Mountrath house prices
Median sale price, year trend, rents, yields and recent sales for Mountrath, drawn from official property data.
In brief
The median sale price in Mountrath, Co. Laois over the last 12 months is €256,500, up 17.9% on the year before across 26 recorded sales. The median advertised rent is €1,129 a month. Gross rental yield works out at +5.3%. Figures are compiled from the Property Price Register, CSO RPPI and RTB, for the data month shown below.
House prices in Mountrath
| Median price (12 months) | €256,500 |
|---|---|
| Year on year | +17.9% |
| Sales recorded (12 months) | 26 |
| New-build median | €394,975 |
| Second-hand median | €251,500 |
Median of open-market sales each year (Property Price Register). Latest year is partial.
| Year | Median | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | €239,500 | 52 |
| 2024 | €230,000 | 41 |
| 2025 | €230,000 | 25 |
| 2026 | €273,750 | 12 |
For wider context, the CSO Residential Property Price Index puts the median for Laois at €330,000 , up 13.2% year on year (May 2026). The CSO figure covers a wider area than the Mountrath sales above.
Rents in Mountrath
| Median rent (monthly) Q4 2025 | €1,129 |
|---|---|
| Rent, year on year | +1.6% |
At these prices and rents, gross rental yield in Mountrath is +5.3% , or about +4.1% net of typical costs.
What sold in Mountrath
The latest of 26 sales recorded on the Property Price Register near Mountrath 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 9 Jun 2026 | Shannon Street, Mountrath, Co Laois | €317,000 |
| 15 May 2026 | 3 Derrybeg Avenue, Mountrathnew | €370,000 |
| 24 Apr 2026 | 15 Radharc Na Sleibhte, Mountrath, Co Laois | €180,000 |
| 24 Apr 2026 | Killanure, Mountrath, Laois | €400,000 |
| 16 Apr 2026 | 1 Derrybeg Avenue, Mountrath, Co Laoisnew | €325,991 |
| 20 Mar 2026 | 12 Ard Erin, Mountrath, Co Laois | €375,000 |
| 10 Mar 2026 | 80 Rushall, Mountrath, Laois | €260,000 |
| 27 Feb 2026 | 28 Ard Erin, Mountrath, County Laois | €275,000 |
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 this month's sales before the averages update: the monthly Co. Laois email below includes the latest Mountrath sales.
Planning near Mountrath
In the 12 months to 25 Jul 2026, 41 planning applications were granted in and around Mountrath, approving 26 new homes. See the Leinster planning pipeline for live applications, decisions and refusals.
| Decided | Development | Units |
|---|---|---|
| 6 May 2026 | a) Complete 3 no. two storey, four-bedroom detached dwelling, whch were previously constructed to ground floor level, (approved under planning REF... | 3 |
| 26 Nov 2025 | construct a new dwelling house, new site entrance, septic tank treatment system, percolation area and all associated site works. | 1 |
| 10 Feb 2026 | Construct two storey dwelling, domestic garage, installation of septic tank system and percolation area, bored well and all associated site works... | 1 |
| 22 Apr 2026 | construct new dwelling house, domestic garage, bored well, septic tank and percolation area,new site entrance and all associated works | 1 |
| 30 Sept 2025 | construct a new dwelling | 1 |
Source: Irish Planning Applications, DHLGH ArcGIS FeatureServer, CC-BY 4.0. Grants within 7 km, keyed to the nearest tracked town.
More on Mountrath
- Living in Mountrath 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. Laois house prices guide.
- Nearby: Mountmellick, Portarlington, Portlaoise.
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 our methodology for how these figures are computed.