Photo: Eric Jones · CC BY-SA 2.0Homes in Bailieborough sell for a median €199,500, 43% below the typical Irish town
The median home in Bailieborough sells for €199,500. That is the middle of 128 market sales on the Property Price Register from 2023 to 2025. Rent, income and the Cost of living Grade are on Bailieborough’s cost of living page.
98% of the homes sold in Bailieborough were second-hand
128 market sales in three years: 3 new homes and 125 second-hand.
median sale · 125 sold in 3 years
- the typical Irish town
- €326K
New homes: 3 sold
Fewer than 30 sales: too few for a median.
median sale · 128 sold in 3 years
- Middle half
- €144K–€276K
- Last 12 months
- €256K 42 sold
- the typical Irish town
- €350K
2% of the sales were new homes
Market sales on the Property Price Register, 2023–25. The register says whether a home was new or second-hand, not its type or size. New homes are filed without VAT; we add back 13.5%. A median needs 30 sales.
Half of Bailieborough’s homes sold for between €144K and €276K
One sale in ten was under €87K and one in ten over €353K. 66% sold for under €250K and 1% for €500K or more.
The median, €199,500, sits in the €150–200K band
128 market sales, 2023–25, VAT included. Each bar is the number sold in that price band; the darker bar holds the median.
Hardly any new homes: 2% of the homes sold in Bailieborough in three years
3 new homes and 125 second-hand ones sold from 2023 to 2025, by the register’s own split.
0% of the homes sold in 2025 were new
Calendar years with 10 or more sales. The share peaked at 33% in 2010.
Only 3 new homes sold in three years
Against 125 second-hand: too few new sales for a median of their own in Bailieborough.
Filed without VAT
Most new homes are filed on the register without VAT. Every figure here adds back 13.5%, so new and second-hand compare like for like.
Property Price Register, 2023–25: 3 new and 125 second-hand market sales. New homes are filed without VAT; we add back 13.5%.
Rakeevan is Bailieborough’s busiest street or estate, with 9 sales in three years
6 streets and estates had 5 or more sales from 2023 to 2025.
| # | Street or estate | Sales | Median | Homes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rakeevan | 9 | €180,000 | Second-hand |
| 2 | Virginia Road | 7 | €290,000 | Second-hand |
| 3 | Heatherfield | 6 | €205,000 | Second-hand |
| 4 | Main Street | 6 | €162,500 | Second-hand |
| 5 | Drumbannon | 5 | €125,000 | Second-hand |
| 6 | New Road | 5 | €125,000 | Second-hand |
Streets and estates with 5 or more market sales from 2023 to 2025, named as the register’s addresses name them; medians only.
Bailieborough is the 7th most expensive of 10 towns in County Cavan
Bailieborough is in the middle of County Cavan’s towns to buy in; the typical Irish town’s median is €350,000.
Towns of 1,000 or more in County Cavan, by their median home of 2023–25; * marks a routing-key median (fewer than 30 sales in the town). Each links to its own Housing page.
Cheaper nearby: Cootehill.
The towns around Bailieborough: their median home (2023–25), market sales on the Property Price Register in those three years, the change in ten years and the distance.
| Town | Median sale | Sales, 3 years | Since 2015 | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bailieborough | €200K | 128 | – | |
| Kingscourt | €250K | 148 | +250% | 10.8 |
| Virginia | €300K | 203 | +136% | 11.2 |
| Mullagh | €273K | 92 | +233% | 11.3 |
| Ballyjamesduff | €215K | 129 | +199% | 16.1 |
| Carrickmacross | €250K | 303 | +104% | 18.2 |
| Cootehill | €177K | 6 | – | 18.7 |
A routing-key price (fewer than 30 sales in the town) counts for its whole postal area. Rents are each town’s own RTB figure where published, else its district’s, city’s or county’s.
Questions about property prices in Bailieborough
What is the average house price in Bailieborough?
The median home in Bailieborough sold for €199,500 from 2023 to 2025, across 128 market sales on the Property Price Register (€256,200 in the last 12 months).
How many homes sell in Bailieborough each year?
26 sales in Bailieborough were filed on the Property Price Register in 2025, against an average of 50 a year over the last ten. Sales whose address names no town aren’t counted, so the true figure is somewhat higher.
Is Bailieborough expensive for County Cavan?
Bailieborough is the 5th most expensive of 5 towns of 2,500 or more in County Cavan by median sale price.
Can I see individual sales or prices by street?
Yes: the Property Price Register publishes every residential sale with its address and price at propertypriceregister.ie. This page shows the town’s medians and counts.
Sales: Residential Property Price Register, Property Services Regulatory Authority. House prices by Eircode routing key, RTB rents and household incomes: CSO, CC BY 4.0. Routing-key areas: Autoaddress.
Sources: Property Price Register (PSRA), 2010–2026 · CSO HPA04 house prices by Eircode routing key, 2023–25. Under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0).
Contains Central Statistics Office (CSO) data, Census 2022, and Tailte Éireann boundaries (CSO Urban Areas, Small Areas, local electoral areas, constituencies), under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0).