 2026 | 17 Bachelors Walk, Dundalk, Louth | €276,000 |
| 24 Jul 2026 | 2a Hill St East, Dundalk, Louth | €245,000 |
| 23 Jul 2026 | 62 Drayton, Raynoldstown Village, Dundalknew | €365,638 |
| 22 Jul 2026 | Aprt. 22 Student Acc., Dkit, Dundalk | €235,000 |
Prices are as recorded on the register (new builds are recorded ex-VAT there; the medians above adjust for that, these records do not). See where prices are moving before the averages update: subscribe below and the Saturday issue tracks price and rent moves across Co. Louth.
Planning near Dundalk
In the 12 months to 18 Aug 2026, 238 planning applications were granted in and around Dundalk, approving 803 new homes. See the Leinster planning pipeline for live applications, decisions and refusals.
| Decided | Development | Units |
|---|---|---|
| 3 Dec 2025 | 7-year permission for a Large-scale Residential Development (LRD) on lands (c.18.54 ha) The development will consist of:- 502 no. residential units... | 462 |
| 2 Dec 2025 | permission for a proposed residential development on 3.26ha hectares of lands in the townland of Lisdoo at Armagh Road, Dundalk, Co. Louth. The... | 91 |
| 8 Dec 2025 | Permission for development at a site located on the eastern side of Mount Avenue and is bounded to the north by a permitted residential development... | 60 |
| 13 May 2026 | Permission for a Retirement Village located in and around the former RIC stables and car park. The retirement village will accommodate 46 no... | 45 |
| 2 Jan 2026 | Permission for 3 Storey terrace building comprising of 5 No. 3 Bedroom townhouses, development works and associated site works to facilitate site... | 5 |
Source: Irish Planning Applications, DHLGH ArcGIS FeatureServer, CC-BY 4.0. Grants within 7 km, keyed to the nearest tracked town.
More on Dundalk
- Living in Dundalk covers schools, commute and what it is like to live there, with the native calculators.
- Compare against every town in the county in our Co. Louth house prices guide.
- Visiting first? Things to do in Dundalk covers attractions and walks nearby.
- Nearby: Ardee, Drogheda.
Property data to May 2026, from PPR, CSO and RTB. How we compute these figures
Source: Property Price Register (open-market sales, new builds VAT-adjusted), CSO RPPI (HPM05/HPM09) for year-on-year context, and RTB (RIQ02) for rents. Latest recorded year is partial. See ourmethodology for how these figures are computed.