Photo: Eric Jones · CC BY-SA 2.0Since 2015, Kingscourt’s home prices have outrun the typical Irish town: up 250% against +129%
The median home in Kingscourt sells for €250,000. That is the middle of 148 market sales on the Property Price Register from 2023 to 2025. The typical home sells for 3.5 times as much as in 2015. Rent, income and the Cost of living Grade are on Kingscourt’s cost of living page.
75% of the homes sold in Kingscourt were second-hand
148 market sales in three years: 37 new homes and 111 second-hand. At the median a new home sold for 55% more.
median sale · 37 sold in 3 years
- the typical Irish town
- €419K
median sale · 111 sold in 3 years
- the typical Irish town
- €326K
median sale · 148 sold in 3 years
- Middle half
- €184K–€296K
- Last 12 months
- €324K 44 sold
- the typical Irish town
- €350K
25% 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 Kingscourt’s homes sold for between €184K and €296K
One sale in ten was under €117K and one in ten over €352K. 50% sold for under €250K and 1% for €500K or more.
The median, €250,000, sits in the €250–300K band
148 market sales, 2023–25, VAT included. Each bar is the number sold in that price band; the darker bar holds the median.
The typical home costs 3.5 times as much as in 2015, a faster rise than the typical Irish town’s
From €82,000 in 2015 to €287,000 in 2025, each the median of that year’s market sales.
More homes sell than in most years
43 homes sold in 2025. The busiest year was 2015, with 61, and the quietest 2012, with 9.
Kingscourt costs less than the typical Irish town
Each year’s median sale: the town, the middle of County Cavan’s towns of 2,500 or more, and the typical Irish town.
New homes and second-hand, year by year
| 2010 | 2015 | 2020 | 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| All homes | — | €82K | €160K | €287K |
| Typical Irish town | €220K | €170K | €261K | €388K |
| Second-hand homes | — | €63K | €164K | — |
Calendar years; a year’s median needs 30 sales of the kind, so a dash is a year with fewer.
Property Price Register: every market sale placed in the town since 2010, VAT included; a year’s median needs 30 sales. Sales whose address names no town aren’t counted.
25% of the homes sold in Kingscourt in three years were new
37 new homes and 111 second-hand ones sold from 2023 to 2025, by the register’s own split.
42% of the homes sold in 2025 were new
Calendar years with 10 or more sales. The share peaked at 63% in 2010.
A new home sold for a median €325,000
against €210,000 for a home sold on, 55% more, over three years. New homes are often a different mix from the homes sold on, so part of the gap is size and type.
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: 37 new and 111 second-hand market sales. New homes are filed without VAT; we add back 13.5%.
Kells Road is Kingscourt’s busiest street or estate, with 30 sales in three years
5 streets and estates had 5 or more sales from 2023 to 2025, 3 of them ten or more.
| # | Street or estate | Sales | Median | Homes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kells Road | 30 | €297,500 | Mostly new |
| 2 | Cnoc Na Ri | 11 | €325,000 | Mostly new |
| 3 | Rocks Road | 11 | €222,000 | Second-hand |
| 4 | Bramble Wood | 5 | €210,000 | Second-hand |
| 5 | Main Street | 5 | €200,000 | 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.
Kingscourt is the 3rd most expensive of 10 towns in County Cavan
Kingscourt is one of County Cavan’s dearest 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: Bailieborough.
The towns around Kingscourt: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kingscourt | €250K | 148 | +250% | |
| Carrickmacross | €250K | 303 | +104% | 10 |
| Bailieborough | €200K | 128 | – | 10.8 |
| Mullagh | €273K | 92 | +233% | 13.4 |
| Ardee | €305K | 276 | +168% | 18.9 |
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 Kingscourt
What is the average house price in Kingscourt?
The median home in Kingscourt sold for €250,000 from 2023 to 2025, across 148 market sales on the Property Price Register (€323,500 in the last 12 months).
Are house prices going up in Kingscourt?
The median sale was €250,000 in 2024 and €287,000 in 2025: it went up 15%.
How many homes sell in Kingscourt each year?
43 sales in Kingscourt were filed on the Property Price Register in 2025, against an average of 41 a year over the last ten. Sales whose address names no town aren’t counted, so the true figure is somewhat higher.
How much does a new build cost in Kingscourt?
New homes sold for a median €325,000 over three years, against €210,000 for homes sold on. New builds were 25% of sales.
Is Kingscourt expensive for County Cavan?
Kingscourt is the 2nd 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).