The average single person in the midlands isn't able to afford a mortgage above the average property price.
Singletons in Westmeath will find it hardest in the midlands region to buy a home in their own county.
New figures from the CSO show their maximum potential mortgage is 22,000 euro below the median asking price for a property in the Lake County.
Single buyers in Laois will come up 16,000 short while those in Offaly will find a gap of around 13,300 euro.
The maximum potential mortgage is based on someone who has a 20% deposit and is earning the median wage.
Estimated max mortgage for someone earning the median wage and with a 20% deposit:
Offaly: 156,657
Laois: 167,036
Westmeath: 163,883
Actual median house price (as of December 2020, based on CSO property price index)
Offaly: 170,000
Laois: 183,000
Westmeath: 186,000
Difference for each county:
Offaly: 13,343
Laois: 15,964
Westmeath: 22,117
Calls Grow For 24 Hour Garda Station In Edenderry After Arson Attack
Appeal Date Set For Jozef Puska Over Murder Of Ashling Murphy
Offaly Town Demands Meeting With Garda Commissioner And Justice Minister
Ireland’s First Kidney Pancreas Transplant Recipient Dies Aged 68
Quality Of Life To Drive Offaly’s Appeal For Foreign Investment - Anna Marie Delaney
Hundreds Of Mourners Gather For Tadgh Farrell's Funeral
Dancing With The Stars ‘A Once In A Lifetime Opportunity’ - Rose Of Tralee
Uisce Éireann To Submit €6b Water Project Plan
Pedestrian Killed In Midlands Crash
Gardai Arrest Four Men Over Laois Prison Assault
Maura Higgins Set For Traitors US
Man Taken To Hospital Following Alleged Westmeath Assault
Osteoarthritis Programme Launched At Midlands Hospital
Laois County Fire And Rescue Service Welcomes Two New Fire Appliances
Offaly TD Welcomes New IDA Ireland Investment
Gardai Conduct House Searches In Connection With Offaly Arson Attack
Funeral For Offaly Arson Attack Victim To Be Held Today
Emergency Services At Scene Of Offaly Crash
Tadgh Farrell’s Father Denied Compassionate Bail To Attend Son’s Funeral