The highest rate in the country is that of Leitrim's at 15.5 per cent, and the lowest is Kildare on 5.3.
Westmeath and Offaly lead the way in vacancy rates in the midlands.
A new report by Institute of Professional Auctioneers and Valuers shows that 8.3 per cent of the dwellings in both counties are classed as vacant.
The figure for Laois is 7.6 per cent.
The highest rate in the country is that of Leitrim's at 15.5 per cent, and the lowest is Kildare on 5.3.

Overall in Ireland, of the 2.1 million homes in the country there are 167 thousand of those that are vacant.
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