Rathmines house prices
Median sale price, year trend, rents, yields and recent sales for Rathmines, drawn from official property data.
In brief
The median sale price in Rathmines, Co. Dublin over the last 12 months is €1,000,000, up 39.5% on the year before across 93 recorded sales. The median advertised rent is €1,651 a month. Gross rental yield works out at +2.0%. Figures are compiled from the Property Price Register, CSO RPPI and RTB, for the data month shown below.
House prices in Rathmines
| Median price (12 months) | €1,000,000 |
|---|---|
| Year on year | +39.5% |
| Sales recorded (12 months) | 93 |
| New-build median | €3,100,000 |
| Second-hand median | €1,000,000 |
Median of open-market sales each year (Property Price Register). Latest year is partial.
| Year | Median | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | €965,000 | 100 |
| 2024 | €650,500 | 107 |
| 2025 | €835,000 | 85 |
| 2026 | €1,200,000 | 55 |
For wider context, the CSO Residential Property Price Index puts the median for Dublin City at €466,000, up 4.3% year on year (May 2026). The CSO figure covers a wider area than the Rathmines sales above.
Rents in Rathmines
| Median rent (monthly) Q4 2025 | €1,651 |
|---|---|
| Rent, year on year | +0.7% |
| 1 bed | €1,418 |
| 2 bed | €1,989 |
| 3 bed | €2,666 |
| 4+ bed | €4,118 |
At these prices and rents, gross rental yield in Rathmines is +2.0%, or about +1.5% net of typical costs.
What sold in Rathmines
The latest of 93 sales recorded on the Property Price Register near Rathmines 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 24 Jul 2026 | Apt 1 186 Upper Rathmines Rd, Rathmines, Dublin 6 | €1,660,000 |
| 16 Jul 2026 | 1 Cowper Rd, Rathmines, Dublin 6 | €2,450,000 |
| 16 Jul 2026 | Flat 1, 5 Williams Park, Rathmines | €1,720,000 |
| 15 Jul 2026 | 58 Grosvenor Lodge, Rathmines, Dublin 6 | €651,000 |
| 14 Jul 2026 | Flat 1, 6 Williams Park, Rathmines | €1,860,000 |
| 14 Jul 2026 | Flat 1, 7 Williams Park, Rathmines | €1,720,000 |
| 10 Jul 2026 | 8 Lower Mount Pleasant Ave, Rathmines, Dublin 6 | €1,150,000 |
| 6 Jul 2026 | 30 Palmerston Rd, Rathmines, Dublin 6 | €3,350,000 |
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. Dublin email below includes the latest Rathmines sales.
Planning near Rathmines
In the 12 months to 11 Aug 2026, 16 planning applications were granted in and around Rathmines, approving 17 new homes. See Dublin planning applications by district for live applications, decisions and refusals.
| Decided | Development | Units |
|---|---|---|
| 16 Sept 2025 | PROTECTED STRUCTURE: Planning permission is sought by Dairbhre Developments Limited, for a residential development on lands known as ‘Blackberry... | 16 |
| 27 Jul 2026 | PROTECTED STRUCTURE: The development will consist of (i) the partial demolition of the existing site boundary walls adjoining St. Clare’s Avenue and... | 1 |
| 15 Jul 2026 | RETENTION: Retention of single-storey lean-to extensions to the side and rear of the existing dwelling, together with proposed external insulation to... | – |
| 16 Jun 2026 | Permission for development at this site 19 Mountpleasant Avenue Upper, Ranelagh, Dublin 6, D06 F8W2. The development will consist of Permission for... | – |
| 11 Jun 2026 | The construction of 3 No. padel courts with associated glass panelling enclosure (3m in height) & mesh over (1m in height). The courts will have 200W... | – |
Source: Irish Planning Applications, DHLGH ArcGIS FeatureServer, CC-BY 4.0. Grants within 7 km, keyed to the nearest tracked town.
More on Rathmines
- Living in Rathmines 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. Dublin house prices guide.
- Visiting first? Things to do in Rathmines covers attractions and walks nearby.
- Nearby: Balbriggan, Blackrock, Booterstown, Cabinteely, Citywest, Dalkey.
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.