The figures come from MyHome's Property Report for Q4 of 2024.
House prices continue to rise in the Midlands - with the median asking price now over €237,000.
The figures come from MyHome's Property Report for Q4 of 2024.
Housing stock in Laois and Offaly has gone down by 7% and 5% respectively - with a slight increase of 2% in Westmeath.
The highest increase in median asking price at just under €260,000 is also in Westmeath, an increase of 15.3% from the same time last year.
While in Offaly the price has risen to €230,000 and Laois has also seen a 7.5% increase to €215,000.
On the other side of the market, sellers are now waiting an average time of nearly 4 months in Offaly for their property to go on sale.
It's a much shorter wait in Laois at two and a half months and in Westmeath at nine weeks.
Nationally, the average asking house price now stands at €365,000 , up by 8.4% with the average time to sale at just three months.
Asking prices for semi detached houses in the Midlands rose significantly towards the end of last year - with an increase of €30,000 alone in Offaly.
A 4 bed semi detached property set buyers back €280,000, an increase of 12% quarter on quarter in 2024.
In Laois, prices rose by 5.2% to €249,500 while Westmeath is the most expensive county in the region to buy a house at €287,500, despite prices only going up by 3.6%.
Economist Conall Mac Coille says loosening amounts available to first time buyers was a key factor:
Laois Gardaí Concerned For Missing Woman
Gardaí Searching For Missing Laois Teenager
Man In His 90s Dies In Laois Crash
Offaly Prize Bonds Holder Wins €500k
BNM Workshop Reunion Taking Place In Offaly Tomorrow
ICTU Reminds Employees Of The Right To Disconnect
Laois Town To Host Famine Commemoration Event
Plans For Billion Euro Data Centre In Westmeath Face New Appeal
Westmeath Councillor Advocates For More Remote Working Hubs
Midlands Homelessness On The Rise
Hundreds Without Power In Westmeath
Westmeath Domestic Abuse Support Service Reports Rise In Cases
Laois TD Highlights GP Gap
Call Made For 'Cost Of Disability Payment' in Budget 2027
Offaly Coffee Shop Listed Among Top 100 In Europe
Man To Stand Trial Over Midlands Tasering Accusation
Another Report Underlines Midlands House Price Inflation
Midlands Braced For Severe Thunderstorms
Sustainable Livestock Village Programme Launched For Tullamore Show
Offaly Woman Named National Carer Of The Year