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Irish residential house prices rose in April from a year earlier, but at a slower rate than in March, according to figures from the Central Statistics Office on Wednesday.
The Irish national residential property price index increased by 3.6% in the 12 months to April, with prices in Dublin rising by 1.0% and prices outside Dublin up by 5.6%.
This marked a slowing in the headline rate from a 4.0% rise in the 12 months to March, which in turn slowed from 5.2% in February and 6.2% in January.
Compared to a year earlier, the annual rate of growth slowed significantly from 14.5% in the 12 months to April 2022.
On a monthly basis, residential house prices remained unchanged in April from March. They had fallen 0.6% in March from February. In February, prices fell 0.3% from January, while falling 0.5% in January from December.
The CSO said 3,262 dwelling purchases by households at market prices were filed with the Revenue Commissioners in April, down by 5.3% compared with the 3,446 purchases in April 2022.
The median price of a dwelling purchased was €313,000 in the 12 months to April, with the lowest median price at €160,000 in Longford and the highest median price at €634,998 in Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown.
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