Photo: Kenneth Allen · CC BY-SA 2.0At a median €143,000, homes in Lifford cost 59% less than in the typical Irish town
Homes in Lifford sell for a median €143,000. That is the middle of 191 market sales on the Property Price Register from 2023 to 2025. The typical home sells for 2.2 times as much as in 2015. Rent, income and the Cost of living Grade are on Lifford’s cost of living page.
100% of the homes sold in Lifford were second-hand
191 market sales in three years: 0 new homes and 191 second-hand.
median sale · 191 sold in 3 years
- 2025 median
- €162K 63 sold
- 2022 to 2025
- +23%
- the typical Irish town
- €326K
median sale · 191 sold in 3 years
- Middle half
- €98K–€197K
- Last 12 months
- €159K 62 sold
- the typical Irish town
- €350K
0% 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 Lifford’s homes sold for between €98K and €197K
One sale in ten was under €60K and one in ten over €280K. 86% sold for under €250K and 3% for €500K or more.
The median, €143,000, sits in the €100–150K band
191 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 2.2 times as much as in 2015, in step with the typical Irish town
From €72,500 in 2015 to €162,000 in 2025, each the median of that year’s market sales.
More homes sell than in most years
63 homes sold in 2025. The busiest year was 2018, with 72, and the quietest 2011, with 6.
Lifford 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 | — | €73K | €88K | €162K |
| Typical Irish town | €220K | €170K | €261K | €388K |
| Second-hand homes | — | €73K | €89K | €162K |
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.
Hardly any new homes: 0% of the homes sold in Lifford in three years
0 new homes and 191 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.
Only 0 new homes sold in three years
Against 191 second-hand: too few new sales for a median of their own in Lifford.
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: 0 new and 191 second-hand market sales. New homes are filed without VAT; we add back 13.5%.
Castlefin is Lifford’s busiest street or estate, with 8 sales in three years
5 streets and estates had 5 or more sales from 2023 to 2025.
| # | Street or estate | Sales | Median | Homes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Castlefin | 8 | €150,000 | Second-hand |
| 2 | Cloghan | 7 | €160,000 | Second-hand |
| 3 | Coneyburrow Road | 6 | €125,000 | Second-hand |
| 4 | Rossgier | 5 | €230,000 | Second-hand |
| 5 | St Judes Court | 5 | €185,000 | 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.
Lifford is the 15th most expensive of 18 towns in County Donegal
Lifford is one of County Donegal’s cheapest 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: Raphoe.
The towns around Lifford: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lifford | €143K | 191 | +123% | |
| Raphoe | €133K | 36 | – | 8.3 |
| Convoy | €165K | 0 | – | 11.6 |
| Newtowncunningham | €160K | 31 | – | 18 |
| Ballybofey-Stranorlar | €176K | 229 | +91% | 19 |
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 Lifford
What is the average house price in Lifford?
The median home in Lifford sold for €143,000 from 2023 to 2025, across 191 market sales on the Property Price Register (€158,500 in the last 12 months).
Are house prices going up in Lifford?
The median sale was €127,500 in 2024 and €162,000 in 2025: it went up 27%.
How many homes sell in Lifford each year?
63 sales in Lifford were filed on the Property Price Register in 2025, against an average of 61 a year over the last ten. Sales whose address names no town aren’t counted, so the true figure is somewhat higher.
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).