The average price for a house in Dublin and outside Dublin in October was €292,631 and € 199,754 respectively. The equivalent prices in December 2008, were €351,096 and €223,984.

Average Irish national house prices reduced by 1.8% in October according to the latest edition of the permanent tsb / ESRI House Price Index. This compares to reductions in September (-1.1%), August (-1.5%) and July 2009 (-1.1%). In the first ten months of 2009 average national house prices have fallen by 12.7% which compares to a reduction of 7.8% in the same period in 2008. Prices fell 13.9% in 12-month period - - however, the sample size appears to have been low.

Measured over the 12 months (year on year) to October, national prices were down by 13.9%. This compares to a decline of 13.1% recorded in the 12 months to September 2009. The average price for a house nationally in October 2009 was €228,347, compared with €261,573 in December and a peak of €311,078 in February 2007. National prices have fallen 26.6% since this price peak.

Dublin V Rest of Country
Dublin house prices fell by 2.6% in October while there was a reduction of 1.0% for houses outside Dublin. In September the relative price changes were -2.1% and -1.3%. House prices were reduced by 19.1% and 11.5% in the twelve months to October 2009 in Dublin and Outside Dublin respectively. The equivalent rates to September were reductions of 19.1% and 11.8% respectively.

Through the first ten months of 2009 prices in Dublin and Outside Dublin fell by 16.7% and 10.8% respectively.

The average price for a house in Dublin and outside Dublin in October was €292,631 and € 199,754 respectively. The equivalent prices in December were €351,096 and €223,984.

3 Bed Semi, First Time Buyers V Second Time Buyers, New V Existing Houses and the Commuter price indices are currently not available due to the low sample size.