Portlaoise house prices
Median sale price, year trend, rents, yields and recent sales for Portlaoise, drawn from official property data.
In brief
The median sale price in Portlaoise, Co. Laois over the last 12 months is €365,000, up 23.7% on the year before across 565 recorded sales. The median advertised rent is €1,316 a month. Gross rental yield works out at +4.3%. Figures are compiled from the Property Price Register, CSO RPPI and RTB, for the data month shown below.
House prices in Portlaoise
| Median price (12 months) | €365,000 |
|---|---|
| Year on year | +23.7% |
| Sales recorded (12 months) | 565 |
| New-build median | €395,000 |
| Second-hand median | €285,000 |
Median of open-market sales each year (Property Price Register). Latest year is partial.
| Year | Median | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | €255,000 | 539 |
| 2024 | €295,000 | 531 |
| 2025 | €330,000 | 566 |
| 2026 | €375,000 | 262 |
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 Portlaoise sales above.
Rents in Portlaoise
| Median rent (monthly) Q4 2025 | €1,316 |
|---|---|
| Rent, year on year | +13.6% |
| 1 bed | €1,103 |
| 2 bed | €1,312 |
| 3 bed | €1,302 |
| 4+ bed | €1,515 |
At these prices and rents, gross rental yield in Portlaoise is +4.3%, or about +3.4% net of typical costs.
What sold in Portlaoise
The latest of 565 sales recorded on the Property Price Register near Portlaoise 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 7 Aug 2026 | 116 The Hermitage, Portlaoise, Laois | €363,000 |
| 5 Aug 2026 | 1 Bellflower, Sand Wood, Portlaoisenew | €506,608 |
| 4 Aug 2026 | 87 Rossvale, Portlaoise, Laois | €265,000 |
| 27 Jul 2026 | Ard Branagh, Heathfield, Portlaoisenew | €348,018 |
| 24 Jul 2026 | 32 Heathfield, Dublin Rd, Portlaoise | €255,000 |
| 22 Jul 2026 | 19 Rockview Dr, Mountrath Rd, Portlaoise | €290,000 |
| 22 Jul 2026 | 2 Metcalfe Terrace, Harpurs Lane, Portlaoise | €370,000 |
| 20 Jul 2026 | 16 Carmody Sq, Fairgreen, Portlaoise | €250,000 |
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. Laois.
Planning near Portlaoise
In the 12 months to 18 Aug 2026, 110 planning applications were granted in and around Portlaoise, approving 526 new homes. See the Leinster planning pipeline for live applications, decisions and refusals.
| Decided | Development | Units |
|---|---|---|
| 13 Jan 2026 | construct 92 No. residential dwellings comprising 86 No. 4-bed houses and 6 No. 2-bed sheltered housing units. The proposed development will be 1 No... | 92 |
| 7 Aug 2026 | construct 88 no. residential units and all associated site development works including footpaths, parking, boundary treatments, drainage, bicycle and... | 88 |
| 22 May 2026 | carry out development which will consist of: A proposed residential and commercial development on a brownfield site of 4.96 hectares to include the... | 76 |
| 13 Jan 2026 | construct a creche (c. 961 sq m) and 74 No. residential dwellings comprising 64 No. 4-bed houses and 4 No. 1-bed and 6 No. 2-bed sheltered housing... | 74 |
| 8 Oct 2025 | Construct of 74 no. residential dwellings, comprising of 24 no. Duplexes, consisting of 12 no. two-bed units and 12 no. three-bed units over three... | 71 |
Source: Irish Planning Applications, DHLGH ArcGIS FeatureServer, CC-BY 4.0. Grants within 7 km, keyed to the nearest tracked town.
More on Portlaoise
- Living in Portlaoise 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.
- Visiting first? Things to do in Portlaoise covers attractions and walks nearby.
- Nearby: Mountmellick, Mountrath, Portarlington.
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.