Laois House Prices, Rents & Yields
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Laois house prices: the median home sold for €355k over the last 12 months (+12.5% year-on-year). The average rent is €1,270 a month, a gross rental yield of 4.3%. Across 4 Laois towns, the median ranges from €256,500 in Mountrath to €365,000 in Portlaoise.
Official Property Price Register, CSO & RTB data · 4 towns · updated July 2026
Laois in Leinster: its €355k median is the 6th-highest of Leinster's 12 counties, behind Dublin and Wicklow and Kildare and Meath and Louth.
Check the maximum legal rent increase -- the March 2026 cap (2% or CPI, whichever is lower), computed from official CSO figures.
Compare Laois towns
The cheapest, highest-yielding, fastest-rising and best-connected towns in Laois. Tap any town for its full living-in profile.
- 1. Mountrath€256k
- 2. Portarlington€330k
- 3. Mountmellick€340k
- 4. Portlaoise€365k
- 1. Mountrath5.3%
- 2. Mountmellick4.5%
- 3. Portarlington4.3%
- 4. Portlaoise4.3%
- 1. Mountmellick+49.2%
- 2. Portlaoise+27.4%
- 3. Portarlington+22.2%
- 4. Mountrath+14.0%
Year-on-year figures for the smallest towns move on thin sale counts, so treat the steepest risers as indicative.
Laois at a glance
| Measure | Laois |
|---|---|
| Median sale price (12 mo) | €355k |
| Year on year (CSO RPPI) | +12.5% |
| Average monthly rent | €1,270 |
| Gross rental yield | 4.3% |
Towns in Laois
Median sale price (with a bar relative to the dearest town here), average rent and gross yield, from the Property Price Register and RTB. Tap a linked town for its full report — recent sales, year-by-year prices and rental yield.
| Town | Median | Relative | Rent | Yield |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Portlaoise | €365,000 | €1,316 | 4.3% | |
| Mountmellick | €340,083 | €1,276 | 4.5% | |
| Portarlington | €330,000 | €1,188 | 4.3% | |
| Mountrath | €256,500 | €1,129 | 5.3% |
A dash (–) means too few recent sales or rentals in that town to publish a reliable figure.
County context
| Measure | Figure |
|---|---|
| Population (2022 Census) | 91,877 |
| Population change 2016 to 2022 | +8.5% |
| Disposable income per person (index, State = 100) | 76.2 |
| New dwelling permissions (Midland region, 2017) | 168 thousand m² |
Planning permissions are reported at NUTS3 region level; counties in this region share a figure.
Sources: CSO F1001, CIA02, BHQ09. CC-BY 4.0.
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Sources: Property Price Register (PSRA), CSO RPPI, RTB Rent Index via CSO. All CC-BY.