Photo: Miguel Mendez from Malahide, Ireland · CC BY 2.0Homes in Letterkenny sell for a median €188,000, 46% below the typical Irish town
Homes in Letterkenny sell for a median €188,000. That is the middle of 1,019 market sales on the Property Price Register from 2023 to 2025. The typical home sells for 2.7 times as much as in 2015. Rent, income and the Cost of living Grade are on Letterkenny’s cost of living page.
84% of the homes sold in Letterkenny were second-hand
1,019 market sales in three years: 163 new homes and 856 second-hand. At the median a new home sold for 87% more.
median sale · 163 sold in 3 years
- 2025 median
- €355K 57 sold
- 2022 to 2025
- +48%
- the typical Irish town
- €419K
median sale · 856 sold in 3 years
- 2025 median
- €175K 288 sold
- 2022 to 2025
- +9.4%
- the typical Irish town
- €326K
median sale · 1,019 sold in 3 years
- Middle half
- €130K–€290K
- Last 12 months
- €240K 380 sold
- the typical Irish town
- €350K
16% 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 Letterkenny’s homes sold for between €130K and €290K
One sale in ten was under €85K and one in ten over €360K. 65% sold for under €250K and 2% for €500K or more.
The median, €188,000, sits in the €150–200K band
1,019 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 2.7 times as much as in 2015, a faster rise than the typical Irish town’s
From €140,900 in 2010 to €200,000 in 2025, each the median of that year’s market sales.
More homes sell than in most years
345 homes sold in 2025. The busiest year was 2015, with 385, and the quietest 2011, with 82.
Letterkenny costs less than the typical Irish town
Each year’s median sale: the town, the middle of County Donegal’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 | €141K | €75K | €140K | €200K |
| Typical Irish town | €220K | €170K | €261K | €388K |
| New homes | €174K | €128K | €206K | €355K |
| Second-hand homes | €130K | €72K | €134K | €175K |
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.
16% of the homes sold in Letterkenny in three years were new
163 new homes and 856 second-hand ones sold from 2023 to 2025, by the register’s own split.
17% of the homes sold in 2025 were new
Calendar years with 10 or more sales. The share peaked at 33% in 2010.
A new home sold for a median €324,500
against €173,500 for a home sold on, 87% 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: 163 new and 856 second-hand market sales. New homes are filed without VAT; we add back 13.5%.
Crievesmith is Letterkenny’s busiest street or estate, with 96 sales in three years
43 streets and estates had 5 or more sales from 2023 to 2025, 14 of them ten or more.
| # | Street or estate | Sales | Median | Homes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Crievesmith | 96 | €314,500 | Mostly new |
| 2 | Lower Main Street | 33 | €95,000 | Second-hand |
| 3 | Ballymacool | 28 | €176,500 | Second-hand |
| 4 | Ballymacool Wood | 20 | €168,800 | Second-hand |
| 5 | Carnamuggagh | 17 | €220,000 | Mixed |
| 6 | High Road | 17 | €110,000 | Second-hand |
| 7 | Thornberry | 17 | €205,000 | Second-hand |
| 8 | Downings | 13 | €296,000 | Second-hand |
| 9 | Glencar | 13 | €180,000 | Second-hand |
| 10 | Killyclug | 13 | €302,100 | Mostly new |
| 11 | Foxhills | 12 | €184,000 | Second-hand |
| 12 | Ashlawn | 11 | €165,000 | Second-hand |
| 13 | Carrigart | 11 | €127,500 | Second-hand |
| 14 | Port Road | 10 | €161,200 | Second-hand |
| 15 | Kerrykeel | 9 | €240,000 | Second-hand |
Ramelton Road: €359,000
Fortwell: €80,000
At the median, the dearest costs 4.5 times the cheapest.
Streets and estates with 5 or more market sales from 2023 to 2025, named as the register’s addresses name them; medians only.
Letterkenny is the 6th most expensive of 18 towns in County Donegal
Letterkenny is in the middle of County Donegal’s towns to buy in; the typical Irish town’s median is €350,000.
Towns of 1,000 or more in County Donegal, 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: Convoy, Raphoe and Milford.
The towns around Letterkenny: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Letterkenny | €188K | 1,019 | +167% | |
| Ramelton | €260K | 49 | – | 10.2 |
| Convoy | €165K | 0 | – | 11.5 |
| Raphoe | €133K | 36 | – | 12.8 |
| Milford | €118K | 42 | – | 15 |
| Newtowncunningham | €160K | 31 | – | 15 |
| Ballybofey-Stranorlar | €176K | 229 | +91% | 18 |
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 Letterkenny
What is the average house price in Letterkenny?
The median home in Letterkenny sold for €188,000 from 2023 to 2025, across 1,019 market sales on the Property Price Register (€240,000 in the last 12 months).
Are house prices going up in Letterkenny?
The median sale was €205,000 in 2024 and €200,000 in 2025: it went down 2%.
How many homes sell in Letterkenny each year?
345 sales in Letterkenny were filed on the Property Price Register in 2025, against an average of 337 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 Letterkenny?
New homes sold for a median €324,500 over three years, against €173,500 for homes sold on. New builds were 16% of sales.
Is Letterkenny expensive for County Donegal?
Letterkenny is the 2nd most expensive of 6 towns of 2,500 or more in County Donegal 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).